Developing Wildlife Welfare Policy Throughout the Province
Developing Wildlife Welfare Policy Throughout the Province May 11, 2023 – Alumna Erin A. Ryan’s (BSc/MSc Applied Animal Biology) career sits at the intersection of science, community, and social good. From developing wildlife welfare policy to furthering Equity, Diversity, and Reconciliation in her field, Ryan’s work is multi-faceted and wide-reaching. Ryan’s family history with the […]
Improving Clinical Practice in Pediatrics
For his post-doctoral research, Brock Williams will be joining the Division of Allergy at BC Children’s Hospital, focusing on identifying the challenges and barriers that caregivers experience in introducing and regularly feeding infants commonly allergenic foods, such as peanuts and eggs.
Dean’s Message
Dean’s Message This issue showcases some remarkable up-and-coming researchers. PhD candidate Brock Williams, in our Human Nutrition program, is doing work on two fronts to help families manage health issues. His PhD research is updating studies on how much folic acid supplementation is needed for children with sickle cell disease, including whether clinical practices need […]
Classroom learning: Insights from teaching award recipient
Teaching Assistant Tony Yang talks about helping students learn new concepts, and what he took away from being in the classroom.
Student Spotlight: Vivian Li
Student Spotlight: Vivian Li What has been the best part of your university experience and your student life in LFS? The people I’ve met, and all the moments and experiences I’ve shared with them. It’s really the culmination of all the little moments over the years — the inside jokes, the sense of pride after […]
Earth Day: Looking at Long-Term Food Production
For Earth Day, we’re highlighting plant physiologist Thorsten Knipfer who is working to understand how we can sustainably manage one of the most important natural resources on our planet, water.
Coordinating Smooth Food Service Operations at a Hospital
Daisy Shen is a Food Service Supervisor at Peace Arch Hospital. She coordinates and supervises 30 food service workers to ensure smooth food service operation.
Designing Biodegradable Food Packaging Materials
Meet Xanyar Mohammadi, whose research focuses on developing a new type of packaging material for food products that can easily decompose and have a low environmental impact.
2023 March is Nutrition Month
To mark Nutrition Month, we invited a few Land and Food Systems faculty, staff and students to give us their ideas for go-to meals, whether dessert is okay to eat, and ways they stay healthy.
Student Feature – Julia Watkins
Julia Watkins is a second-year LFS student studying Food, Nutrition, and Health, with aspirations to enter the dietetics program. In this feature, Julia shares a quinoa salad recipe!