New Faculty Profile: Jonathan Proctor
New Faculty Profile: Jonathan Proctor With a childhood spent foraging for blueberries and cooking with family in Pennsylvania, it was important for Dr. Jonathan Proctor to design a career that centred around food. Combining his interests in agriculture and economics has led him to study the intersection of our global food and climate systems. Dr. […]
New Faculty Profile: Joséphine Gantois
New Faculty Profile: Joséphine Gantois Dr. Joséphine Gantois combines economics and ecology with tools like machine learning and interviews to study the impact of human actions on biodiversity. “I started specializing in environmental economics as I became more aware of ongoing environmental issues, and it seemed essential to me to bring natural sciences into the […]
Class of 2023 Graduates
We spoke to a few of our outstanding students from the spring Class of 2023. We look forward to keeping up with these students, post-UBC, as we know they have a bright future ahead!
Sasha Dobisz Class of 2023
Class of 2023: Sasha Dobisz (BSc Food and Resource Economics) How did you hear about LFS at UBC? I heard about LFS from a friend who started at UBC one year before I began applying to universities. I was looking for a program that combined my interests in science with business and economics, and they […]
Message from the Dean for LFS Community Connects: January 2023
Welcome to a new year, a fresh start for many people.
Exploring land-based relationships with a fresh view
This year, 10 UBC researchers – including two from Land and Food Systems – received funds of up to $10,000 to support their collaborative projects, knowledge translation and mobilization initiatives related to the climate and nature emergency.
New study shows the toll industrial farming takes on bird diversity
A new UBC-led study looking into the impacts that large industrial farming has on biodiversity found that increased farm size causes a decline in bird diversity.
Assistant Professor of Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation: University of British Columbia
Assistant Professor of Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation: University of British Columbia Posted October 20, 2021 The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia is seeking applicants for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation. This will be a joint position in the Institute for Resources, Environment, and […]