LFS Graduate Students invited to ‘Eating City’
Professor Tony Farrell Elected to the Royal Society of Canada Sept 21, 2015 Samantha Gambling and Susanna Klassen, M.Sc. students at the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, were invited participants in the ‘Eating City’ international food systems workshop this past August in Paris, France. The 2015 Eating City Summer Campus brought together 42 young people […]
You Can Tell a Lot About a Cow from Their Hair
You Can Tell a Lot About a Cow from Their Hair Sept 8, 2015 If you can measure stress in human hair, could you do the same in cow hair? One LFS grad student, Tracy Burnett, decided to find out as part of her master’s degree research. “Cortisol is a stress hormone,” said Burnett, an Animal […]
Food Science Alumna Places 2nd at Poster Competition
Food Science Alumna Places 2nd at Poster Competition Aug 27, 2015 Congratulations to Jovana Kovacevic, a graduate of our Food Science doctoral program, who won 2nd place in the International Association for Food Protection’s J. Mac Geopfert Developing Scientist Competition, this July, in Portland, Oregon. Jovana’s poster was titled: “emrE Gene Located on the Listeria Genomic Island 1 […]
STLHE 2015 Conference
STLHE 2015 Conference Aug 18, 2015 “In the educational environment, there’s been a push to focus on the development of life-long learners,” said Hammond. “This project began as a means to acquire deeper understanding of the ways in which students transition from instructor-directed to student-directed learning paths.” Results from a pre/post survey conducted in FNH […]
LFS Instructors Awarded Teaching and Learning Seed Funding
LFS Instructors Awarded Teaching and Learning Seed Funding Aug 14, 2015 Each year, the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology grants a small number of research projects through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Seed Fund. One of the proposals submitted this year by Gail Hammond, Lecturer, Food, Nutrition and Health, and Alice Cassidy, […]
Students dig deep into soil science with mobile game
Students dig deep into soil science with mobile game Aug 11, 2015 By Corey Allen , UBC News Armed with iPhones, dozens of first and second-year students walk into the forest at the University of British Columbia. The students are on a scientific quest to better understand the ground beneath them; learning about soil by playing […]
Compassionate Conservation Conference
Compassionate Conservation Conference Jul 24, 2015 From July 28-31, 2015, The UBC Animal Welfare Program will host the international Compassionate Conservation Conference. The Compassionate Conservation Conference will bring together two areas of science, Animal Welfare and Conservation Biology, allowing researchers from both fields to address animal welfare issues in the practice of conservation biology. There […]
Natalie Lim, LFS Undergraduate Advising Officer
Natalie Lim, LFS Undergraduate Advising Officer Jul 22, 2015 LFS Work Learn student Jennifer Wu sat down with LFS Undergraduate Advising Officer Natalie Lim to learn more about her background in home economics and education, and why she loves working with LFS students. I understand that you graduated with a BA in Family Studies and BEd in Home […]
Soil Science Student’s Poster Wins 1st Place at NMR Symposium
Soil Science Student’s Poster Wins 1st Place at NMR Symposium Jul 21, 2015 Congratulations to Gladys Oka (MSc, Soil Science) whose poster, “Applying nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to investigate phosphorus compounds in nutrient amended soils in the Sumas Prairie, BC” (G.A. Oka, A. Lewis & L.M. Lavkulich) was awarded first place at the 9th Annual VIVA NMR […]
Joel Liman, LFS Aboriginal Student Coordinator
Joel Liman, LFS Aboriginal Student Coordinator Jul 15, 2015 LFS Work Learn student Jennifer Wu sat down with LFS/Science Aboriginal Student Coordinator Joel Liman to discover what inspires him about working with the Faculty. How long have you been with the Faculty of Land & Food Systems? I’ve been with LFS for a year and […]