David Fraser Appointed to National Farmed Animal Council
David Fraser Appointed to National Farmed Animal Council Oct 7, 2015 Congratulations to Dr. David Fraser (Applied Animal Biology/Animal Welfare Program) who has been acclaimed as an industry representative to the National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare (NFAHW) Council. From the official announcement: Dr. Fraser continues to add tremendous value to the Council as one of the […]
LFS Professional Programs Welcome MasterCard Scholars
LFS Professional Programs Welcome MasterCard Scholars Oct 2, 2015 The MasterCard Scholars Program is an initiative that provides students from economically disadvantaged communities in Africa with opportunities to receive higher education and develop skills to contribute to social and economic progress in their home countries. Aboubakar, a student in our Masters of Food and Resource […]
Professor Tony Farrell Elected to the Royal Society of Canada
Professor Tony Farrell Elected to the Royal Society of Canada Sept 24, 2015 Congratulations to Professor Tony Farrell on being elected to the Royal Society of Canada. The Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Arts, Humanities and Sciences is Canada’s senior national body of distinguished scientists and scholars. Fellowship to the Royal Society of Canada […]
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 […]