Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigeneity

Equity Statement for the Faculty of Land and Food Systems

The Faculty of Land and Food Systems is committed to advancing equity, inclusion and upholding human rights in our work at the university by listening and learning from different perspectives as we build pathways for transformation and continuous improvement. We recognize that our modern food system is built on historical and on-going systems of oppression, and institutions of higher education have played a significant role in perpetuating harms through research, teaching, and community service. We also recognize the power and unearned privilege held by our Faculty and our responsibility to interrupt the reproduction of harm through our work.

LFS aligns ourselves with UBC’s Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism (StEAR) Framework. Read more about StEAR and how we promote institutional change here.

The Orange Shirt Day Intergenerational March

In 2025, The Faculties of Land and Food Systems and Forestry were honoured to host the Intergenerational March. This is one way the Faculties demonstrate their commitment to the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan. Members of the UBC community, families and those in solidarity were welcome to participate.

Each year, the March aims to be educational and supportive to the Indigenous community on campus and beyond. Educational activities allow younger participants to connect with the original inhabitants of the land and plant a seed to continue these conversations about a difficult era in Canadian history at home.

Watch a video commemorating the event here:

News and Events

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Scholars-in-Residence Program

Celebrating Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, our Senior Manager of Equity Diversity and Inclusion, as the new Scholar-in-Residence at the Irving K. Barber Library.

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