
Using AI can make our food safer
Artificial intelligence can help boost safety in food production, according to a study by UBC and University of Guelph. The average cost of a food recall due to bacterial or microbial contamination is US$10 million.

Better nutrition in aquaculture targets disease reduction
Juvenile farmed fish to receive fulvic acids as a feed supplement.

New Frontiers Funding for COVID-19 Research
Research underway to treat patients with mild COVID-19 using a non-invasive nasal spray.

Join us for #ubcAWP25!
We are excited to announce that we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Animal Welfare Program in 2022/23, and we want you to join us!

Funding for Indigenous food systems research
A team of researchers focused on revitalizing Indigenous food systems and promoting Indigenous food sovereignty have received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Class of 2022 Graduates
Congratulations to this year's graduates! We are immensely proud of all our students and excited to share their accomplishments.

Zahra Fazal
Zahra Fazal (BSc in Global Resource Systems) Major: Global Health and Nutrition During her time at UBC, Zahra Fazal was determined to create a community for students like her. In her first year, Zahra struggled to adjust to university after moving from her hometown in Morogoro, Tanzania. She found it difficult to access resources and […]

Rachel Chan
Rachel Chan (BSc in Food, Nutrition and Health) Major: Food, Nutrition and Health Rachel Chan recalls an important lightbulb moment in her undergraduate years: in 2020 her understanding of the multiple factors that impact a person’s health became crystallized. “I came into this thinking nutrition was just about the body,” says Chan. “But social determinants […]

Erik Thies
Erik Thies (BSc in Applied Biology) Major: Applied Animal Biology Erik Thies is graduating as an Academic All-Canadian Athlete in Track and Field. He’s proven himself in the classroom, as a Dean’s List honour student, and on the field as a varsity athlete in Race Walk. At the time of this story, Thies is waiting […]

Cody Rector
Cody Rector (BSc in Food, Nutrition and Health) Double major: Food and Nutritional Sciences When meeting Cody Rector, it’s clear he has a strong passion for food. A UBC Centennial Scholar, Rector is graduating with a double major in Food and Nutritional Sciences, finishing his undergraduate program a year earlier than most people. This fall, […]