From Backyards to City Parks: Preserving Green Space
From Backyards to City Parks: Preserving Green Space Camil Dumont (MSc Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems 2017) is well into his first term as Park Board Commissioner for the City of Vancouver, a city that prides itself on its more 200 beaches and parks, including the historic Stanley Park. It is here that […]
A Bold Voice for Change
A Bold Voice for Change Christine Boyle (BSc Global Resource Systems 2007), a first time Councillor for the City of Vancouver, isn’tafraid to take on big issues. When announcing her decision to run, she decided to focus her campaign on tackling the growing wealth gap, housing affordability, and on strengthening community engagement. Boyle has been […]
Learning Tools for Just Food
Learning Tools for Just Food Joyce Liao and Meryn Corkery worked on a community project in LFS 350 (Land, Food, and Community II) involving equity issues in the food system and both felt a strong desire to dig deeper. So together with PhD candidate Colin Dring, theyproposed an ambitious project to build tools that everyone […]
A Message from the Dean
A Message from the Dean There are changemakers among us. Those who are not satisfied with the status quo and are motivated to take action for the greater good. In this issue of ReachOut we talk to a few of those changemakers in the Land and Food Systems community who are making a difference. Two […]
The Science of Storytelling
The Science of Storytelling LFS 400 (Audio Storytelling) is not your typical science course. In fact, course instructors Duncan McHugh, Digital & Instructional Media Producer in the Learning Centre, and Will Valley, an Instructor in the Faculty, encourage students from all disciplines to enroll. “LFS 400 is a science communications course, disguised as a podcasting […]
LFS round-up: Mobilizing climate research, changemakers in our community, and more…
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Dylan Kennedy wins award named for his father
George Kennedy played a key role in establishing the Global Resource Systems program.
Sarah Common
The flexibility of the GRS program gave me the time to find my focus, and ultimately connect with community through land and food.
Sara Amadi
The confidence that I gained from taking leaps while in university helped me to continue doing so when I entered the real world.
Good mousekeeping: en suite bathroom makes for happier mice
Researchers with the animal welfare program found that mice prefer using separate cages for nesting and eliminating waste.