Dean’s Message
Dean’s Message At home and around the world, we are facing climate extremes. We are shattering records like never before. One striking example is last year’s wildfire season. Across Canada ongoing drought and high temperatures fuelled a record wildfire season that torched 16.5 million hectares of land. That is six times more than in a […]
Celebrating the Class of 2024!
To celebrate this year’s graduating class, we spoke to a few of our outstanding students. We look forward to keeping up with these students and all they accomplish – this is only the beginning of their next adventure!
Class of 2024: Jonanda Kisingiri
Class of 2024: Jonanda Kisingiri Jonanda Kisingiri (she/her/hers)Program: BSc in Global Resource Systems How did you hear about LFS at UBC? I discovered LFS the same day I discovered UBC — while I was still in Year 11 (10th grade). A representative from UBC came to my school in Uganda and handed out UBC brochures […]
Class of 2024: Hirari Sato
Class of 2024: Hirari Sato Hirari Sato (she/her/hers)Program: BSc in Global Resource Systems How did you hear about LFS at UBC? To be honest, I didn’t know I was in LFS until school started! I was in Applied Biology my first year of university, and applied thinking that it was the regular biology program. The […]
Class of 2024: Abeera Irfan
Class of 2024: Abeera Irfan Abeera Irfan (she/her/hers)Program: BSc in Food, Nutrition and HealthMajor: Dietetics How did you hear about LFS at UBC? LFS Academic Services actually came to my highschool, Seaquam Secondary, to present about the faculty! I am so grateful because that was my first introduction to LFS, and I remember feeling like […]
Class of 2024: William Fang
Class of 2024: William Fang William Fang (he/him/his)Program: BSc in Food and Resource Economics How did you hear about LFS at UBC? I heard about LFS when I was seeking advice from some high school alumni and advisors. I was trying to immerse myself in an interdisciplinary environment, and they suggested that LFS could be […]
Class of 2024: Judith Haryanto
Class of 2024: Judith Haryanto Judith Haryanto (she/her/hers)Program: BSc in Food and Resource Economics How did you hear about LFS at UBC? It was actually by chance. I was looking into getting into the Faculty of Science with no specific major in mind but then I found out about the Faculty of Land and Food […]
Class of 2024: Clover Lee
Class of 2024: Clover Lee Clover Lee (they/them/theirs)Program: BSc in Food, Nutrition and Health How did you hear about LFS at UBC? I first heard about LFS at UBC through the university fair at my high school in Ontario. The Faculty of LFS, as explained by UBC’s representatives at the fair, offered what I was […]
Class of 2024: Chloe Chambers
Class of 2024: Chloe Chambers Chloe Chambers (she/her/hers)Program: BSc in Applied Animal Biology How did you hear about LFS at UBC? While I was researching programs that aligned with my interests, I learned that UBC’s Applied Animal Biology Program wasn’t in Science, but in the Faculty of LFS, which I hadn’t heard of before. But […]
Working in a Hospital Setting as a Clinical Dietitian
Following graduation from the UBC Dietetics program in June 2023, Valerie Leung swiftly transitioned into the role of Clinical Dietitian at both Vancouver General Hospital and BC Children’s Hospital. From serving as the first-year representative to the Vice President Internal in the LFS Undergraduate Society (LFS|US), Valerie took particular advantage of early career leadership opportunities at LFS.