Professor at UC Davis Studies Welfare in Cattle Housing
Cassandra Tucker obtained a PhD from the UBC Animal Welfare Program in 2003 and is now a Professor at the University of California Davis (UC Davis), and the Director of the Centre of Animal Welfare.
Strategizing By-Products of Food Production for Sustainability and Profit
Meet Pamely Keung, an alumna who leads the innovation, regulatory and technical support segments at Earth’s Own Food Company.
Expanding the Innovation Network in Dairy
Expanding the Innovation Network in Dairy In her new position with BC Dairy Association, Emma Strazhnik (BSc Applied Animal Biology Hon. ’13) is dedicated to supporting dairy producers improve their climate footprint. Strazhnik is Stakeholder and Innovation Manager, a role that BC Dairy created last autumn to focus on research innovation and bringing producers into […]
Alumni Profile: Dorothy Dinh Chan
Dorothy is a 2021 graduate of the Food, Nutrition, and Health (FNH) program who is now on her way in becoming a lawyer. While working hard as a current law student, Dorothy also dabbles into content creation. She gets to think both analytically and creatively in these two roles.
Dorothy reflects back on how her time in UBC has shaped her in developing the needed skills for her to thrive in her current roles. Being a student in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems has provided her with necessary experiences, opportunities, and skills that allows her to be both a law student and a content creator that can both have varying tasks. Her story provides a unique and new perspective on how to use an LFS degree to a different industry.
March is Nutrition Month!
In 2022, the theme for Nutrition Month is Ingredients for a Healthier Tomorrow. We spoke to a few dietitians – alumni of our Food, Nutrition and Health program (Dietetics major), as well as faculty members about their thoughts on this theme.
Finding Community and Transferrable Skills at LFS
New graduate, Helen Zhou is the Marketing Coordinator for Herbaland Gummies. With a degree in food, nutrition and health, Helen has found herself in a career that compliments her degree, while being able to showcase the marketing skills she is developing.
BC Cancer dietitian receives Michael Smith Health Professional-Investigator award
Congrats to Registered Dietitian Eleah Stringer (BSc FNH ‘13) for winning a Michael Smith Health Research Award to study the effects of intermittent fasting on cancer and the microbiome.
Message from the Dean for LFS Community Connects: December 2021
I hope that you are preparing to ring in the holiday season with friends and family. I am cautiously optimistic that our family gatherings will still take place over the holidays, but I’m keeping an eye on the Omicron variant to see if it impacts our travel to Ontario.
Message from the Dean
Message from the Dean In this issue, we explore how student learning is changing. While our faculty has been relatively strong at incorporating social issues and systems thinking into our curriculum, we recognize there’s still a long way to go. With the creation of two new positions in LFS, we’ll be making greater inroads at […]
Developing Provincial Climate Strategies
An interview with Cheenar Shah, an alumna currently employed with the BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries as a Climate Change Adaptation Program Advisor.