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 […]
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.
Connecting Communities Through the Culture of the Hive
Connecting Communities Through the Culture of the Hive Sarah Common (BSc Global Resource Systems 2009) is the co-founder of Hives for Humanity, a non-profit society, based in Vancouver (www.hivesforhumanity.com). The organization works to connect people to nature, their community and to themselves, through apiculture (more commonly known as beekeeping). What drew you to the Global […]
Making a Community Impact at the Greater Vancouver Food Bank
Making a Community Impact at the Greater Vancouver Food Bank In an era of using data to gather business intelligence, an alumnus from Land and Food Systems is making a difference at the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Kevin Elsaputra (MFRE 2016) is the organization’s first-ever data analyst. Elsaputra made a major impact on operations: he […]
Jeff Holmes
I wanted to prove to myself that I could do what it takes to get into a school like UBC.