Drought Resistance in Wine Grapes and Hazelnuts
Drought Resistance in Wine Grapes and Hazelnuts This year, B.C. experienced an unusually warm and dry autumn. Vancouver recorded seven millimetres of rain this past September, a far cry from the city’s monthly average of nearly 60 millimetres. More than simply an extra long summer, this unseasonal weather has massive impacts on the agricultural sector. […]
Animal Welfare Program Expands Research on Canine Companions
Animal Welfare Program Expands Research on Canine Companions A new lab in UBC’s Animal Welfare Program welcomes furry, four-legged participants who can provide researchers with greater insights into their cognitive abilities. Led by Assistant Professor and Certified Applied Animal Behaviourist, Alexandra (Sasha) Protopopova, the Human-Animal Interaction Lab will use behavioural studies to understand differences in […]
Investigating a No-Till Future
Investigating a No-Till Future Evaluating Tarps to Terminate Cover Crops and Reduce Tillage In summer 2020, Emma Yates was one of the undergraduate students analyzing soils for the Long-Term Biodiversity Monitoring Project at the UBC Farm, when the students hit upon an interesting pattern. Areas under agricultural production had significantly fewer earthworms than adjacent areas […]
Better nutrition in aquaculture targets disease reduction
Juvenile farmed fish to receive fulvic acids as a feed supplement.
Class of 2022 Graduates
Congratulations to this year’s graduates! We are immensely proud of all our students and excited to share their accomplishments.
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 […]
Detecting Insects is Getting High-Tech on UBC Campus
Detecting Insects is Getting High-Tech on UBC Campus A new Campus as a Living Laboratory project will enable UBC researchers to monitor insects in real-time, on a scale never done before. “This project promises to help us understand insect biodiversity, which we know is both crucial to ecosystems, and affected by human activities,” says Juli […]
New Faculty Profile: Jennifer Grenz
New Faculty Profile: Jennifer Grenz In January 2022, Assistant Professor Jennifer Grenz was cross-appointed in the faculties of Forestry and Land and Food Systems. Well-known in LFS for her popular weed science class, she completed her PhD in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems in 2020 under the supervision of Professor Carol McAusland. She […]
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 […]