Video: Wilson Mendes on the Canadian Association for Food Studies
Wilson Mendes, PhD student in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems, uses the UBC Farm to research the science of teaching based on Indigenous, land-based learning.
Bedbugs in the Workplace
A Q&A with entomologist Murray Isman, on the discovery of bedbugs in office buildings.
Jerzy Zawistowski
Adjunct Professor Sessional Lecturer
Tamara Cohen
Investigator, Healthy Starts, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
New Faculty Profile: Alexandra Protopopova
Alexandra Protopopova New faculty profile: Alexandra Protopopova Assistant Professor Alexandra (Sasha) Protopopova wants to know why some animals are adopted into new homes while others are left behind. As the inaugural BC SPCA Chair in Companion Animal Welfare, she wants to understand how adopters make choices in animal shelters and what can be done to […]
Launching Canada’s First Open Education Soil Science Textbook
Launching Canada’s First Open Education Soil Science Textbook How do you bring 36 authors to write a book? That’s the task at hand for Maja Krzic, Associate Professor in LFS, and FranWalley, Professor in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Saskatchewan. Their ambitious, two-year project will launch Canada’s first open, online soil […]
A Community Partnership Aiming to Let No Child Go Hungry
Jennifer Black A Community Partnership Aiming to Let No Child Go Hungry Healthy eating and academic success go hand-in-hand, and yet Canada falls behind other industrialized countries in not having a national school-based meal program. The New Westminster School District is looking to lead the way to change, by starting its Fuel Up! School Lunch […]