News & Notes, Milestones
News & Notes Sarah Common Alumni: Creating Safe Spaces in the Downtown Eastside Sarah Common (BSc Global Resource Systems 2009) won a 2020-21 UBC Alumni Builder Award for the unique social impact of Hives for Humanity. Common, who is Executive Director and Co-Founder, is quick to point out that she is one person among […]
New Dietetics Crowd Fundraiser
Dietetics students often travel to remote communities during their practicum. To help them, we’ve established Dietetics Rural and Indigenous Communities Placement Fund.
Supporting Students During COVID-19
Supporting Students During COVID-19 Some quick pivots took place in the summer as the university prepared for online teaching and learning. Gail Hammond Health and Wellness for All UBC Students In May, UBC wanted to support students coming from an unusual COVID-19-impacted end to secondary school with the creation of three online courses aimed […]
Calling Agassiz Home for 25 Years
Calling Agassiz Home for 25 Years Photo by Hover Collective Since 1995, the community of Agassiz, B.C., 100 kilometers east of Vancouver, has been home to the university’s dairy cattle. Today these cattle play an important role in teaching and research, and at last count, their numbers reached approximately 500. Now called the UBC Dairy […]
News, Notes & Milestones
News & Notes Food And Beverage Research Partnerships to Expand Anubhav Pratap Singh, Minister Lana Popham & PhD student Ronit Mandal LFS will work even more closely with those in B.C.’s food industry, thanks to the creation of a Food and Beverage Innovation Professorship last fall. At a visit to UBC, Agriculture Minister Lana […]
A Message from the Dean
A Message from the Dean Rickey Yada I hope this issue of ReachOut provides you a little distraction from the events happening currently. You can read many stories related to our work in animal welfare, including research dedicated to improving conditions for animals living in shelters. Also, we are excited by a new research chair […]
Racial Equity and Food Systems Resources
We need to work collectively towards dismantling systems of oppression, and would like to highlight resources that are a good starting point for our community.
May is National Pet Month
To celebrate, Assistant Professor Sasha Protopopova shares some of the research findings behind what benefits having a companion animal can bring. And we introduce you to some of the pets of LFS!
Dean’s Message on Earth Day
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Dean Rickey Yada looks back at how far we’ve come.
UBC Farm Update
An update on the UBC farm activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.