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The University of British Columbia
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- Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
In accordance with UBC’s International Engagement Strategy goal to strengthen its presence as a globally influential university, the significance of the UBC Farm’s place-based programs extend well beyond its physical bounds. Initiatives such as the farm’s organopónico project and representing UBC at Slow Food’s Terra Madre conference in Turin, Italy represent opportunities for international knowledge dissemination and dialogue on fostering vibrant community-based food systems.
Through its Land-Based Aboriginal Engagement Strategy, the UBC Farm aims to expand and enhance international Indigenous links through engagement with the existing Mayan in Exile Garden project, as well as hosting a suite of land-based Aboriginal community health programs.
Andrea Morgan shared her experiences with the UBC Farm during a GRS exchange to Tokyo, Japan for the International Students Summit on Food, Agriculture & Environment in the New Century
The UBC Farm provides opportunities for hands-on learning and short-term international internships through the Global Resource Systems (GRS) program in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Past UBC Farm partnerships with the GRS program include 1-2 month internships for exchange students from Mexico’s Tec De Monterrey University. With a goal of facilitating cross-cultural dialogue on food and environmental issues, GRS student staff members at the farm have been participants at the annual International Students Summit on Food, Agriculture and Environment in the New Century in Tokyo, Japan. The Summit has presented a valuable venue for student staff members to exchange ideas about land security and agricultural education based on their own experiences at the UBC Farm.
To learn more about opportunities for hands-on learning at the UBC Farm and international exchange through the GRS program, please see the following clip by Bruce Marchfelder:
Through its academic tours, public events, experiential learning initiatives, and opportunities for employment, the farm has been a host for:
