Jacqueline Chan
UBC Microbiology: Beneficial microbes protect plants from pathogen attacks
Beneficial microbes protect plants from pathogen attacks News Source: UBC Microbiology May 10, 2021 “Plants are a much more tractable system. We can make genetic and mechanistic advances very quickly and affordably compared to mice, which are more cost and labour intensive. We hope that this work will inform how animals, including humans, recruit beneficial […]
Springer Nature: Are Small Farms Better?
Are Small Farms Better? News Source: Springer Nature March 26, 2021 “It is an important question to examine — more than 80% of the world’s farmers are smallholders and they constitute a large portion of the world’s poor and vulnerable populations.” – Dr. Navin Ramankutty Dr. Navin Ramankutty, CSFS Associate and Canada Research Chair in […]
Work Learn Profile: Ally Cheng, UBC Farm Ambassador
Work Learn Profile: Ally Cheng, UBC Farm Ambassador What did you work on in this role? Pre-covid, this position focused on leading Farm tours and introducing UBC Farm to the public. I entered this position after covid, and I worked closely with the Farm’s communications team, doing postings on social media and side projects like […]
Work Learn Profile: Mairead Norton, BC Food Web
Work Learn Profile: Mairead Norton What is your position title? BC Food Web Science Communication Assistant What did you work on in this role? I was able to work on a wide variety of communication projects, ranging from webinars and social media to research briefs. I helped the BC Food Web advance its mission to […]
Work Learn Profile: Erika Luna, Sustainable Food Systems Data Assistant
Work Learn Profile: Erika Luna, Sustainable Food Systems Data Assistant What did you work on in this role? I cleaned, wrangled, and displayed the farm operations data. What did you learn in this position? I learned technical skills like using Tableau for data visualization. Why does this work matter? Data management and its proper communication […]
Work Learn Profile: Graham Matheson, Student Research Assistant
Work Learn Profile: Graham Matheson, Student Research Assistant What did you work on in this role? I collected field data for UBC Farm’s Biodiversity Monitoring Program. I worked with a team to net and identify bumble bees, count and measure earth worms, identify plants, capture images of wildlife on remote cameras, and measure trees at […]
Work Learn Profile: Karolina Skupien, Food Skills Education Work Learn Student
Work Learn Profile: Karolina Skupien, Food Skills Education Work Learn Student What did you work on in this role? In this role, I helped organize our community workshops! This involved everything from reaching out to presenters, creating our workshop webpages, promoting the workshops online, and moderating the workshops. As community workshops calmed down towards the […]
Work Learn Profile: Michael Salloum, Communications Work Learn Student
Work Learn Profile: Michael Salloum, Communications Work Learn Student What is your position title? I was an Academic Communications and Knowledge Mobilization Assistant at the Farm. What did you work on in this role? I was responsible for working with all the different departments that collaborate at the UBC Farm to promote the research and […]
The Globe and Mail and National Post: Nature’s assets and conserving 30% of Earth
Nature’s assets and conserving 30% of Earth by 2030 News Source: The Globe and Mail, National Post April 21, 2021 “How can we understand when we’re moving closer to or farther away from sustainability?” – Dr. Bennett The Globe and Mail highlighted a study by Dr. Matthew Mitchell, CSFS Associate and research associate at UBC’s […]
National Geographic: Breeding climate-resilient sunflowers
Breeding climate-resilient sunflowers News Source: National Geographic April 16, 2021 “It is a crop that’s very well suited for climate change, in part because you have the wild relatives, which give it options for creating more environmentally resilient cultivars.” – Dr. Loren Rieseberg Dr. Loren Rieseberg, CSFS associate and professor in UBC’s Department of Botany, commented on […]