CSFS Associate Seminars: Dr. Simone Castellarin
The CSFS Future of Food Global Dialogue Series presents: CSFS Associate Seminars Regulated Deficit Irrigation Strategies for Saving Irrigation Water in Vineyards About this Seminar Water management in vineyards is arguably one of the major issues that the wine industry is facing. Climate change is forecasted to make precipitations more erratic and to increase temperatures […]
CSFS Associate Seminars: Dr. Kira Borden
The CSFS Future of Food Global Dialogue Series presents: CSFS Associate Seminars CSFS Associate Seminar: Adaptation and Mitigation: Dual Objectives for Addressing Climate Change in Diversified Agroecosystems About this Seminar Intentionally increasing the biological complexity of agroecosystems can enhance ecosystem function. In the context of climate change, this can mean adaptation to changing precipitation and […]
Take Nature as the Measure: The Search for Sustainability
Take Nature as the Measure: The Search for Sustainability Join us for a conversation between Wes Jackson, one of the founders of the sustainable agriculture movement, author Robert Jensen, as well as UBC professors Ramana and Hannah Wittman. In more than four decades as president of The Land Institute, Wes Jackson became widely known […]
Generating a more holistic understanding of the risks of pandemics, with Dr. Ivette Perfecto
Generating a more holistic understanding of the risks of pandemics Keynote Webinar with Dr. Ivette Perfecto On Friday, April 9th from 9:00 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. PST, join Dr. Ivette Perfecto as she discusses the importance of integrating ecological, social, and political factors for generating a more holistic understanding of the risks of pandemics. This […]
*Online* Finding Flowers: Examining Intersections of Art, Ecology and Pedagogy
The CSFS Future of Food Global Dialogue Series presents: *Online* Finding Flowers: Examining Intersections of Art, Ecology and Pedagogy About this Seminar Inspired by the late Mi’kmaq artist Mike MacDonald, the Finding Flowers project aims to build connections and knowledge about people, land and wildlife by bridging art and science. The loss of pollinators and […]
CSFS Associate Seminars: Dr. Siyun Wang
The CSFS Future of Food Global Dialogue Series presents: CSFS Associate Seminars *Online* Nature’s Weapon Against Bacterial Pathogens: Bacteriophages and Their Applications in Agri-Food About this Seminar Due to rising concerns associated with antibiotic-resistant pathogens, there are rekindled interests in using bacteriophages due to benefits such as their unique self-replication ability, lack of negative sensory […]
Reclaiming Food Sovereignty in Africa post-COVID-19
Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Reclaiming Food Sovereignty in Africa post-COVID-19 In this panel, speakers discuss the status of food sovereignty in Africa prior to and emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, as local communities seek to reclaim and rebuild their food systems following border closures and critical levels of food insecurity. Speakers […]
Webinar Series: Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond
Future of Food Webinar Series Building Resilient Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond Our webinar series features many of the foremost food systems experts from UBC and across BC. The series focuses on investigating the food system from all angles, creating a space to ask fundamental questions on how we can increase resiliency in the […]
Navigating Open Learning Modules: It’s not just “Just Food”
Navigating Open Learning Modules: It’s not just “Just Food” The pandemic and international racial injustices have heightened the need and urgency for educators and organizers to embed topics related to equity, justice and anti-oppression into their courses and teachings, to increase individuals’ capacities to engage with these topics, but many are unsure how to do […]
*Online* CSFS Associates Seminar: Emerging Technologies for Enhancing Food Quality, Nutrition and Public Health with Dr. Anubhav Pratap Singh
About this Seminar The evolving outlook of public perception towards food, nutrition and health has inspired the development of technology to produce and process food in a sustainable way. The presentation shall highlight three major sectors of technological evolution in the Canadian context: Novel decontamination technologies for fresh food products. Novel encapsulation and fortification approaches […]