Experts say disasters, extreme weather underscore need for climate resilient agriculture in B.C.
Experts say disasters, extreme weather underscore need for climate resilient agriculture in B.C. News Source: The Canadian Press via CBC News, CTV, The Star, Regina Leader-Post, Vancouver Sun, The Province, North Shore News, Pique Newsmagazine, Richmond News, Tri-City News, North Delta Reporter, Surrey Now-Leader, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, Abbottsford News, Chilliwack Progress, Victoria News, CHEK […]
Hosting another Olympics would require minimal new infrastructure
Hosting another Olympics would require minimal new infrastructure News Source: Vancouver Sun Dec 10, 2021 “If the city is to consider hosting another Olympics, it has to spread out the amenities across the city.” – Dr. Robert VanWynsberghe Dr. Robert VanWynsberghe, CSFS Associate and UBC Education professor, shares his perspective on the possibility of another Olympics […]
Fraser Valley farmers won’t know for weeks how floodwaters have affected prized soil
Fraser Valley farmers won’t know for weeks how floodwaters have affected prized soil News Source: CBC November 28, 2021 “Those pollutants may not be on site anymore. They actually might be in our nearby aquatic ecosystems.” – Dr. Sean Smukler Dr. Sean Smukler, CSFS Associate and agricultural ecologist, spoke about the ways how recent flooding events […]
How the B.C. floods revealed the fragility of Canada’s food system
How the B.C. floods revealed the fragility of Canada’s food system News Source: The Globe and Mail November 27, 2021 “In order to make the modern food system today, it involved a lot of trying to control nature.” – Dr. Hannah Wittman Dr. Hannah Wittman, CSFS Associate and IRES Professor, gave comments in The Globe and […]
Consider need over deals when Black Friday bargain hunting
Consider need over deals when Black Friday bargain hunting News Source: Surrey Now-Leader, North Delta Reporter, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, Langley Advance Times, Abbotsford News, Chilliwack Progress, Victoria News, Kelowna Capital News November 26, 2021 “The key is to ask yourself, is this something that I will use for a long time? Or is it […]
‘A form of control’: Why people panic buy and how to potentially stop it
‘A form of control’: Why people panic buy and how to potentially stop it News Source: Vancouver is Awesome November 19, 2021 “What these events are showing is making visible the cracks in the food system that have been there for some time.” – Dr. Hannah Wittman Dr. Hannah Wittman, CSFS Associate and IRES Professor, was […]
Focus on food technology at climate conference ignores what the farmers need
Focus on food technology at climate conference ignores what most of the world’s farmers need, experts say News Source: National Observer November 8, 2021 “We have a biodiversity crisis that is as bad as the climate crisis, but hasn’t captured as much attention — farming is the biggest driver of the biodiversity crisis.” – Dr. […]
Artificial Intelligence Can Predict New Designer Drugs With 90% Accuracy
Artificial Intelligence Can Predict New Designer Drugs With 90% Accuracy News Source: Vancouver is Awesome, New Scientist, Korii, Futurism, Daily Beast, Cosmos, Happy Media, Curiosity, Castanet, Yahoo, MSN November 16, 2021 “We wondered whether we could use this probability to determine what an unknown drug is — based solely on its mass — which is […]
At UBC’s Wine Library, Every Bottle Tells a Story
Montecristo Magazine: At UBC’s Wine Library, Every Bottle Tells a Story News Source: Montecristo Magazine November 5, 2021 “What happened here? I was just here yesterday.” Dr. Simone Castellarin, CSFS Associate and Associate Director of the Wine Research Centre, was featured in an article detailing UBC’s Wine Library. One thing’s for sure: it’s not as […]
UBC Forestry Experts to Attend UN Climate Conference
CTV News: UBC forestry experts to attend UN Climate Change Conference News Source: CTV News Vancouver October 25, 2021 Dr. Terry Sunderland wants to emphasize the role of Canadian forests beyond the timber industry and advocates for maintaining forest biodiversity as a best defence against climate change. CSFS Associate and UBC Forestry professor Dr. Terry […]