Land and Food System Scholar Series

Invited scholar: Dr. Sarah Berger Richardson

Hosted by:  Jennifer Black & Hannah Wittman, Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems

Title: Livestock disaster preparedness: What’s law got to do with it?

Abstract: From floods and wildfires to hazardous materials spills and barn fires, every year hundreds of thousands of farm animals are killed in disasters. In 2021, it is estimated that two extreme weather events in British Columbia alone killed at least 1.3 million animals. For farmers and first responders, the experience of losing animals and witnessing them in distress can be traumatic. Moreover, the financial challenges associated with rebuilding after a disaster are numerous. Emergency preparedness in the agricultural sector requires careful planning and evacuation strategies to minimize and mitigate the effect of disasters on farm animals. In practice, however, this is often neglected. While non-governmental organizations such as the World Organisation for Animal Health recommend that animal housing facilities adopt emergency management programs, formal legal requirements to do so are uncommon. From both an animal welfare and a business perspective, more needs to be done so that livestock receive the necessary standard of care during emergencies. This presentation will explore some of the regulatory gaps that exempt farm buildings from practices that are required in other industries, as well as the potential role that non-governmental actors such as insurers can play to improve disaster preparedness in the agricultural sector.

Biography: Dr. Sarah Berger Richardson is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section) of the University of Ottawa where she teaches food law and policy, administrative law, and civil liability. She is President and co-founder of the Canadian Association of Food Law and Policy as well as a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Her research focuses on the regulation of the agri-food sector, with a particular emphasis on animal agriculture and meat processing. She holds a Doctor of Civil Law from McGill University and completed her Masters of Law (LL.M) at Tel Aviv University, where she was a research fellow at the Manna Center in Food Safety and Security. In 2018-2019, she was a visiting teaching fellow at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. Previously, she served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel and the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal.

Join in person or via Zoom:

Date: March 16, 2023

Time: 4:00-5:30 PM PDT

Location: In-person at MSL 101, or via Zoom

Meet and greet before the presentation: 3:00 – 4:00 PM, please register here by March 13.

Good afternoon,

 

I hope you had a nice weekend! In preparation for our Indigenous student events, I’m just following up with the documents and associated information for these events as we know some people have been away on vacation, etc. It would be wonderful if you could distribute this information to Indigenous students in your program. Please find the event descriptions below and the posters attached to this email.

 

Event Details:

 

UBC 23 24 Indigenous Student Community Time (Vancouver In-person Event)

UBC 23 24 Indigenous Student Virtual Lunch

Date: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Location: School of Population and Public Health, Room 424   The UBC 23 24 team is excited to invite Indigenous students from all Health Science programs to join us to sit in community, share some food and make Medicine bags! Indigenous students completing Q2 and Q3 of UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety are also welcome to bring any thoughts, concerns or questions they may have to discuss during our crafting time. All Medicine bags and beading supplies will be provided for the event.   Please find the event registration link: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_enVIlI45iH731lA

Date: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Online (Zoom)   The UBC 23 24 team is excited to extend an invitation to Indigenous students from all Health Professional programs to come together and share a virtual meal. During this time, we welcome any thoughts, concerns, or questions you may have about the ICS Q2 and Q3 online modules. A SkiptheDishes gift card will be sent to your email before the event.   Please find the event registration link: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_enVIlI45iH731lA

 

You can also find information about these events and future events on our website: https://ubc2324.med.ubc.ca/events/

 

Thank you so much for your help in connecting us to Indigenous students to better support them while they engage with the UBC 23 24 curriculum. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

 

Warm regards,

 

UBC 23 24 Team
Faculty of Medicine | Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2206 East Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z3 Canada
23.24@ubc.ca
https://health.aboriginal.ubc.ca/programming/ubc23-24/

From: Herman, Elisa <elisa.herman@ubc.ca>
Sent: February 27, 2023 2:48 PM
Subject: Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) April 15, 16, 22, 2023 Application Opens March 3!

 

Hello,

 

Please forward the following information to your graduate students:

 

 

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) will be offering a Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) on April 15, 16, 22, 2023.

The Grad ISW is a 24-hour, fully participatory, and peer-based professional development workshop for graduate students that is beneficial to both new and experienced instructors.

Please note: You must attend all face-to-face sessions and complete all independent work for the complete duration of the workshop, (i.e. the entire 24-hour workshop).

To apply for the waitlist for April 15, 16, 22, 2023 click here: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/graduate-instructional-skills-workshop-april-15-16-22-2023-preliminary-application/

 

Application opens on March 3 at 9 am and closes on April 12, 2023 at 4:30 pm. By clicking this link, you are applying for the WAITLIST only and this DOES NOT register you for the workshop. Graduate ISWs at UBC are in high demand. To create an equitable registration process all graduate students who apply for an ISW will first be enrolled on a waitlist, from which participants are randomly selected. If a participant has applied for more than one ISW waitlist, their name will appear more frequently when generating the participant list, giving them a higher chance of being selected for an ISW. If you are accepted into the workshop, you will be contacted by our office to confirm your registration. For more information and a list of all upcoming sessions visit: http://ctlt.ubc.ca/gradisw

 

Workshop Eligibility:

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is eligible if they are:

• a full-time or part-time registered graduate student at UBC during the academic term when the ISW is offered
• a graduate student at UBC who has completed degree requirements but has not yet convocated
• a joint degree graduate student who is enrolled at UBC and another institution
• a graduate student at UBC pursuing non-degree studies
• a visiting graduate student that is eligible to take courses

 

A participant who wishes to take the Grad ISW is not eligible if they are:

• not a graduate student at UBC
• a graduate student at UBC who has on-leave status
• a visiting graduate student that is not eligible to take courses

 

 

 

 

Elisa Herman
Event Coordinator
Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
The University of British Columbia

http://www.ctlt.ubc.ca

 

Land and Food System Scholar Series

 

Invited scholar: Dr. Sarah Berger Richardson

 

Hosted by:  Jennifer Black & Hannah Wittman, Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems

 

Title: Livestock disaster preparedness: What’s law got to do with it?

 

Abstract: From floods and wildfires to hazardous materials spills and barn fires, every year hundreds of thousands of farm animals are killed in disasters. In 2021, it is estimated that two extreme weather events in British Columbia alone killed at least 1.3 million animals. For farmers and first responders, the experience of losing animals and witnessing them in distress can be traumatic. Moreover, the financial challenges associated with rebuilding after a disaster are numerous. Emergency preparedness in the agricultural sector requires careful planning and evacuation strategies to minimize and mitigate the effect of disasters on farm animals. In practice, however, this is often neglected. While non-governmental organizations such as the World Organisation for Animal Health recommend that animal housing facilities adopt emergency management programs, formal legal requirements to do so are uncommon. From both an animal welfare and a business perspective, more needs to be done so that livestock receive the necessary standard of care during emergencies. This presentation will explore some of the regulatory gaps that exempt farm buildings from practices that are required in other industries, as well as the potential role that non-governmental actors such as insurers can play to improve disaster preparedness in the agricultural sector.

 

Biography: Dr. Sarah Berger Richardson is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section) of the University of Ottawa where she teaches food law and policy, administrative law, and civil liability. She is President and co-founder of the Canadian Association of Food Law and Policy as well as a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Her research focuses on the regulation of the agri-food sector, with a particular emphasis on animal agriculture and meat processing. She holds a Doctor of Civil Law from McGill University and completed her Masters of Law (LL.M) at Tel Aviv University, where she was a research fellow at the Manna Center in Food Safety and Security. In 2018-2019, she was a visiting teaching fellow at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. Previously, she served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel and the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal.

 

Join in person or via Zoom:

Date: March 16, 2023

Time: 4:00-5:30 PM PDT

Location: In-person at MSL 101, or via Zoom

Meet and greet before the presentation: 3:00 – 4:00 PM, please register here by March 13.

 

A Panel Discussion Tuesday, February 28, 2023 5:00-6:00 PM, Reception with lights refreshments to follow Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) Theatre, 2202 Main Mall Please RSVP: https://forms.gle/WoR2o1X6wTsXWRap9 The ocean’s capacity to sustain life and support human wellbeing is increasingly threatened by intensifying climate change that exacerbates other non-climatic human stressors such as overfishing, pollution, and invasive species. The world is facing the major challenge of finding just, equitable and culturally-sensitive ways to feed and nourish the future human population while achieving biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation goals. This is the focus of the Solving the Sustainability Challenges at the Food-Climate-Biodiversity Nexus Partnership (Solving-FCB). Join us to hear from an international interdisciplinary panel that will discuss the development of marine and aquatic food-climate-biodiversity solutions that explicitly consider their complex social and ecological contexts. The panel will highlight case studies in Canada, China, Costa Rica, Nigeria/Ghana and the Netherlands to elucidate different potential pathways towards achieving food security, climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation goals. Panelists Dr. Denis W. Aheto is a Professor of Coastal ecology and Director of the Centre for Coastal Management – The Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR) at the University of Cape Coast. He has been working in the field of coastal zone management in Ghana for over a decade. Dr. Laurie Chan holds the Canada Research Chair in Toxicology and Environmental Health. He studies the exposure of chemical contaminants found in the diet and the environment, particularly among Indigenous Peoples. Dr. Chan assesses the effects of these contaminants on ecosystem health and human health and develops new tools for risk assessment. Dr. Solen Le Clec’h is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Systems Analysis Group at Wageningen University. Her research is highly interdisciplinary and mainly focuses on the spatial and temporal dynamics of the socioecological systems. Dr. Ingo Wehrtmann is the founder and director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Unit at University of Costa Rica and is a leading researcher in Latin American aquatic and fisheries ecology and coastal management. Dr. Laura Pereira is an Associate Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and a leader in developing new approaches to sustainability-focused scenario building and analysis. Dr. Garry Peterson is a Professor at Stockholm University and a pioneer and world-leading expert in social-ecological modelling and scenario analysis of environmental issues. Moderators Dr. William Cheung is a Professor and Director of the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, the University of British Columbia. He is also a Canada Research Chair in Ocean Sustainability and Global Change. He is an international leader in developing and using scenarios and models of biodiversity and ecosystem services to understand the responses and vulnerabilities of marine human-natural systems to global change Dr. Rashid Sumaila is a Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia. His research focuses on bioeconomics, marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such as fisheries subsidies, marine protected areas, illegal fishing, climate change, marine plastic pollution, and oil spills. RSVP: https://forms.gle/WoR2o1X6wTsXWRap9