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Hi IRES Sister Departments and Faculties,<\/p>\n
Please circulate the event email below within your unit. Due to the weather, our seminar will only be via Zoom.<\/p>\n
Many thanks!<\/p>\n
Bonnie<\/p>\n
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Bonnie Leung <\/strong><\/p>\n ******************************<\/p>\n Talk summary:<\/p>\n Fruits and vegetables are an\u00a0integral part of a healthy diet. However, ensuring Canadians have sufficient and\u00a0affordable access to fresh produce can be challenging, particularly in an increasingly shock-prone world. Part\u00a0of the challenge arises from Canada\u2019s heavy dependence on international trade\u00a0for its fruit and vegetable supply\u2014a system vulnerable to cascading disruptions. To\u00a0better understand these vulnerabilities, in this study I map the spatially-explicit supply\u00a0chains of 18 fruits and 16 vegetables for Canadian provinces from 2010 to 2022,\u00a0accounting for interprovincial flows. I employ a mass-balance approach,\u00a0drawing on customs-based trade, production, and demand data. Further, by integrating\u00a0these data with future extreme weather indices derived from downscaled and\u00a0bias-corrected ensemble climate models, I discern Canada\u2019s consumption-based\u00a0and cross-border exposure to weather extremes in a warmer world. During this seminar, I will present the methods employed to develop fruit and vegetable flows, describe the supply chains by province and produce, and outline future weather extreme exposures in these supply chains.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 Kushank Bajaj<\/strong>,\u00a0IRES PhD Candidate<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bio:<\/p>\n Kushank Bajaj is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia\u2019s Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, a Doctoral Fellow with the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, and a Climate Policy Researcher with Generation Squeeze. At UBC, he is supervised by Prof. Navin Ramankutty. Kushank is an interdisciplinary researcher studying sustainable food systems and systemic climate risks. He utilizes data science and data visualization skills combined with a policy-relevant focus. Kushank\u2019s research experience, working in the not-for-profit and government sectors, has trained him to work with diverse datasets and at multiple scales from global to hyper-local.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n See you tomorrow on Zoom!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n _______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n Bonnie Leung <\/strong><\/p>\n RES Program Support (she\/her\/hers)<\/p>\n Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)<\/p>\n University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory<\/p>\n Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL Building)<\/p>\n Room 429 \u2013 2202 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z4 | Canada<\/p>\n <\/p>\nHi everyone,<\/h6>\n
Tomorrow\u2019s IRES Seminar will be via Zoom only.\u00a0 Note<\/u>: The second speaker, Alberto Campos, had to cancel.\u00a0 His seminar will be re-scheduled for a future time.<\/h6>\n
January 18, 2024: IRES Student Seminar with Kushank Bajaj<\/h6>\n
Transboundary climate risks of Canada\u2019s fruit and vegetable supply<\/h6>\n
Time: 12:30pm to 1:00pm<\/h6>\n
Location: Zoom only due to weather.<\/h6>\n
Click\u00a0here\u00a0<\/a>to register for Zoom link.<\/h6>\n