LFS Undergraduate Blog

The Climate Friendly Food Forum will be an interactive and open format demonstration of sustainability in food systems.

There’s no fixed timetable, so feel free to drop in from 4:30-6:30 pm on Tuesday, March 26 in the Lower Agora of the AMS Nest.

You will get a chance to circulate between tables to learn about climate-friendly food and exchange knowledge/opinions with people of various backgrounds and interests.

Food and multimedia productions will showcase key outputs, such as a definition for climate-friendly food, a CFF assessment framework, as well as a proposed CFF vision for UBC and actionable steps to achieve these goals.

The MFRE speaker series is a professional development program designed to show a glimpse into the complexities of ‘real world’ food and resource economics issues. The next featured speaker is Natalie (Nat) Cartwright, Co-Founder, Board Member, and Chief Operating Office at Finn AI. Natalie is a vocal proponent in examining the ethical implications of new emerging technology. She is an advocate for socially conscious innovation and how the intersection of humans and technology can positively impact society. Prior to founding Finn AI, Natalie worked at the Global Fund in Geneva managing a USD $250 million health investment portfolio. Natalie received her MBA at IE Business School in Spain.

The seminar will take place on Friday, March 22 at 3:30pm in MCML 160. All are welcome to attend!

Hosted by the UBC Student Housing and Hospitality Services, come to the Place Vanier Ballroom between 11:00am and 1:00pm to play with therapy dogs and enjoy light refreshments! All proceeds go directly to Vancouver Eco Village.

To reserve a time with the pups, fill out this Google Form! To learn more about this event, visit their Facebook page!

The MFRE speaker series is a professional development program designed to show a glimpse into the complexities of ‘real world’ food and resource economics issues. The next featured speaker is Mukesh Eswaran, a Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics, a Senior Fellow of the Bureau of Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), and an Associate of Theoretical Research in Economic Development (ThReD). Interestingly, he discovered his passion for economics after finishing a doctoral degree in physics, which led him to pursue a PhD in this field at UBC. Since then he has been actively doing research in several subfields of economics, mostly economic development, the economics of gender, and evolutionary economics. He recently wrote a textbook entitled “Why Gender Matters in Economics”, published by Princeton University Press in 2014, for one of the undergrad courses that he teaches at UBC. After being unable to find a text that comprehensively treated the core issues relevant to women and their role in the economy, he set about writing one himself. In his research, Mukesh seeks to theoretically understand the mechanisms responsible for various phenomena in the social sciences.

The seminar will take place on Friday, March 15 at 3:30pm in MCML 160. All are welcome to attend!