Jill Guerra

Jill Guerra

MA in Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of British Columbia BA in International Development (Economics stream) and Latin American Studies, University of Guelph Bio Jill completed her Master’s degree at the Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability in 2016. Following her Master’s degree, Jill worked in Canada’s organic sector conducting research and policy analysis […]

Samantha Gambling

Samantha Gambling

MSc. Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (ISLFS), UBC, 2013-2016 BSc. Honours with Distinction; Combined Biology/Psychology; University of Victoria, 2006-2011 Bio Samantha completed her MSc in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems in 2016. She is currently working as the Provincial Lead for the B.C. Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food.  […]

Jessica Dennis

Jessica Dennis

MSc. Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems, UBC, 2012 – 2015 BSc. Agroecology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC, 2010 – 2012 Political Science and Women’s Studies, McGill, 2000 – 2004 Bio Jessica completed their M.Sc. in the Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems program in 2015, working under the supervision of […]

Evan Bowness

Evan Bowness

Ph.D in Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia M.A. in Sociology, University of Manitoba B.A. (honours) in Sociology, University of Manitoba Bio Evan completed his PhD in Food Sovereignty and Agroecology in 2021. He currently works as an Assistant Professor of Community Food Systems at the Trent […]

Rebecca Wolff

Rebecca Wolff

MSc in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (ISLFS), The University of British Columbia B.Sc in Biology and B.A. in Spanish, University of Guelph Bio  Rebecca completed her Master’s of Science in Public Health in 2021. She currently holds the position of Program Director with Groundswell International. Rebecca’s career focus is to harness the […]

Sophia Murphy

Sophia Murphy

Ph.D: Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia MA (with distinction): London School of Economics in Social Policy and Planning in Developing Countries BA: Oxford University in Politics, Philosophy and Economics Bio  Sophia completed her PhD in the Resource Management and Environmental Studies programme at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability […]

Chris Thoreau

Chris Thoreau

2022: MSc in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (ISLFS), The University of British Columbia 2011: BSc. (Hons.) Agroecology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of British Columbia Bio  Chris completed his Master’s Degree in Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture in 2022. Chris is as a co-founder of Seedleaf Technologies and currently works […]

Katherine Roger

Katherine Roger

M.Sc. in the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, 2023 B.A. (Hons.) Geography, University of California, Berkeley, 2021 Bio Kat (they/she) completed their Master of Arts in the Institute of Resources, Environment, and Sustainability in 2023, supervised by Dr. Hannah Wittman. Kat is currently a B.C. Land Matching Program Coordinator with […]

Aleesha Jones

Aleesha Jones

M.Sc. in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, 2023 B.A. In Geography (Sustainable Resource Management Stream) and Indigenous/Xwulmuxw Studies, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo BC, 2020 Bio Aleesha Jones completed her M.Sc. as an Indigenous student within the Integrated Studies of Land and Food Systems program at UBC in 2023. She […]

Atlanta-Marinna Grant

Atlanta-Marinna Grant

M.A. Traditional Food Systems, Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, 2022 B.A. (honours) in Food Equity and Human Geography, University of Toronto, 2018 Bio Kwe (hello!) Atlanta Grant is an Iroquois woman (she/her)  with mixed Huron-Wendat and German ancestry, originally from the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the […]