Dr. Hannah Wittman
Dr. Hannah Wittman’s research examines the ways that the rights to produce and consume food are contested and transformed through struggles for agrarian reform, food sovereignty, and agrarian citizenship. Her projects include community-based research on farmland access, transition to organic agriculture, and seed sovereignty in British Columbia, agroecological transition and the role of institutional procurement in the transition to food sovereignty in Ecuador and Brazil, and the role that urban agriculture and farm-to-school nutrition initiatives play in food literacy education.
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability Profile
Faculty of Land and Food Systems Profile
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=JxF8aw0AAAAJ&hl=en
Carolina Diaz
Research Lab Coordinator
Carolina is a UBC Alumni, Canadian-Ecuadorian polyglot, interested in environmental politics and ecosystem services management, sustainable agriculture and biodiversity, land-based education and youth. She joined the CSFS in 2024, managing Professor Hannah Wittman’s Lab. A Latin American woman, having worked in Ecuador, Vancouver, and Uganda, she specializes in team management, individual empowerment and facilitating cross-cultural communication. She applies these skills in Professor Hannah’s three international projects, including the LiteFarm App. She is an avid reader and writer keen on life-long learning and skills improvement. She dreams of a world where humanity and the planet live in harmony and balance, and where all peoples enjoy the same opportunities and share knowledge
Momodou Barry
MA Student
Evan Eskilson
PhD student
Yoshinori Tanaka
MSc Student
Valerie Zimmermann
MA Student