Changing How Campuses Learn and Eat through Coursework

Presented in collaboration with the Campus Food Systems project, a joint Meal Exchange and Sierra Youth Coalition initiative.

 

This webinar, held on October 8th, explored how to create, support and integrate student learning into food systems change on campus and in communities.

 

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The Campus Food Systems project is building the student food movement across Canada by working with students, staff, faculty, food service providers and community organizations to re-imagine their food systems collaboratively. Independent studies, campus-community consultant projects and on campus action research have been avenues for student engagement, relevant research and food systems change. Lilith Wyatt and Brent Mansfield engaged in a discussion about the opportunities, benefits and challenges of Applied Student Research. 

 

 

 

 

Lilith Wyatt’s passion is co-creating change by building community around a shared vision for a better future. Her area of expertise is in transformative sustainability education. This interest, explored through both her B.Sc. and M.A., has taken her around the world and as far as Antarctica. Lilith is currently a Sustainability Officer at McGill University, coordinating the sustainability strategy, the sustainability projects fund, the sustainability intern program, and various education and research projects. She loves trains, travel, trees, food, and James Brown.

 

 

Brent Mansfield brings with him a wealth of experience in food system work from food system planning, policy development, education to community work. He wears several hats and is currently the UBC Food System Project Coordinator, the Community Liaison in the Think&EatGreen@School Project in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, as well as serving as the Co-Chair of the Vancouver Food Policy Council. Brent is working to finish up his Master’s degree in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems and has earned a Bachelor of Education as well as a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.