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Ritland, Kermit

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Beaty Biodiversity Research Centre; cofounder of Treenomix (a foundation of genomics knowledge; promotes forest health and sustainable forest stewardship for future generations)
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Mawani, Renisa

Arts (Vancouver)
Sociology
Colonial Legal History; Critical Theory; Race and Racism; Oceans and Maritime Worlds; Focused on global food production, climate change, and forms of war, this project draws from anticolonial...

Sheppard, Stephen

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest Resources Management
Climate change planning, outreach, and community engagement; visioning methods and visualization of climate change causes, impacts, and mitigation/adaptation; low-carbon future scenarios visualized...

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Ford, Adam

FoS (Okanagan)
Biology
Wildlife ecology and conservation

https://biology.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/adam-ford/

Fortin, Nicole

Arts (Vancouver)
Vancouver School of Economics
Wage inequality and its links to labour market institutions and public policies, including higher education policies; economic progress of women, gender equality policies, and gender issues in education

https://economics.ubc.ca/faculty-and-staff/nicole-fortin/

Forwell, Susan

Medicine (Vancouver)
Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Chronic neurological conditions and their impact on chosen occupations. Fatigue in multiple sclerosis (MS); pain and fatigue in spinal cord injury (SCI); fatigue in traumatic brain injury (TBI); adults successfully living with MS; and significant life transitions. Occupations of immigrants who have children with a disability, and notions of occupational distress and power.

https://osot.ubc.ca/directory/susan-forwell/

Foster, Leonard

Medicine (Vancouver)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tools and recommendations for the honey bee industry; aim is decrease in colony losses, increased honey production and greater availability of bees for pollination; benefits include improved food security and healthier, more abundant, more effective pollinators

https://biochem.ubc.ca/person/leonard-foster/

Foulds, Ian

Engineering (Okanagan)
Indigenous reconciliation in engineering

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/ian-foulds/

Foxall, Eric

FoS (Okanagan)
CMPS
Mathematical biology

https://cmps.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/eric-foxall/

Frackman, Kyle

Arts (Vancouver)
Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies
Social justice, gender and sexual identity, international studies, intellectual diversity

https://cenes.ubc.ca/people/kyle-frackman/

Francois, Patrick

Arts (Vancouver)
Vancouver School of Economics
Economics of Developing Countries, development, problems in development economies

https://economics.ubc.ca/faculty-and-staff/patrick-francois/

Francois, Roger

Science (Vancouver)
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Climate Change; Application of geochemistry to problems of paleoceanography; carbon and nitrogen isotope geochemistry, and trace element proxies; Water column radiochemistry to constrain abyssal circulation and scavenging

https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/people/rogerfrancois

Frank, Blye

Education (Vancouver)
Educational Studies
Sociology of boys’ and men’s health; masculinity as a social determinant of health

https://edst.educ.ubc.ca/facultystaff/blye-frank/

Frank, Erica

Medicine (Vancouver)
School of Population and Public Health
Public health; social responsibility

https://www.spph.ubc.ca/person/erica-frank/

Fraser, David

Land and Food Systems (Vancouver)
Land and Food Systems
Welfare of animals on farms, animal ethics, Animal welfare, innovations in animal housing and management, practical and cultural dimensions of applying ethics to animal issues

https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/david-fraser/

Frigaard, Ian

Applied Science (Vancouver)
Mechanical Engineering | Mathematics
Cementing of wells, preventing leakage and techniques for the eventual abandonment – issues related to GHG emission control and long-term environmental protection.

https://mech.ubc.ca/ian-frigaard/

Fuller, Sylvia

Arts (Vancouver)
Sociology
Inequality; gender and work; Social Policy

https://sociology.ubc.ca/profile/sylvia-fuller/

Galla, Candace

Education (Vancouver)
Language and Literacy Education
What types of technology initiatives (low-, mid-, or high) Indigenous language communities are using to revitalize, maintain, and promote their language

https://lled.educ.ubc.ca/profiles/candace-galla/

Gargoum, Suliman

Engineering (Okanagan)
resilient transportation infrastructure

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/suliman-gargoum/

Garrard, Greg

FCCS (Okanagan)
English and Cultural Studies
ecocriticism, environmental writing, culure and climate change

https://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/greg-garrard/

Gaston, Christopher

Forestry (Vancouver)
Wood Science
Aboriginal / community development; aboriginal forestry; communities and livelihoods; economics; forest policy; sustainability

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/christopher-gaston

Gaynor, Kaitlyn

Science (Vancouver)
Zoology | Botany
Behavioural responses of animals to human presence; effects of anthropogenic disturbance on predator-prey and other species interactions; socio-ecological dynamics of conservation and coexistence

https://zoology.ubc.ca/person/kaitlyn-gaynor

Gergel, Sarah

Forestry (Vancouver)
Forest and Conservation Sciences
Mapping and Quantifying Ecosystem Services; Social-ecological Landscapes and Resilience; Mapping & Monitoring with First Nations and LEK

https://forestry.ubc.ca/faculty-profile/sarah-gergel

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