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Profile of a new living labs project by Dr. Juli Carrillo, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, supported by Daphne Chevalier, Masters of Science student in the Plant Science program and Pierre Girod, Postdoctoral Fellow. We asked them about their insect detection project, and hopes for applied outcomes in the future. 

We interviewed project leads Dr. Inge Roecker, Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Andrew Parr, Associate Vice-President, Student Housing and Community Services (SHCS), and Dr. Alina McKay, Housing Research Collaborative (HRC) Coordinator.

Food Insecurity Project Manager at UBC Wellbeing, Sara Kozicky – along with students Min Jung Kim and Amy Dong – offered insight into the need for and work towards establishing a Community Food Security Hub at UBC.

2020 CLL Award Recipients Dr. Naoko Ellis, Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and James Montgomery, Energy Conservation Engineer at Energy and Water Services, shared more about their aspirations for integrating carbon capture into systems at UBC campuses.

2021 Award recipients Dr. Lorien Nesbitt, Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Management, and Angela Rout, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Forest Resources Management share more about charting new ground with their work on urban forests.