Ottawa, ON – On January 24, at 1 pm, Nuffield Canada will be hosting their Scholar Presentations at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.
Nuffield Scholar presentations are one of the final components to be completed by scholars in fulfillment of the two-year program.
This year there will be six Nuffield Scholar Presentations by:
Andrew Rosychuk (Sch. 2020), Edmonton, AB - Sponsored by Nuffield Canada
Topic: On-farm Medium Scale Processing
Craig Lester (Sch. 2023), Calgary, AB - Sponsored by Alberta Grains
Topic: Media’s role in agriculture and the influence it has on consumers’ perspective of the industry.
Emily Ford (Sch. 2023), Medicine Hat, AB - Sponsored by McCain Foods
Topic: Regenerative Agriculture in Potato Production Systems
Justin Cantafio (Sch. 2023), Dartmouth, NS - Sponsored by the NS Gov., Dept. of Agriculture
Topic: How farmers’ markets can build sustainable, resilient, and adaptable local food systems in Canada
Kirk Zembal (Sch. 2023), Edmonton, AB - Sponsored by Canadian Canola Growers Association
Topic: Creating value for grain growers in the rapidly changing sustainability and carbon pricing landscape.
Stephanie Lam (Sch. 2023), Guelph, ON - Sponsored by Semex
Topic: Genetic and genomic approaches for sustainable beef production.
The vision of Nuffield Canada is “to ignite global exploration, discovery and innovation in Canadian agriculture.” Its mission is “to provide a dynamic platform for scholars to research, explore and collaborate on ideas, innovations, policies, and practices that drive advancements in Canada agriculture.” This is achieved by offering mid-career agriculturalist a $20,000 scholarship to travel the world for a minimum of 10 weeks to research a topic of their choosing that is relevant to the advancement of agriculture in Canada.
Scholars are then required to write a 10,000-word report on what they learned and present a summary to the Nuffield Canada Board, sponsors, industry partners, alumni and peers – fielding questions afterwards. Nuffield Canada Scholar Reports are then published on the Nuffield Canada website, available free to all, and scholars become industry experts on their topic and share what they learned with others.
Applications to become a Nuffield Scholar are open April 1 though June 30 each year. More information is available at www.nuffield.ca.
Source : Nuffield.ca