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Scanlon to lead Canadian council of agriculture, food and veterinary medicine deans

Martin Scanlon, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Manitoba, has been elected President of the Deans Council – Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Medicine for a one-year term. He served as president-elect for the past year.

Consisting of five faculties of veterinary medicine and eight faculties of agriculture and food, the Deans Council AFVM represents more than 1,200 professors training over 25,000 current students at 11 research intensive universities. This network represents Canada’s leading research and education capacity in agri-food business, risk and supply chain management, food science and policy, plant, animal and related environmental sciences, and veterinary medicine and One Health.

The Deans Council AFVM partners with industry and governments to advance food safety and security, and sustainable economic growth in the agri-food sector.

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How women saved agricultural economics and other ideas for why diversity matters | Jill J. McCluskey

Video: How women saved agricultural economics and other ideas for why diversity matters | Jill J. McCluskey

Dr. Jill J. McCluskey, Regents Professor at Washington State University and Director of the School of Economic Science

Dr. McCluskey documents that women entered agricultural economics in significant numbers starting in the 1980s, and their ranks have increased over time. She argues that women have increased the relevance in the field of agricultural economics through their diverse interests, perspectives, and experiences. In their research, women have expanded the field's treatment of non-traditional topics such as food safety and nutrition and environmental and natural resource economics. In this sense, women saved the Agricultural Economics profession from a future as a specialty narrowly focused on agricultural production and markets. McCluskey will go on to discuss some of her own story and how it has shaped some of her thinking and research. She will present her research on dual-career couples in academia, promotional achievement of women in both Economics and Agricultural Economics, and work-life support programs.

The Daryl F. Kraft Lecture is arranged by the Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics, with the support of the Solomon Sinclair Farm Management Institute, and in cooperation with the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences.