Chilliwack City Councillor Jason Lum and UFV’s Dr. Lenore Newman are the featured speakers at the next Science Café, taking place Wednesday, April 2 from 10:30 am to noon in the library on the UFV Chilliwack campus. They’ll be discussing land use in the Fraser Valley as housing, agriculture industry, commercial, and other uses place increasing pressure on dwindling resources.
Lum, who is also one of UFV’s 50 Remarkable Alumni, brings his perspective on balancing policy pressures with competing land use demands.
“From sustainability to development, I will explore strategies and trade-offs in managing land amid growing environmental and economic challenges,” he says.
Newman is director of UFV’s Food and Agriculture Institute and a prominent voice in the national conversation about food and agriculture innovation.
“Conflicting land uses create a lot of challenge in our region as we have a growing population and very little land,” she says. “In this talk, I discuss UFV’s emerging One Health hub and look at how it provides a new tool for examining the consequences of land use conflict.”
Science Cafés are casual, dynamic interactions between audiences and speakers. Coffee and cookies will be served, and guests are asked to bring a reusable mug to help make this event more sustainable.
Wed, Apr 2, 2025
10:30 am to 12 pm
UFV Chilliwack library