Angela Bedard-Haughn
Dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources (AgBio),
University of Saskatchewan (USask)
The University of Saskatchewan’s College of Agriculture and Bioresources is driving education and research in sustainable agriculture.
According to Angela Bedard-Haughn, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources (AgBio) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), Canadian agriculture is, in a word, exciting. “Feeding the world and ensuring a safe, secure global food supply is an incredible calling,” she says. “But we also need to find ways to achieve food security while facing global challenges and climate change. Research and innovation in the agriculture and food space are currently focused on tackling both challenges simultaneously.”
As a global leader in agricultural research, USask is actively addressing these challenges, both through research in sustainable agriculture and through training future agricultural leaders via hands-on learning.
Most classes include hands-on tutorials or field-based learning.
Addressing global food security
“Our diverse faculty spans the entire agricultural value chain — from soil microorganisms and animal health to food processing, greenhouse gas emissions, economic policy, and beyond,” says Bedard-Haughn. “We also collaborate with other departments, institutes, Indigenous communities, and Saskatchewan’s broader innovation ecosystem, which is a highly productive hub in Canada’s largest agriculture region.”
Feeding the world and ensuring a safe, secure global food supply is an incredible calling.
USask AgBio focuses heavily on experiential learning. “Most classes include hands-on tutorials or field-based learning,” says Bedard-Haughn. “We take students out into the field so they can translate what they’ve been learning into practical knowledge.”
Students also have the opportunity to get involved in research aimed at enhancing global food security while promoting environmental sustainability. USask researchers are discovering, growing, and evolving the agricultural products and practices of tomorrow, with special focuses on sustainability and digital agriculture.
Recent projects include a Genome Canada-funded project on climate-smart crop breeding and another on carbon mapping and sequestration in agricultural lands. From the development of crop varieties suitable for challenging environments to researching conservation tillage and sustainable crop rotations, USask researchers are leading the way in addressing global food security.
Learn more about how USask is helping to feed a hungry world adequately, safely, and sustainably at usask.ca.
