September 2021 Virtual Meeting

In 2014, Professor Rickey Yada was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. Prior to UBC, Dr. Yada was at the University of Guelph where he held numerous leadership roles, including Chair, Department of Food Science, Assistant Vice President Research, Canada Research Chair in Food Protein Structure, and Scientific Director of the Advanced Foods and Materials Network (Networks of Centres of Excellence). He is, currently, one of the coeditors in chief of Trends in Food Science and Technology as well as serving on the editorial board of several journals.

Dr. Yada serves on several research and industry organizations, some of which include Board of Bioenterprise Inc.; Board of Trustees of the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition; External Advisory Committee Member – Arrell Food Institute; Member of the Scientific Advisory Panels – Riddet Institute (New Zealand) and AgResearch (New Zealand). Presently, he serves as the President of the Deans Council of the Faculties of Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Medicine in Canada; is also a Past President and Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology and the International Academy of the International Union of Food Science and Technology, as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists. Dr. Yada has an honorary DSc from the University of Guelph and was the 2019 Harraways 1867 Visiting Professor, University of Otago, New Zealand.