Dr. Déborah Buszard

Deborah Buszard is Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Elect of the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus. Previously she was a Professor and  member of the College of Sustainability at Dalhousie University, Canada. In 2007 she coordinated the academic sustainability project at Dalhousie which led to the creation of the College of Sustainability in 2008. Prior to joining Dalhousie in 2006 she was a professor of Plant Science at McGill University and served as Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. She is a plant scientist and strawberry breeder, author of numerous refereed scientific and technical publications on agriculture, fruit physiology, breeding and management; her current research interests include institutional innovation and sustainability.