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THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Curriculum Vitae for Faculty Members
Date: 20/07/2012
1. SURNAME: Cowan (nee Binns) FIRST NAME: Shannon
MIDDLE NAME(S): Elizabeth
2. DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL: Agroecology
3. FACULTY: Land and Food Systems
4. PRESENT RANK: Adjunct Professor SINCE: November, 2008
5. POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
University or Institution / Degree / Subject Area / DatesUniversity of Ottawa / Ph.D. / Biology / 09/97-06/01
University of Guelph / B.Sc. / Biological Sciences / 09/93-06/97
Title of Dissertation and Name of Supervisor
The taxonomy, phytochemistry and biological activity of the genus Echinacea (Asteraceae)
Co-supervisors: Dr. John Thor Arnason (U of Ottawa), Dr. Bernard R. Baum (Agriculture Canada)
Special Professional Qualifications
Agroecology, Field Botany/Horticulture, Plant microscopy, Phytochemistry, Bioactivity, Natural Health Products, Chromatography, N. America: northeastern and prairie habitats
6. EMPLOYMENT RECORD
(a) Prior to coming to UBC
University, Company or Organization / Rank or Title / DatesBishop’s University / Assistant Professor- sessional / 01/02-05/02
University of Ottawa / Laboratory Instructor / 09/97-12/00
Universite de Montreal / Assistant Professor- sessional / 09/00-11/00
University of Ottawa / Guest Lecturer / 09/97-06/01
(b) At UBC
Rank or Title / DatesAdjunct Professor (and Sesional Lecturer) / November 2008-present
Assistant Professor / July 2002- October 31, 2008
7. LEAVES OF ABSENCE
27/02/2006 – 03/03/2007 Maternity and Parental Leaves
8. TEACHING
(a) Areas of special interest and accomplishments
Agroecology, Permaculture, Medicinal Botany, Integrated studies (human ecology and food systems)
(b) Courses Taught at UBC * Hours Taught for co-instructing are shown for my contribution only, and do not include preparation time.
Session / Course / Scheduled / Class / Hours Taught Per CourseNumber / Hours / Size / Lectures / Tutorials / Labs / Credits
W2011 / APBI 361 / 0-6-6 / 43 / 0 / 72 / 0 / 3
W2010 / APBI 361 / 0-6-6 / 42 / 0 / 72 / 0 / 3
W2009 / APBI 361 / 0-6-6 / 12 / 0 / 72 / 0 / 3
W2008 / AGRO 361 / 0-6-6 / 28 / 0 / 72 / 0 / 3
S2008 / AGRO 497 / 100 / 4 / 2 / 18 / 0 / 6
W2007 / AGRO 260 / 1-3-6 / 29 / 30 / 72 / 0 / 6
W2007 / AGRO 360 / 2-3-3 / 37 / 25 / 36 / 0 / 3
W2006 / LFS 501 / 1-3-0 / 5 / 6 / 38 / 0 / 3
W2005 / LFS 501 / 1-3-0 / 9 / 5 / 20 / 0 / 1.5
F2005 / AGRO 360 / 2-3-3 / 26 / 25 / 36 / 0 / 3
F2004 / AGRO 360 / 2-3-3 / 33 / 20 / 36 / 0 / 1.5
W2004 / AGRO 260 / 1-3-6 / 44 / 24 / 72 / 0 / 6
F,W
2004 / AGRO 497/498 / 100 hr/term / 3 / 0 / 35 / 0 / n/a
S2004 / EOSC 448 / 1-0-3 / 20 / n/a / n/a / 4 / 1.5
S2004 / AGSC 450 / 1-0-3 / 20 / n/a / n/a / n/a / n/a
F,W
2003-2008 / PLNT 523
Grad Seminar / 1-0-0 / 20 / 0 / 24 / 0 / n/a
F2003 / AGRO 360 / 1-3-3 / 21 / 30 / 36 / 0 / 1.5
F,W
2003 / AGRO 497 / 100 hr/term / 5 / 0 / 20 / 0 / n/a
F,W
2003 / AGRO 260 / 1-3-6 / 40 / 16 / 72 / 0 / 6
W2002 / AGRO 497 / 100 hr/term / 1 / 0 / 12 / 0 / n/a
W2002 / AGRO 260 / 1-3-6 / 24 / 16 / 72 / 0 / 6
* This was offered as a stream of either Directed Studies or the Career Development Internship course. It provided students on-farm internship placements and research project design and implementation experience in sustainable agriculture.
(c) Graduate Students Supervised and/or Co-Supervised
Student Name / Program Type / Year / Principal / Co-Supervisor(s)Start / Finish / Supervisor
Gavin Wright / MSc ISLFS / 01/06 / Jan 2009 / Dr. Shannon Cowan / Dr. Alejandro Rojas
Yona Sipos-Randor / PhD Integrated Studies in LFS / 01/06 / Dr. Shannon Binns / Dr. Alejandro Rojas
Nancy Macpherson / MSc Integrated Studies in LFS / 09/05 / Sept 2009 / Dr. Shannon Binns / Dr Eduardo Jovel
Christopher Suen / MSc Integrated Studies in LFS / 01/05 / incompl / Dr. Shannon Binns / Dr. Alejandro Rojas
Sarah Martz / MSc Plant Science / 09/03 / April 2009 / Dr. Eduardo Jovel / Dr. Shannon Binns
Alain Boucher / PhD Plant Science / 01/03 / 08/08 / Dr. Shannon Binns / Dr. Andrew Riseman
Member of Graduate Advisory Committee
Student Name / Program Type / YearStart / Finish
Gavin Wright / MSc Integrated Studies in LFS / 09/05 / 2009
Brian King / MSc Plant Science / 09/03 / 05/06
Julia Wagner / MSc Soil Science / 01/02 / 06/05
Ranil Walwitya / MSc Plant Science / 01/03 / 08/05
Examiner - Graduate Examination Committee
2009 MSc. Final Oral, Sarah Martz, ISLFS, UBC
2009 MSc. Final Oral, Nancy MacPherson, ISLFS, UBC
2009 MSc. Final Oral, Gavin Wright, ISLFS, UBC
2008 PhD Final Oral, Alain Boucher, Plant Science, UBC
2008 PhD Comprehensive Yona Sipos, ISLFS UBC
2005 MSc. Final Oral Ranil Walwitya, Plant Science, UBC
2005 MSc. Final Oral Julia Wagner, Soil Science, UBC
2005 Ph.D. Comprehensive Alain Boucher, Plant Science, UBC
Examiner - Graduate Examination Chair
2008 MSc Final Oral Alexandra deJong Westman, Animal Science, UBC
2005 M.Sc. Final Oral Ingrid Elisia, Food Nutrition and Health, UBC
2004 M.Sc. Final Oral Alana Clegg, Plant Science, UBC
2003 M.Sc. Final Oral Neena Gorkhali, Animal Science, UBC
Examiner - Graduate Examination External
2006 MSc. Brett Dolter, RMES, UBC
2003 MSc. Final Oral Bonnie Kwok, FNH, UBC
(d) Continuing Education Activities
Professional Teaching Development (INSTRUCTOR)
Permaculture Design Certificate – Teaching How to Teach and Sheet Mulching, June 2012 (M Nickels)
Permaculture Design Certificate – Soils Instructor, September 2009 (J Richardson)
UBC Farm Research and Education Symposium, April 1, 2005
UBC Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Problem-Based Learning Tutor Learning Event, Jan. 19, 2005
Problem-Based Learning Tutor Training 3-day Workshops: April 2003, August 2003, April 2004, December 2004
Professional Teaching Development (PARTICIPANT)
Certified Organic Association of BC Annual General Meeting, Feb 28, 2008, Sidney, BC
International Agroecology Shortcourse, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, July 14-26, 2003
Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) Conference, Vancouver, 11/06/2003.
14th Annual International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements World Congress “Cultivating Communities”, Victoria, Aug 2002
Problem-Based Learning Tutor Training Workshop, July 15-17, 2002
(e) Visiting Lecturer (indicate university/organization and dates)
University of California – International Agroecology Shortcourse, Santa Cruz, CA, USA – Jul 14-26, 2003
(f) Other
Instructor for Senior Undergraduate Agroecology Directed Studies and Research Projects
Student Name / Program Type / Year / ProjectStart / Finish
7 students / AGRO and GRS / 09/07 / 01/08 / UBC Farm Ambassadors Research Program
2 students / Engineering / 0907 / 01/08 / UBC Farm Ambassadors Research Program
Bronwyn Smyth / AGRO / 5/08 / 9/08 / Coop studies - Sowing Growers Agroecology Internship (off camus at a farm in BC)
Bronwyn Smyth / AGRO / 5/08 / 8/08 / COABC Weed Factsheets (2) published
Margaret Bloomquist / GRS / 01/08 / 4/08 / COABC Soil Factsheets (2) published
David Farmer / GRS / 5/08 / 9/08 / Sowing Growers Agroecology Internship (off camus at a farm in BC)
Katherine Oblock / AGRO / 5/08 / 9/08 / Sowing Growers Agroecology Internship (off camus at a farm in BC)
Emma Holmes / AGRO / 5/08 / 9/08 / Sowing Growers Agroecology Internship (off camus at a farm in BC) – Coop Studies
Christine Chapman / BIO / 5/07 / 12/07 / Echinacea Hybrid Phytochemistry and Agronomy for Plant Breeding Program
Jason Wolfe / BSc Biology / 09/04 / 12/04 / Echinacea Seed Germination
Christopher Suen / Unclassified / 04/04 / Intercropping – UBC Farm
Brian King / MSc Plant Science / 01/04 / 09/04 / Plant-Fungal Bioactivity
Austin Spry / BScAg. / 01/04 / 09/05 / Plant-Fungal Bioactivity
Kristin Greenough / BSc Biology / 01/04 / 04/04 / Botanical Garden Plant Ecology
Mark Bomford / BScAg. / 01/03 / 04/03 / UBC Farm Garden Design
Ellen Yeung-Shue Lam / BSc.Nutrition / 09/02 / 04/03 / Alternative Medicine Population Study
Emrys Prussin / BSc Biology / 04/03 / 09/03 / Apiculture and Pollen Identification UBC Farm
Alison Fischer / BSc. Biology / 04/03 / 09/03 / Apiculture and Pollen Identification UBC Farm
Instructor for Senior Undergraduate Research Projects (not UBC)
Student Name / Program Type / Year / ProjectUniversity / Start / Finish
S. Merali / BSc Biology
U of Ottawa / 06/99 / 06/01 / Antifungal and anti-inflammatory activity of the genus Echinacea
D. Johnson / BSc Biology
U of Ottawa / 09/00 / 06/01 / Echinacea sp. phytochemistry and plant hormone induction
I. Inparajah / BSc Biology
U of Ottawa / 09/98 / 06/99 / Methyl jasmonate induces secondary metabolites in Echinacea sp.
B. Purgina / BSc Biology
U of Ottawa / 09/97 / 06/98 / Photo-activated antifungal action of Echinacea extracts
D. Gaudreau / BSc Biology
U of Ottawa / 09/98 / 06/99 / Echinacea and mycorrhizal associations
9. SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
(a) Areas of special interest and accomplishments
Systematic taxonomic revision of plant genus Echinacea that integrates morphology and phytochemistry. This has allowed clarification of conservation needs, as well as education for those involved in authentication and quality in herbal product commercial supply chains. [see ‘Journals’ in Publications Record # 6, 8, 9]
Professional teaching and training for effective tutoring, and case-writing in problem-based learning pedagogy - for undergraduate agricultural science courses emphasizing real-world, systems-based, interdisciplinary subject matter.
(b) Research or equivalent grants (indicate under COMP whether grants were obtained competitively (C) or non-competitively (NC))
Granting / Subject / COMP / $ / Year / Principal / Co-Investigator(s)Agency / Per Year / Investigator
Canadian Institutes for Health Research / Siska Traditional Food Use Patterns (Creator’s Gifts) / c / $99,000 / 2008 / Shannon Cowan / Dr. Laurie Chan (UNBC)
Michael Smith Foundation / Pilot – Traditional Food Use Patterns / C / $4000 / 2007 / Shannon Cowan / Siska Band and Nancy MacPherson (student)
BC ACADRE Institute for Aboriginal Health, UBC. / “Community Health Education and Promotion Through Sustainable Use of Non-Timber Forest Resources: Community-Based Co-Development of Research Environment to Increase Aboriginal Research Capacity in Siska Band, Nlaka’pamux First Nation, British Columbia. / C / $15,000 / 2006-2007 / Dr. S. Binns / Chief Fred Sampson, Siska Band
Darwin Hanna, Aboriginal Law Adjunct Professor, UBC
British Columbia Innovation Council and Industry Matching Funds / Germplasm improvement program for natural health products grown in BC – Health Products and Functional Food Program Funding / C / $26,231
$30,020
$33,826
(totals incl. industry matching funds, which were $15,001 over all yrs; itemized next table) / 2004
2005
2006 / Dr. S. Binns
$13,321
$15,595
$24,731 / Paula Brown, BCIT
$12,910
$14,425
$9,595
(c) Research or equivalent contracts (indicate under COMP whether grants were obtained competitively (C) or non-competitively (NC).
Granting / Subject / COMP / $ / Year / Principal / Co-Investigator(s)Agency / Per Year / Investigator
Jamieson Vitamins Ltd. / Germplasm improvement program for natural health products grown in BC / NC –grant-in-aid / 1,500
1,500
1,500 / 2004
2005
2006 / Dr. S. Binns / Paula Brown, BCIT
Herbon Naturals / Germplasm improvement program for natural health products grown in BC / NC –grant-in-aid / 1,000
1,000
1,000 / 2004
2005
2006 / Dr. S. Binns / Paula Brown, BCIT
BC Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Network / Germplasm improvement program for natural health products grown in BC / NC –grant-in-aid / 2,000
2,000
2,000 / 2004
2005
2006 / Dr. S. Binns / Paula Brown, BCIT
BC Herb Growers’ Association / Germplasm improvement program for natural health products grown in BC / NC –grant-in-aid / 1,000
1,000
1,000 / 2004
2005
2006 / Dr. S. Binns / Paula Brown, BCIT
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED
1. ABIP Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program. Network Grant. Letter of Intent submitted May 1, 2007 to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada with collaborators at Ottawa U, U of Guelph, Carleton U, and nation-wide Industry partners.
2. CIHR Development Seed Funding. Pillars III & IV. HeRRO UBC Internal Award. April 30, 2007. “Preparation of CIHR Operating Grant: Siska Traditional Food for Health”. $4,912
3. Martha Piper Research Fund. UBC Internal Award for Interdisciplinary and International Research Team Development. April 23, 2007. “Evidence-based crop improvement for health products: the anti-inflammatory new hybrid Echinacea. $25,000.
4. CIHR Operating Grant. Opportunities for New Researchers in Aboriginal Health. RFP in Institute for Aboriginal People’s Health. Sept 15, 2006. “Integrating Traditional Foods With Aboriginal Health Programming and Practices: Community-Directed Participatory Research in Siska Band, Nlaka'pamux First Nation”. $72,500.
5. UBC Peter Wall Institute Research Network Infrastructure Award Program (Letter of intent October 2005) “Human and Food (In)Security”, P.I. Dr. Sneja Gunew, UBC.