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Deborah Buszard
Deborah Buszard is a British Plant Scientist currently serving as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at The University of British Columbia Okanagan.

Before joining UBC in 2012, Professor Buszard was at Dalhousie University where she served as Director of Environmental Programs and coordinated an initiative to create a new College and university-wide academic programming in sustainability. Prior to joining Dalhousie in 2006, she was Professor of Plant Science at McGill University and served as Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Associate Vice-Principal of the MacDonald Campus from 1996 to 2005.

Professional Achievements
A plant scientist and strawberry breeder, Professor Buszard is author of numerous scientific and technical publications. She holds an academic appointment as Professor of Biology in the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences on the Okanagan campus. Her current research interests include institutional innovation and sustainability.