A University of Saskatchewan researcher has received the Agricultural Institute of Canada’s highest honour.
The award is a nod to Ernie Barber’s career as a researcher, professor and university administrator.
Barber, first hired as a professor of agricultural engineering at the U of S in 1981, worked with ventilation, heating and air quality in intensive livestock operations, and later served as dean of the university’s agriculture college.
“For more than three decades, (Barber) has made outstanding contributions to the University of Saskatchewan and to Canadian agriculture through a distinguished and wide-ranging career of research, academic leadership, undergraduate and graduate teaching and partnership building with industry and government,” Karen Chad, U of S vice-president of research, said in a media release.
Barber is currently the managing director of the University of Saskatchewan’s Global Institute for Food Security.
Barber grew up on a farm near Innisfree, Alta., before earning degrees from the University of Alberta and University of Guelph.
