UBC Forestry
In the Spotlight: Dr. Minghao Li
UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship welcomes Dr. Minghao Li, Associate Professor in Sustainable Timber-build Environment, to the Department of Wood Science. With an extensive research background in high-performance engineered wood products and connection systems, multi-story mass timber and timber-steel hybrid structures, Dr. Li joins the newly formed Wood Building Science and Technology Cluster to continue to advance innovative solutions to complex structural issues.
Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Supports UBC Team to Design Sitka Spruce Aircraft Model for International Competition
UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship recently joined forces with the UBC Faculty of Applied Science and their UBC AeroDesign (UBCAD) team to provide space for and help design an aircraft model that featured balsa and Sitka spruce wood in one of its fixed wings.
Dr. Nicholas Coops named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship wishes to congratulate Dr. Nicholas Coops who has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Dr. Coops is considered a global leader in the application of remote sensing for forest management and holds a Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in remote sensing.
New UBC study sheds light on access to vegetation in 31 Canadian cities
When UBC faculty of forestry researcher Dr. Lorien Nesbitt studied patterns of vegetation and green spaces in the United States a few years ago, she found widespread inequities. In many of the 10 metropolitan areas included in the study, comprising over 100 cities and towns, income and education were strongly correlated to the amount of […]
Congratulations to the Recipient of the 2022/23 Gordon and Nora Bailey Fellowship Award
UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship congratulates Sarah Smith-Tripp for receiving the 2022/23 Gordon and Nora Bailey Fellowship in Sustainable Forestry. The Award aims to support students whose studies focus on issues related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, such as sustainable forest management practices, wildfire prevention and carbon capture.
Congratulations to the Recipients of the ABCFP Sustainable Forest Management Award and MGEM Program Awards
UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship congratulates the winners of the ABCFP Sustainable Forest Management Award, the MGEM Best in Class Award, and the MGEM GTA Award. The recipients demonstrated exceptional leadership and teamwork skills and contributions to teaching that earned them high respect from students and course supervisors.
Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Wild & Immersive Program Offering Bursary Fund To Families With Financial Barriers
The Wild & Immersive program that comes alive at UBC’s Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest (MKRF) is once again flooded with children and youth engaging in outdoor education experiences, and one Maple Ridge family would like to see even more young people participate.
UBC Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship Hosting Undergraduate Indonesian Students This Fall
UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship will host 10 undergraduate students from Indonesia this fall, thanks to the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA) program. The program gives top Indonesian students the opportunity to take university classes not typically offered in their own country, and further develop leadership skills in a multicultural setting.