Lori Daniels Receives Association of Fire Ecology Distinguished Leader in Research Award
Dr. Lori Daniels’ innovative and collaborative research has resulted in policy and practice impacts on forest and community resilience to wildfires.
Forestry’s New Field School in Africa: Communities, Conservation, and Wildlife in Post-Apartheid South Africa
UBC Forestry is thrilled to announce the launch of a major new field school in Africa. Beginning in May 2023, this new program will take 18 students into the heart of the savanna biome to work with and learn from rural community members. It will offer insights into the innovative forms of community-based natural resource management emerging in South Africa.
Xikomaniso: New Forestry Research Initiatives in Africa
As UBC’s Faculty of Forestry continues to expand its research and collaborations globally, professors Dr. David Bunn and Dr. Melissa McHale are paving the way for new forestry research initiatives in Africa. As part of a $750,000 grant from NASA, Dr. Bunn and Dr. McHale are working to develop an ecological forecasting system for South Africa’s Kruger National Park and the surrounding region.
Professor Suzanne Simard receives Kew International Medal and Lewis Thomas Prize
UBC Forestry wishes to congratulate Dr. Suzanne Simard for winning the Kew International Medal! Dr. Simard has received the award in recognition of her work exploring and sharing the complexity and wonder of trees and forests.
Congratulations to the 2022/23 recipients of the Binkley Family Graduate Scholarship
UBC Forestry congratulates the 2022/23 recipients of the Binkley Family Graduate Scholarship. The scholarship is granted annually to one outstanding student in each UBC Forestry Professional Master’s program.
UBC Forestry’s HEAL Network Receives Grant Renewal to Continue Innovative Research
UBC’s Faculty of Forestry is thrilled to announce that the Climate Change Health Effects, Adaptation and ResiLience (HEAL) network has had its grant renewed for another year. Co-led by Dr. Lorien Nesbitt, Department of Forest Resources Management and Dr. Chris Carlsten, Division of Respiratory Medicine/Department of Medicine, the interdisciplinary group is one of 40 UBC research excellence clusters that received funding under the university’s Research Excellence Clusters Initiative.
In the Spotlight: Jaya Joshi
Jaya Joshi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wood Science at UBC. Her research focuses on improving the yield and nutritional values of crops, guided by the aim of successful implementation of carbon farming by 2050.
Ingrid Jarvis Receives the Best Doctoral Dissertation and Marina Melanidis Receives the Best Master’s Thesis Awards in Forestry for 2022
The Faculty of Forestry would like to congratulate Dr. Ingrid Jarvis for winning the Best Dissertation Award and Ms. Marina Melanidis for winning the Best Master’s Thesis Award.