Coupland, Kathleen

Dr. Coupland’s role within the MGEM community is multifaceted. She is responsible for coordinating the day-to-day activities of the program and providing dedicated support to both students and the MGEM teaching team. She has been connected to UBC Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship professional master’s programs since 2014 when she was a student in the Master of Sustainable Forest Management program, a sister program to MGEM.

Her research focuses on the application and development of novel classification schemes for forests, with an emphasis on quantifying non-timber forest values. Specifically, she has worked on quantifying the educational values in urban forests for forestry education, using UBC as a case study. This research utilized both quantitative and qualitative methods and included a LiDAR canopy analysis of every tree on the UBC campus.