Researchers Call for Return of Sumas Lake Following Devastating 2021 Floods
A new proposal has emerged in response to the November 2021 floods that swept Sumas Prairie in the Fraser Valley, causing mass evacuations and millions in damages.
In the Spotlight: Toktam Sajedi
Toktam Sajedi joins UBC Forestry as a Lecturer and Senior Researcher in the Department of Forest Resources Management.
Shannon Hagerman Awarded 2023 Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship
UBC Forestry wishes to congratulate Dr. Shannon Hagerman on being awarded a 2023 UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship!
Notes from the Field: Volume 2
UBC Forestry’s new “Notes from the Field” series highlights the work of different community forests in collaboration with the British Columbia Community Forests Association.
Rising to the challenges in Hydrology
Piotr Kuraś has seen water resource studies increasingly focus on climate change adaptation over the years. The UBC Forestry grad, who started as a research scientist, is now a consultant and principal with Northwest Hydraulic Consultants (NHC), where he provides clients with current information on various water resource disciplines.
Faculty of Forestry Co-Leading UBC Research Excellence Cluster – Climate Change Health Effects, Adaptation and ResiLience Network (HEAL)
Assistant Professor Lorien Nesbitt is co-leading the Climate Change Health Effects, Adaptation and ResiLience (HEAL) network, one of 40 university-wide research excellence clusters that recently received funding under UBC’s Research Excellence Clusters Initiative.