Author: Yared Mekonnen

Nov
21

Forestry student receives scholarship to attend the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Annual Conference in Virginia

From October 22-24, I had the privilege of being one of two lucky Canadian students that received a scholarship to attend the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Annual Conference in Richmond, Virginia. The SFI hosted several amazing speakers, including a manager from Project Learning Tree promoting Green Jobs across Canada on a wooden bike and speakers discussing […]

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Nov
14

November Convocation

November 7th, 2019 marked the first time that graduating Forestry students marched into Convocation Hall under the banner of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. The November Convocation generally features a smaller cohort of graduates than the June ceremony, so this fall we are honoring three Forestry students. Dr. Yiwen Zhang, […]

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Oct
09

MFC students participate in CIF Conference

This year’s annual Canadian Institute of Forestry’s National Conference and General meeting was held the weekend of October 6-9th in Pembroke, Ontario. This conference holds concurrent and plenary sessions highlighting a variety of topics on forestry, and is highly recommended to all professionals, practitioners and students from the forestry and environmental/natural resources sectors. Master of […]

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Sep
25

U of T talks competitiveness and innovation with business in Sudbury

Northern Ontario’s Innovation Ecosystem was in focus in Sudbury at a roundtable where researchers, business and local politicians shared experiences and ideas for how to support regional growth and open new markets. “What drives successful innovation clusters in the North? Exceptional academic institutions, engaged government and angel investors,” NORCAT CEO Don Duval told the audience […]

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Sep
24

From wood towers to more efficient mining: How U of T is driving innovation, economic prosperity across Ontario

Cross-posted from U of T News and featuring Dr. Anne Koven, Forestry Adjunct Professor and Sessional Lecturer It may be located far from Ontario’s northern forests, but the 14-storey, engineered wood-framed tower proposed for the University of Toronto’s St. George campus will help to propel mass timber construction in the province. Mass timber is prized […]

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Sep
18

State of Ontario’s Natural Resources – Forests 2016

State of Ontario’s Natural Resources – Forests 2016 Report Please click below to read the 2016 report.

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Sep
18

Weather Amnesia Exhibition

The Mass Timber Institute with the University of Toronto’s Art Museum and the Jackman Humanities Institute presents Weather Amnesia Click here to download the PDF format flyer

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Sep
04

As Amazon Burns, Canada’s Boreal Forest Also Faces Serious Threats

HuffPost Article: As Amazon Burns, Canada’s Boreal Forest Also Faces Serious Threats featuring Forestry’s Professor Jay Malcolm Tens of thousands of fires are ripping through the Amazon this month, stunning the world and demonstrating the precarity of earth’s ecosystems. But Canadians need only look as far as our own expansive boreal forest to understand the […]

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