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.
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
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 […]
The fight to save Toronto’s ravines from invasive species
Maclean’s Article: The fight to save Toronto’s ravines from invasive species featuring Forestry’s Eric Davies At first glance, there seems little amiss in the thickly forested valleys that wind throughout Toronto. The peerless ravine system, with its abundant oaks and pines, forms a vein-like network of green trails and streams that criss-cross Canada’s largest metropolis, […]
Forest science and forestry education find a new home in John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
By Romi Levine, Cross-posted from U of T News The University of Toronto’s Governing Council recently approved a proposal for academic restructuring that closes the Faculty of Forestry and has faculty members, students and staff from forestry join the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. The move, which took effect July 1, […]
Convocation 2019!
It was quite the wet and soggy day on June 13th as the Faculty of Forestry’s Class of 2019 celebrated their convocation. Although the weather may not have been especially conducive for photos, our Forestry graduates did manage to march into Convocation Hall before the torrents of rain poured down. To our 31 MFCs, 1 […]
Diversity strengthens forests: A Women in Wood article by Janani Sivarajah, PhD Candidate
“I expected you to have an accent, but you spoke the clearest out of all the speakers” We often think of people in forestry as two units “women vs men”, but undermine the importance of heterogeneity and diversity within genders. Diversity is a complex term that also includes race, and age. Having a diverse group […]
The Faculty of Forestry and MOCA Presents ‘The Life of a Dead Tree’ Summer Exhibition
The Life of a Dead Tree Mark Dion May 24–July 28, 2019 Floor 3 Artist Mark Dion brings a massive, fully grown, deceased tree, along with its inhabitants, to MOCA for the museum’s first summer exhibition in the Tower Automotive Building. This specially conceived project marks the 100th anniversary of the Tower Automotive building and […]
