Forestry field courses turn to video for a pandemic-friendly learning experience
If you’re going to learn to be a forester, it helps to visit a few forests. Master of Forest Conservation students in the Daniels Faculty’s forestry department have traditionally spent part of the academic year participating in field courses that include trips to sites of arboreal interest, near and far. This fall, with the COVID-19 […]
FGSA Newsletter August 2020
Upcoming Events & Reminders Please take some time to fill out the UTGSU COVID-19 Impact Survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8HCY7KC. The UTGSU needs your feedback to best support graduate students as we navigate COVID-19 together Have concerns about UofT’s reopening plan this fall? Please sign the following petition initiated by CUPE 3902: https://www.change.org/p/meric-gertler-u-of-t-s-reopening-plan-is-not-safe-enough-we-need-to-take-fall-2020-online? Students financially impacted by […]
Master of Forest Conservation student Jonathan Dionne writes an op-ed about tree stewardship
Jonathan Dionne, a Master of Forest Conservation student at the Daniels Faculty, is spending the summer interning with the Long Branch Neighbourhood Association as a tree stewardship program lead. Jonathan has been involved in advancing the neighbourhood association’s partnership with Neighbourwoods, a community tree stewardship program developed by associate professor Danijela Puric-Mladenovic and lecturer Andy […]
MTI Newsletter: July 2020
News From MTI Hello Mass Timber Colleagues! This month we are very pleased to feature another mass timber project in Ontario: the mixed-used building at Yonge and Charles in Toronto. Mixed Use at Yonge and Charles (Toronto) Toronto’s first mass timber building creates an inviting, light-filled environment for offices and retail while respecting the […]
2020 Forestry Publications
Forestry’s 2020 peer-reviewed publications: Faculty members Papers Reviewed and Published Professor Patrick James Carbayo HR, Pino J, Bonal R, James PMA, Hampe A, Espelta JM. (in press). Disentangling the effects of host genetic identity, ontogeny and spatial distribution in insect herbivory in expanding oak forests. Annals of Forest Science Larroque J, Johns R, […]
Spring Convocation 2020
For the first time due to the current COVID pandemic, the University of Toronto hosted a single virtual convocation ceremony on June 2nd for the approximate 15,500 students graduating from its three campuses. Normally spring convocation is spread over more than thirty separate ceremonies during a three-week span, all taking place in Convocation Hall on […]
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Victor “Vic” Smith
Professor Emeritus Victor “Vic” Smith recently passed away on April 15th. Both a student and faculty member of the Faculty of Forestry, Dr. Smith first earned his BScF in 1949. After venturing up north to work in Espanola, Ontario as a district forest engineer, he returned to the Faculty in 1963 to complete his MScF. […]
Interim Dean Announcement
A familiar face will be taking on the role of Interim Dean for the Daniels Faculty starting July 1, 2020. Former Faculty of Forestry Dean, Robert Wright, will replace Dean Richard Sommer who is stepping down at the end of June after ten years. His term will be for one year as the Advisory Search […]
