Forestry students receive Lawson Climate & Sustainability Award
The Lawson Climate Institute (LCI) at the University of Toronto accelerates the university’s capacity to advance the technologies, policies, and incentives needed to make the global transition to net zero. The Institute is named in honour of Brian Lawson and Joannah Lawson for their transformative gift, establishing the Institute. LCI announced awardees of the Lawson […]
Impressions from the BSMI + MTI Industry and Community Workshop
Image: Participants at the BSMI + MTI Industry and Community Workshop held on November 28, 2025 at The Faculty Club, University of Toronto (photo Valerie Haddad). The Bioeconomy and Sustainable Materials Institute (BSMI) team has been engaging with industry and communities to discuss its research mandate and activity areas and collaboration for large-scale funding opportunities. […]
Greener cities: U of T study advances future green roof design
In 2009, Toronto became the first city in North America to implement a mandatory Green Roof Bylaw, requiring new developments larger than 2,000 sq. m to dedicate part of their rooftop space to green roofs, areas designed exclusively for vegetation and not intended for public access under the bylaw’s criteria. An interdisciplinary team of researchers […]
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 […]
Daniels Faculty professors to participate in a new, $5-million Wildland Fire Research Network
Dr. David Martell (Left) and Dr. Patrick James (Right) On June 24, Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, announced that the federal government would be partnering with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to provide $5 million for the creation of a new Wildland Fire Research Network — a Canada-wide […]
The Globe and Mail: The Norway maple is a bully, and shouldn’t be confused with the sugar maple tree
Canadian leaf / Canadian maple tree / a red maple leaf ILLUSTRATION BY RONTECH2000 The following opinion piece for The Globe and Mail by MFC graduate Peter Kuitenbrouwer was published on June 26, 2020. The Norway maple is a hardy tree that thrives much better than our domestic sugar maple in harsh urban conditions. City […]
MTI Newsletter: June 2020
News From MTI Hello Mass Timber Colleagues! This month we are very pleased to feature a stunning mass timber project in Ontario built with Canadian Mass Timber: The Orillia Waterfront Centre. Project Feature: Orillia Waterfront Centre When the previous building was destroyed by fire, the City of Orillia re-envisioned the new Waterfront Centre as […]
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 […]
