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 […]
David Martell recognized by the Canadian Institute of Forestry
David Martell, a professor emeritus of the University of Toronto’s Institute of Forestry and Conservation, has been recognized for Scientific Achievement by the Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF-IFC). The award recognizes individuals who have made innovative and outstanding achievements in forestry research in Canada. Martell, who completed his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate in industrial engineering […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
FGSA Newsletter July 2020
Reminder The FGSA is still looking for individuals interested in being a part of an Equity Commission to help facilitate discussions on equity within the faculty and its programs. If interested, please sign up here: https://forms.gle/6JtjhGWisA1DHSSZ9 If you are not interested in joining a committee, but would like to give your thoughts, concerns or stories […]
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 […]
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, […]
