Forestry fellow Michael McTavish co-creates guide for combating invasive grass
Dr. Michael McTavish, a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Daniels Faculty, is the lead author of a new guide recently published in Invasive Plant Science and Management that aims to combat Phragmites australis, also known as the common reed, a destructive tall grass introduced into North America from Europe in the 1800s. Read the full article […]
Prof. Patrick James talks wildfires with Global News
Canada is seeing an “unprecedented” wildfire season so far and summer hasn’t even begun. In almost every province across Canada, crews are working to put out fires that threaten communities. Canada is currently on track to see a record amount of land burned this year and the intense wildfire activity is causing hazardous levels of […]
Forestry PhD Candidate Nicole Tratnik Wins Grand Prize in Excellence in Thermoset Polymer Research Competition
Original article by Jennifer Hsu Nicole Tratnik, a brilliant PhD candidate from Professor Ning Yan’s Lab, has emerged as the Grand Prize Winner in the prestigious Excellence in Thermoset Polymer Research Competition, hosted by the Thermoset Resin Formulators Association. Nicole’s groundbreaking paper titled, Recyclable, self-strengthening starch-based epoxy vitrimer facilitated by exchangeable disulfide bonds, has enhanced the field […]
Mass Timber Institute – Introducing our New Podcast
Listen: academic.daniels.utoronto.ca/masstimberinstitute/the-mass-timber-today-podcast/ The Mass Timber Institute is excited to announce the release of The Mass Timber Today podcast. This has been in the making for the better part of a year, and throughout this exciting time, we’ve had the opportunity to speak with professionals in the fields of forestry, architecture and design, construction and development, and […]
Research team headed by Forestry’s Sean Thomas awarded $1.3-million NSERC grant
Find full article HERE on the Daniels Faculty website’s main page.
Forestry’s Rasoul Yousefpour co-publishes paper on Central America’s threatened forests in Nature Communications
Find full article HERE on the Daniels Faculty website’s main page.
A long-term study of transformation to CCF in Sitka spruce in Ireland webinar with Ted Wilson, Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor, Ted Wilson, presents a webinar for the UK’s Continuous Cover Forestry Group on “A long-term study of transformation to CCF in Sitka spruce in Ireland.” Click HERE to view the webinar on YouTube.
MFC Capstone Presentations now on the Daniels YouTube site
For those who could not attend the UofT Master of Forest Conservation Capstone presentations that were held December 13 and 14, a selection is now available for viewing on the Daniels Faculty YouTube site. Enjoy! 2022 Capstone Presentations
