Forest education is confronted with the challenge of modernizing teaching approaches and methods, particularly so in light of changing employment and societal needs. Many innovative teaching methods are developed by multiple instructors and can be found at the local scales. They have a great and lar...
Global Survey The FAO-ITTO-IUFRO global forest education project is undertaking an ambitious global survey on the status of forest education. The survey covers all formal levels of education, including primary and secondary schools, forestry technical and vocational institutions (TVET), and univers...
UBC’s Faculty of Forestry, alongside seven universities and key partners on wildfire management from across the country, will be co-leading a newly announced Strategic Research Network on Wildland Fire that will advance wildland fire science in Canada and train 100 future teachers, managers and re...
UBC Faculty of Forestry, in partnership with FPInnovations and spatial analytics platform provider LlamaZOO, has been awarded $300,000 in funding to further develop and commercialize TimberOps, an immersive visual analytics platform for forest operations and land management. The post UBC Forestry Aw...
Forestry students know the Student Services team as dedicated to both their academic success and their overall well-being. Their tireless commitment to students has even been recognized by the university with the President’s Service Award for Excellence. Whether it is over the summer, the first w...
An update from Hisham Zerriffi, Chair of the UBC Forestry's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council to both endorse and support President Ono’s recent statement but to also speak specifically to tackling racism together in the UBC Forestry community The post Statement by the Chair of Forestry’s ...
How does nature impact our well-being? That is the primary question being investigated in a global survey recently launched by a team of researchers from UBC’s Faculty of Forestry. The post UBC Forestry Survey Asks How Nature Impacts Our Well-being appeared first on UBC Faculty of Forestry....
UBC Forestry Professor, Sarah Gergel, receives the Distinguished Landscape Practitioner Award for her research in landscape ecology. The post Sarah Gergel Awarded for Landscape Ecology Research appeared first on UBC Faculty of Forestry....
The field of forest operations in Canada is rapidly changing, the discipline has evolved significantly and today’s forest operations have become a bridge-builder between different disciplines to support sustainable forestry practices in Canada. The post Building Bridges – How Modern Forest O...
Managing urban landscapes is one of the greatest challenges we face this century. Globally, 60% of the area expected to be urban by 2030 has yet to be built. The effects of this urbanization will undoubtedly reach far beyond the physical boundaries of cities. Accompanied by increased competition for...