Forest Resources Management Department
Achievements and Plans ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2012 – 13
PLANS FOR 2013 – 14
• Dr Yousry El-Kassaby was appointed Department Head, effective July 1, 2012.
• Hire a 12-month Lecturer in Human Dimensions in Forestry and Natural Resources to develop 2 new courses: Introduction to the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and Human Dimensions of Forests: Outdoor Recreation and Public Participation.
• Dr Coops was awarded a CRC Tier 1 and will receive a new CFI grant. • Dr Innes received new and ongoing SSHRC funding. Dr Sheppard received new SSHRC funding. • Drs Harshaw and H Nelson received ongoing SSHRC funding. Drs Alila, Coops, and Meitner received ongoing NSERC funding. • Dr Coops received an NSERC Tools grant and two NSERC Collaborative grants. • Drs Bull and El-Kassaby received ongoing Genome funding. • Dr Tindall was selected to be trained by Al Gore as a Climate Reality presenter. • Dr Coops hosted the SilviLaser Conference at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver, 16-19 September 2012. The conference was aimed at bringing together research scientists and practitioners from around the world to share their experience in the development and application of LiDAR for forest and vegetated environments. • The new course-based Masters of Sustainable Forest Management program was launched with 14 students in the first year. • Dr Werner Kurz, Adjunct Professor, received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal award from the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, in a ceremony held in Ottawa on June 13, 2012. • Dr Mike Wulder from the Canadian Forest Service (CFS), an Adjunct Professor, is part of the Landsat Science Team and was part of the NASA press conference about the launch and the significance of the Landsat series of satellites. • Andrea Lyall, the Faculty’s new First Nations Coordinator, continues to teach CONS 370, Aboriginal Forestry.
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• Start development of the new course-based Masters in International forestry program.