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Aug
13

FGSA Newsletter August 2020

Upcoming Events & Reminders Please take some time to fill out the UTGSU COVID-19 Impact Survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8HCY7KC. The UTGSU needs your feedback to best support graduate students as we navigate COVID-19 together Have concerns about UofT’s reopening plan this fall? Please sign the following petition initiated by CUPE 3902: https://www.change.org/p/meric-gertler-u-of-t-s-reopening-plan-is-not-safe-enough-we-need-to-take-fall-2020-online? Students financially impacted by […]

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Aug
05

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 […]

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Jul
17

MTI Newsletter: July 2020

  News From MTI Hello Mass Timber Colleagues! This month we are very pleased to feature another mass timber project in Ontario: the mixed-used building at Yonge and Charles in Toronto. Mixed Use at Yonge and Charles (Toronto) Toronto’s first mass timber building creates an inviting, light-filled environment for offices and retail while respecting the […]

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Jul
03

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 […]

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Oct
02

Recent history and foresters: A Women in Wood Article by Dr. Anne Koven

Anne Koven graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Forestry where she is an instructor and adjunct professor. She served as Vice Chair of the Ontario Environmental Assessment Board where she conducted the Class Environmental Assessment Hearing for Timber Management on Crown Lands in Ontario. She has also been actively involved in […]

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