Truck Loggers Association Supports Forestry Students for Over 50 Years
Every year at the BC Truck Loggers Association convention there’s a silent and live auction. Nothing unusual about that; lots of organizations raise funds this way. What’s different at the TLA convention is that bidders routinely pay at least twice what the auction item is worth, and gleefully outbid each other in friendly competition.
Gary & Louise Kenwood Forestry Award
Like many UBC Forestry alumni, Gary Kenwood firmly believes that “forests are everyone’s heritage”, and that young people are our future. Unlike many others, Gary and his wife Louise have acted on those beliefs with a gift to support undergraduate students.
Research Forest Work Terms & Internships
An undergraduate student gaining valuable GIS experience and a graduate student researching the forest/community interface are two of the Forestry students benefitting from private foundation support of co-op work terms and internships at UBC’s Research Forests. This newly established private foundation gift has already supported work term and research opportunities for six undergraduate and three graduate students in our Malcolm Knapp, Alex Fraser and Aleza Lake research forests.
HALCO supports Operations Research in the Faculty
HALCO Software Systems Ltd., founded in 1988, celebrates its Silver Jubilee this year! To recognize this milestone, and in honour of their founder, Howard Arthur Leach, HALCO recently established a $5,000 annual scholarship in the Faculty of Forestry. The Howard A. Leach Scholarship in Operations Research will be awarded to undergraduate students in the Wood Products Processing program, who have a demonstrated interest in the field of Operations Research.
Serving Up Learning at Loon Lake: Peter Bentley Makes Largest-Ever Gift to Forestry
Imagine you’re a kid who has cancer. One of the great joys of your summer is attending Camp Goodltimes at Loon Lake. You get to explore the forest, swim in the lake, and hang out with other kids who are going through the same things you are. You’ve got bunk beds, scary campfire stories; the whole thing.
Except for a place to eat. There are 130 kids and counsellors in your group, and the dining hall only fits 90. At every meal you have about a one-in-three chance of eating outside, rain or shine.
Catalyst Paper President and CEO Joe Nemeth Establishes Scholarship
Joe Nemeth is a veteran in the pulp and paper industry. His career has seen him in positions of increasing responsibility at some of the best-known companies in the business: Fletcher Challenge, Fortress Paper, Canfor and Canfor Pulp Products. He was appointed CEO of Catalyst Paper in October 2013.
The 42nd International Forestry Students’ Symposium: Our Roots, Our Future
The 42nd International Forestry Students’ Symposium (IFSS 2014) took place from August 6 – 21, 2014 throughout the province of British Columbia; a forest journey spanning thousands of kilometers and showcasing the province’s forested landscapes, varied ecosystems, and forest management practices and innovations.
Forestry Undergraduate Award Honours UBC Alumni
The Faculty’s most significant undergraduate student award has been established in honour of Phillip Tindle (ApSc 49) and his wife Katherine (BA 48).
“Please, call me Taddy,” Katherine says. “I’ve gone by that nickname my whole life.”
In their top-floor Vancouver apartment with gorgeous views of forests and mountains, Phillip and Taddy recently talked about their lives at UBC, Phillip’s career in forestry, and the importance of this new student award.
Research Fellowships Create Bright Future for Graduate Students
As the first recipients of two fellowships established by the estate of Paul and Edwina Heller, graduate students Suzi Malan and Zac Zabawa are continuing vital research on environmental and conservation governance in Africa and India.
Suzi is pursuing a PhD, investigating the political, socio-economic and ecosystem management aspects of decision-making in the establishment and management of protected areas across national boundaries.
Englehart Artwork
Lou Englehart traveled through BC during the 1970s and 1980s painting beehive burners. A symbol of the lumber industry in British Columbia, the burners were slowly disappearing as forestry practices changed and Lou captured many of these burners before they were destroyed.
The Englehart family has generously donated the vast majority of the collection of burner paintings to the Faculty of Forestry.