My work with Tree Canada over the years has undoubtedly been an educational and industrious experience. My current portfolio involves directing the Canadian Urban Forest Network (CUFN), Strategy (CUFS) andConference (CUFC). This past autumn, we had the opportunity to coordinate five regional workshops for the Canadian Urban Forest Network, with the generous support of TD Friends… Continue reading Across the country in 60 days: Reflections of the Canadian Urban Forest Network Workshops
Urban forestry research has been generally classified in two categories: the biophysical and applied areas, and the social science side of things. The biophysical and applied aspects include threats and diseases such as Dutch elm disease, emerald ash borer, ecosystem services (benefits and value), and climate adaptation. The social sciences include human dimensions such as… Continue reading Research in urban forestry: The social side of things
As published on Tree Canada's Blog on October 6, 2015. Our Tree Canada team was sitting around our table in the boardroom discussing a recent event when I offered a casual reference to an uncommon book that I had read the previous week regarding a labour issue. At this point, Monette Gauvreau, our Communications Officer, and… Continue reading Research in urban forestry: Expanding directions and sharing knowledge
Last summer Chant and I visited Ireland for what I hope is going to be the first of many trips. The landscape of soft rolling hills seems to whisper a lullaby that can ease you to sleep… until the horn of a city bus snaps your attention back to look in the right direction… Continue reading On Journeys: Roads leading and returning
I believe that certain things come into our lives in the moments when we most need them (people, stories, ideas, concepts) – these come by way of walking through a packed grocery store or reading an excerpt from an out-of-place book waylaid on a store counter or forgotten in the pocket of an airplane seat… Continue reading Stories of self
After an eventful month of travels through New York, Malmö, Copenhagen, Dublin, Toronto, and Montreal; I’ve been thinking a lot about people and about the associations that we make with urban places and the memories that resonate from various experiences. For some, it’s the architecture, for others it’s food, some like sculptures and monuments, some… Continue reading Of travels, trees and tales: Everyone’s a storyteller
“Hello, welcome to Wild Rover Tours, my name is Jim and I’ll be your tour guide for the day.” If you do not hear these words… you’re on the wrong tour bus! Our time in Ireland can only be matched with the fun and jubilance that Jim Dempsey, our tour guide from Wild Rover… Continue reading Travels in Ireland
