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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello CANUFNET!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you’re in the Vancouver area, please join us in the official launch of our Urban Forestry Bachelor program this Friday,
<b>September 25, 2015 at 6:30PM at the University of British Columbia</b>. <a href="http://nfw.forestry.ubc.ca/urban-forestry-launch/">
RSVP online</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join <a href="http://vancouver.ca/your-government/andrea-reimer.aspx" target="_blank">Andrea Reimer</a> (Deputy Mayor of Vancouver), <a href="http://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/john-innes/" target="_blank">John Innes</a> (Dean of the
Faculty of Forestry), <a href="https://treecanada.ca/en/about-us/staff/" target="_blank">
Mike Rosen</a> (President of Tree Canada), and <a href="http://planning.ubc.ca/vancouver/about-us/leadership-team" target="_blank">John Madden </a>(Director of UBC Sustainability and Engineering) in celebrating the launch of our new <a href="http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/students/undergraduate/prospective/degree-programs/urban-forestry-degree/" target="_blank">Bachelor
of Urban Forestry program</a>! A reception will follow the announcement. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://nfw.forestry.ubc.ca/urban-forestry-launch/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="994" height="222" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D0F463.5A180E50"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will also be hosting a <a href="http://nfw.forestry.ubc.ca/beyond-the-inferno/">
Beyond on Inferno</a> event with a rapattack demo and talks before the official launch to celebrate National Forest Week and the UBC centennial. Visit our
<a href="http://nfw.forestry.ubc.ca/">National Forest Week</a> website for all the details.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Beyond the Inferno Speakers<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Be part of the dialogue and hear from those on the front line:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://nfw2015.sites.olt.ubc.ca/beyond-the-inferno/speaker-bios/">Lori Daniels</a> (UBC Forestry) – Wildfire: More good than harm<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://nfw2015.sites.olt.ubc.ca/beyond-the-inferno/speaker-bios/">Lyle Gawalko</a> (Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations) – Climate change adaption without getting burned<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://nfw2015.sites.olt.ubc.ca/beyond-the-inferno/speaker-bios/">Jed Cochrane</a> (Parks Canada) – Managing fire with fire for resilient landscapes<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://nfw2015.sites.olt.ubc.ca/beyond-the-inferno/speaker-bios/">Bruce Blackwell</a> (B.A. Blackwell & Associates Ltd.) – Catching fire: transformative management of Canadian forests<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://nfw2015.sites.olt.ubc.ca/beyond-the-inferno/speaker-bios/">Stephen Sheppard</a> (UBC Forestry) – Can videogames save urban forests from climate change?<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to forward this to anyone interested. <b>We will be posting a video of the talks online one week after the talks.</b> Please email me if you wish to be notified when the video is posted.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Robert Kwei<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Web Co-ordinator | Faculty of Forestry | Dean's Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The University of British Columbia | 2651 – 2424 Main Mall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">P: <a href="tel:604.822.1861"><span style="color:windowtext">604.822.1861</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">E: <a href="mailto:robert.kwei@ubc.ca"><span style="color:blue">robert.kwei@ubc.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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