<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Susan:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is this restricted to professionals working within Canada or is it open to all UF professionals?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many thanks, in advance</div><div class="">Naomi<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 9, 2020, at 4:40 PM, Day, Susan via CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" class="">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Hello Everyone,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I would like to ask for your assistance in distributing a survey on urban forest credentialing. Paul Ries at Oregon State University and I have developed a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Jy3TK7Gqf8RrFz" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">survey</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to follow up on some of the issues and questions raised in the Urban Forestry 2020 project that I completed when I was at Virginia Tech. We are hoping to get good responses from all the provinces and hope you can complete this—and, more importantly, share it with your professional networks, local urban forestry groups, etc. It’s quite short—took me about 8 minutes. Please share widely and thank you… See note below:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dear Urban Forestry Professional,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">You are invited to take part in the research study “Do Urban Foresters Need Their Own Professional Credential?”, being undertaken by Oregon State University and the University of British Columbia. The purpose of this research is to understand how people working in the urban forestry field view the issue of credentialing, and if there is a perceived need for a specific Urban Forester Credential in some form.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">This study (IRB-2020-0726) is open to anyone who self identifies as an urban forestry professional. The principal investigators and research contacts for this study are Dr. Paul D. Ries (<a href="mailto:paul.ries@oregonstate.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">paul.ries@oregonstate.edu</a>) of Oregon State University and Dr. Susan D. Day (<a href="mailto:susan.day@ubc.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">susan.day@ubc.ca</a>) of the University of British Columbia.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Take the survey today at this link:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Jy3TK7Gqf8RrFz" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Jy3TK7Gqf8RrFz</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Please feel free to forward this announcement on to others in your professional network.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dr. Susan D. Day<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">University of British Columbia<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dr. Paul D. Ries<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">Oregon State University<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; break-after: avoid-page;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 16px; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);" class="">_____________________________________________________________________________<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; break-after: avoid-page;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89);" class="">Susan D. Day, Ph.D., SITES AP</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89);" class=""><br class="">Professor and Program Director, Urban Forestry<br class="">Faculty of Forestry | Department of Forest Resources Management<br class="">The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus<br class=""><b class="">Working From Home | COVID-19</b><br class="">Contact |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:susan.day@ubc.ca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">susan.day@ubc.ca</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Info |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://forestry.ubc.ca/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">forestry.ubc.ca</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; break-after: avoid-page;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);" class=""><img border="0" id="Picture_x0020_1" alt="ubc-forestry-stay-home-covid-19-email-signature-wide-scaled" style="" class="" apple-inline="yes" width="449" height="47" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D69E41.A7AEC540"></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>