[CANUFNET] Ontario Urban Forest Council Conference and AGM Oct 16

Wed Sep 17 12:09:18 EDT 2008

Thursday, October 16h, 2008

Toronto Botanical Garden

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Attend the 2008 OUFC Conference to learn how the various components:
understory plant species, insects and wildlife, water and soil make up the
Urban Forest. Find out how urban development has changed and compromised the
natural balance and what can be done to preserve Urban Forests for the
future.  

The 2008 OUFC Conference, The Urban Forest - A Place to Evolve, explores the
many elements and relationships that make up the Urban Forest and how they
contribute to its evolution.

Urban Forests face many challenges such as loss of soil volume due to built
structures and hardening of surfaces with concrete and asphalt. That in turn
reduces absorption of rainwater, necessitating stormwater channels to
control the fast flow of water. How do trees adapt? And what can be done to
help? These are some of the issues to be tackled and discussed at the
conference.

Urban Forests depend upon many relationships for survival and a healthy
existence. Wildlife, understory plants and insects play a vital role in
contributing to a healthy ecosystem. Invasive non-native species can throw
the delicate balance off kilter. Methods of controlling the invaders will be
outlined as will the seed collection and sourcing of Community Seed Heritage
Trees to ensure that the native tree species will be around for the future. 

Community groups have proven to be very effective at advocating for the
protection, improvement and increase of Urban Forests. Topics in this regard
will include, naturalization of city parks, preservation of ravine forests,
neighbourhood tree planting and expansion of green corridors

The conference explores the connection between Urban Forests and people as a
very important relationship that ultimately can help undo the damage of
development and make certain that the vital forest ecosystems continue to
evolve and thrive. 

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Ontario Urban Forest Council - Fall 2008 Workshop and Annual General Meeting

THE URBAN FOREST - A PLACE TO EVOLVE

October 16, 2008

Toronto Botanical Garden, Toronto, ON

Registration

8:00 - 8:45 

Program

8:45 - 9:00

Toni Ellis, OUFC President: Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 - 9:45

Peter Simon, City of Toronto, Urban Forestry Services: 

Topic: An Overabundance of Trees, "Making our peace with the forest" looking
at the clearing of the pioneer forest for development and strategies to
provide soil volume within the City.

9:45 - 10:20

Nathalie Karvonen, Executive Director, Toronto Wildlife Centre 

Topic: How wildlife and the urban forest co-exist in the city landscape

10:20 - 10:50

Networking Break

10:50 - 11:25

Andrew Millward, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Geography, Ryerson University
and Principal Investigator, Urban Forest Research & Ecological Disturbance
(UFRED) Group

Topic: Urban park naturalization: building resilience and sustainability
into green space.

11:25 - 12:00

Steve Smith - Urban Forest Associates Inc.

Topic: Sustaining healthy ravine forests - practical things you can do to
help.

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch

1:00 - 1:30

Brian Swaile, Forever Green Consulting

Topic: Community Seed Treasure Trees, Seed Collection and Sourcing.

1:30 - 2:10

Jennifer Gibb and Josef Ric, City of Toronto, Urban Forestry

Topic: Invasive Plant Species and Invasive Insects (respectively)

2:10 - 2:40

Bill Snodgrass, Senior Engineer for Stormwater Management with Toronto Water

Topic: Water Infrastructure Management: how the various permutations of
water affect the urban forest and how development has affected water,
especially the need for storm water management which is his specialty in the
City of Toronto. 

2:40 - 3:10

Networking break

3:10 - 3:40

Amber Cowie, the Greenway Conservation Coordinator, Ontario Nature 

Topic: The Greenway program - creating green corridors between urban and
rural areas surrounding major urban areas.

3:40 - 4:10

Lionel Normand,  Terrestrial Biologist - Toronto Region Conservation
Authority

Topic: Collaboration among agencies and stakeholders in conducting urban
forest studies.

4:10 - 4:30

Amanda McConnell, Grassroots Albany

Topic: The Living Forest:  Trees and People Downtown Together.

4:30 - 5:00

Annual General Meeting

5:00 - 6:00 PM

Refreshments

Display Booths available

Door Prize Draws!

Remarkable Trees of the World - A beautifully photographed book by Thomas
Pakenham and more. . . 

Registration Fees

Members: $120

Non-members: $150

Students or Fixed Income: $50

To register, please mail a cheque made payable to "Ontario Urban Forest
Council":

c/o Jack Radecki
1523 Warden Avenue
Units 23/25
Toronto, Ontario
M1R 4Z8

For inquiries or more information, please call 416-936-6735 or e-mail
info at oufc.org

By Car: 

If you are coming across the top of Toronto, take Highway 401 to the Leslie
Street Exit. Drive south on Leslie until you get to the stoplights at
Lawrence Avenue. You may turn right at the intersection and take the first
or second driveway on your left to enter Edwards Gardens and find the TBG,
OR you may proceed straight through the lights and take the first right into
the large parking area surrounding the TBG.

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By TTC:

Exit the Yonge Subway line at the EGLINTON station and
take the 51, 54 or 54A bus to LAWRENCE avenue. The TBG is on the Southwest
Corner.

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