[CANUFNET] U of T Faculty of Forestry

[Naomi Zurcher]

What’s even more interesting in this grossly disconnected decision is the after-life of graduates.

There are more jobs in the realm of Urban Forestry - from scientists and researchers to managers - than in most other sectors of natural resources and yet more and more schools are dropping the discipline.

Given the Climate Change crisis and the importance of studies that address mitigation and adaptation, such decisions leave on breathless, especially as John has noted, at the birthplace of it all with the coining of urban forestry by Professor. Jorgensen.

Very disquieting for those of us who fully understand the importance of the varied disciplines such a decision will impact.

Naomi

> On Jun 27, 2019, at 11:25 AM, John McNeil via CANUFNET <canufnet at list.web.net> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Jack for sharing. 
> 
> It’s difficult for me to understand how this decision by the Board supports the public good in light of how this science-based program graduated generations of experts who have served society and continue to address such critical environmental issues as climate change?
> 
> The Faculty was the birthplace of urban forestry in 1965. This legacy lives on in communities across the globe. 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> John
> BScF 8T2
> 
> 
> John W. McNeil, BScF., MBA, R.P.F., ISA Certified Arborist/Municipal Specialist, MFPA, SMA Mentor
> Managing Principal,
> McNeil Urban Forestry Inc. 
> 905-630-4865
> Follow John on Twitter at @mcneiluforestry
> http://mcneilurbanforestry.ca <http://mcneilurbanforestry.ca/>
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 
> On Jun 27, 2019, at 8:12 AM, Jack Radecki via CANUFNET <canufnet at list.web.net <mailto:canufnet at list.web.net>> wrote:
> 
>>  
>> Yesterday shortly after 5:00 PM, the U of T Board of Governors voted to disestablish the oldest forestry school in Canada. They succeeded 26 years ago to terminate the undergraduate program.
>> The process includes an amalgamation into the Faculty of Landscape Architecture with a promise to continue undergraduate studies within the Arts and Science program and to maintain current graduate programs including the MFC.
>> Jack Radecki B.Sc.F. 7T6

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