[CANUFNET] U of T Faculty of Forestry

[Jack Radecki]

What it means Alice is that Urban Forestry is not yet even part of any program at U of T and may be accepted by the Provost and Board Of Governors perhaps initially as a post graduate program. The Daniels Faculty of Landscape Architecture will now house the existing MFC and doctorate studies that the forestry faculty used to have (because they have a sustainable structure and we don’t). After that there is not much certainty of anything at least in my mind.

 

From: CANUFNET <canufnet-bounces at list.web.net> On Behalf Of Alice Casselman via CANUFNET
Sent: June 27, 2019 2:21 PM
To: Canadian Urban Forest Network <canufnet at list.web.net>
Cc: Alice Casselman <alice.casselman37 at gmail.com>; torontotips at cbc.ca
Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] U of T Faculty of Forestry

 

Does this mean that those who wish to study urban forestry now study landscape architecture?

Alice
On Jun 27, 2019, at 11:25 AM, John McNeil via CANUFNET <canufnet at list.web.net <mailto: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

 

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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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