[CANUFNET] U of T Faculty of Forestry

[Grace Golightly]

I would really urge those who are most knowledgeable about what closing the
U of T forestry program will mean, to write letters-to-the-editor of local,
national and provincial newspapers and alert the media.

Most newspapers will also consider printing op-eds (opinion editorials),
which permit a longer format than letters to the editor. It's important to
get the word out.

It does seem incredible that this has happened, just as reforestation is
being seen as a way to help save the world from climate change, and more
and more studies show how beneficial trees are to people, and life on earth
as we know it.
Please read this article from the Guardian -- planting trees is seen as by
far more effective than any other method of carbon reduction:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/04/planting-billions-trees-best-tackle-climate-crisis-scientists-canopy-emissions

Best wishes,
Grace


On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 8:33 AM Jack Radecki via CANUFNET <
canufnet at list.web.net> wrote:

> There was definitely a problem with the consultation process especially in
> the latter days – e.g. only 2 alumni at Dean Wright’s recent meeting? My
> view is that the program was not sustainable anymore in its present state
> because of how the present state occurred? Some 26 years ago the Board
> succeeded in terminating the undergraduate program. The communication
> problems and lack of support echo in my ears. At the end I spoke to many
> alumni especially undergraduates who had already “thrown in the towel.”
> What a shame. Even though I made a carefully worded submission to the Board
> I was not allowed to speak. Nicole Tratnik spoke well representing the FGSA
> on our behalf but that fell on deaf ears.
>
>
>
> Jack
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> *From:* Charlotte Young <charlotte at envision-synergy.net>
> *Sent:* June 27, 2019 9:02 AM
> *To:* 'Canadian Urban Forest Network' <canufnet at list.web.net>
> *Cc:* 'Jack Radecki' <jackandali at sympatico.ca>
> *Subject:* RE: [CANUFNET] U of T Faculty of Forestry
>
>
>
> Oh, Jack.
>
> This has been a long time coming, eh? I am very saddened. Where I did my
> PhD (University of Michigan) has done the same thing – it’s now the School
> of Sustainability and Environment (or the like) – they dropped an
> undergraduate program, reorganized a lot, and recently dropped “Natural
> Resouces” from the name of the School. It’s so disheartening.
>
>
>
> I guess it means we need to continue to “fight the good fight” so to speak
> before our world is completely doomed! I wonder how this decision was
> informed (or not) by our recent declaration of a climate emergency.
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>
>
> Grrr!
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>
> Hope you are well, otherwise, and enjoying it being summer.
>
> Charlotte
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> *From:* CANUFNET [mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net
> <canufnet-bounces at list.web.net>] *On Behalf Of *Jack Radecki via CANUFNET
> *Sent:* June 26, 2019 10:22 AM
> *To:* 'Canadian Urban Forest Network'
> *Cc:* Jack Radecki
> *Subject:* [CANUFNET] U of T Faculty of Forestry
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>
> 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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