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Exciting news for research at UNBC!

Fond memories of UNBC Convocation 2024! Congrats to [Master] Simran Gill who crossed the stage to receive her diploma in grand style!

In other news, Simran has accepted a full-time position with BC Timber Sales. Way to go! Congratulations!!

Julia's abstract has been accepted with sponsorship for the 2024 Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution (CSEE) conference in Vancouver, BC. Congrats Julia!

Simran successfully defended her MSc. thesis in April 2024. Congrats Simran!

Harvesting Sustainable Solutions... (contributions by Samuel Bartels)

Simran has received sponsorship to present at INVASIVES 2024 in New Westminster, BC. Congrats Simran!

Congrats to Julia! Recipient of the 2023 T4W Fellowship

Black Youth in STEM (contributions by Samuel Bartels)

E&E News: Canadian wildfires stir debate about hands-off forestryCanada faces the same dilemma on forest management as the U.S. as fires tear through both heavily logged and largely untouched landscapes. Are the fires evidence of forests that need to be managed more aggressively? Or is Canada already too permissive about logging?

Canadian wildfires stir debate (contributions by Samuel Bartels)

Representation mattersAs a young boy admiring the towering trees of the tropical rainforests in western Ghana, Dr. Samuel Bartels never conceived his interest in the flora of the forest would lead to a career in academia. Now he’s using his position as a faculty member at UNBC to inspire future Black forestry researchers through mentorship and representation. “Although forestry as a discipline is well known and respected in Canada, it is discomforting to see very little representation of Black and racialized people, especially in enrolments at the undergraduate level,” Bartels says.

Representation matters... (contributions by Samuel Bartels)

A plague of pollenListen to this episode and more from Daybreak North on TuneIn. Allergy sufferers beware, there's plenty of pollen in the air

A plaque of pollen (contributions by Samuel Bartels)