2010 FALL SEMESTER SCHEDULE


"Our environment is our future"
Colloquium Series
2010 FALL SEMESTER SCHEDULE
Note that NRESI Colloquia can now be watched live via the internet by clicking on this link during their regularly scheduled times.
Date  SpeakerAffiliationTopicLocation 
September 24thAnna ThompsonUniversity of Otago (NZ)Conservation Parks: lands of opportunity for families in the outdoors of Aotearoa, New Zealand7-150
October 1stPeter KevanUniversity of GuelphAlliances between beneficial insects, plants and fungi pollinate, protect, and promote crop production
7-150
To be followed by the NRES Grad Icebreaker/Poster Session
October 6thJohn NevillePresident of BC NatureVoices of the Night: the Owls of British Columbia7 PM in 7-238 (Weldwood)
Co-hosted by the UNBC TWS Student Chapter and the Prince George Naturalist Club
October 15thCraig FarndenUBCSeeing the forest beyond the trees: Do BC’s reforestation standards contribute to SFM?7-150
October 22ndJames Gray-DonaldAssoc. VP Sustainability Leader, Sears CanadaLeadership for Change: Sears commits to becoming carbon neutral7-150
October 29thSteve HelleUNBCBioenergy for a Green University7-150
November 5thTBANo ColloquiumNo Colloquium
November12thMark FerchoCity of Prince GeorgeCommunity sustainability in plain language 7-150
November19thPaul SanbornUNBCSoil Change and Soil Resilience: Lessons from Natural Experiments on Multiple Time Scales7-150
November26thBrent MurrayUNBCMicrosatellite analysis of the western Canadian mountain pine beetle epidemic7-150
December 1stOlav HjeljordNorwegian University of Life SciencesHigh density Scandinavian moose populations - how to maintain high quality animals?
7-212
(Note special room and time)
December 3rd 
Briony Penn
Adjunct professor (University of Victoria), artist and writer
Carbon, Carbon Offsets, Saving Sinks or Switching Fuels: A Series of Questions to Guide Future Research on a Forest Carbon Economy
7-238
(Note Room Change)
            
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