Forestry

Forestry: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Architecture, Landscape, and Design

Degree Programs

Forest Conservation

MFC

Forestry

MScF and PhD

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Overview

The Graduate Department of Forestry is a unified group of interdisciplinary, diverse, dedicated, and innovative natural, engineering, and social scientists. Research areas include forest conservation science, forest ecosystem management, forest governance and policy, urban forestry, and biomass utilization for sustainable bio-based materials and chemical products.

The Graduate Department of Forestry provides unique, integrative, and applied education to future leaders in these fields. Its research drives the practices and decisions of current leaders who are tasked with successfully managing the competing demands placed on Ontario’s, Canada’s, and the world’s forests in the context of social and environmental change.

Contact and Address

Web: academic.daniels.utoronto.ca/forestry
Forest Conservation (MFC): graduate@daniels.utoronto.ca
Forestry (MScF, PhD): research@daniels.utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 946-3897

Graduate Department of Forestry
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
University of Toronto
1 Spadina Crescent
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2J5
Canada

Forestry: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Carleton, Terence - BSc, MSc, PhD
Caspersen, John - BA, PhD (Research Programs Coordinator)
Du, Juan - BDesign, MArch, PhD (Dean)
James, Patrick - PhD
Kant, Shashi - BE, MA, PhD
Krigstin, Sally - MSc, PhD
Sain, Mohini - PhD
Smith, C. Tattersall - BA, MS, PhD
Smith, Sandy - BAgrSc, MSc, PhD
Thomas, Sean - BA, PhD (Associate Dean, Research)
Wotton, Mike - BSc, PhD
Yan, Ning - BSc, PhD, PEng
Yousefpour, Rasoul - BSc, MSc, PhD

Members Emeriti

Aird, Paul - BSc, MS, PhD
Blake, Terence - DipFor, BScF, STB, MF, PhD
Bryan, Rorke - BA, PhD
Hubbes, Martin - PhD
Kenney, Andrew - BSc, MSc, PhD
Malcolm, Jay - BSc, MSc, PhD
Martell, David - BASc, MASc, PhD
Nautiyal, Jagdish - BSc, MF, PhD
Timmer, Victor - BScF, MScF, PhD

Associate Members

Allison, Jeremy D. - PhD
Bardekjian, Adrina Caroline - BA, MFC, PhD
Bourchier, Robert - BA, MSc, PhD
Couto, Laercio - PhD
Davy, Christina - BSc, MSc, PhD
Duchesne, Isabelle - BSc, PhD
Faruk, Abu Omar - PhD
Flannigan, Mike - BSc, MS, PhD
Gaudon, Justin Michael - BES, PhD
Johnston, Joshua M. - BA, PhD
Jones, Trevor A - BSc, MSc, PhD
Koven, Anne - PhD
Kuhlberg, Mark - MA, PhD
Kuttner, Benjamin - PhD, PhD
Laaksonen-Craig, Susanna - MSc, PhD
MacQuarrie, Chris J.K. - BSc, MSc, PhD
Mayor, Stephen - BSc, MSc, PhD
McKenney, Daniel - BSc, MSc, PhD
Moola, Faisal - BSc, MSc, PhD
Nanang, David - BSc, MScF, PhD
Nelson, Elizabeth - PhD
Ngan, Amory - AB, MFC
Nol, Erica - BS, MSc, PhD
Pinto, Fred - BScF, MScF
Puric-Mladenovic, Danijela - PhD
Ray, Justina - BS, MS, PhD
Sastry, Cherla - BSc, MSc, PhD
Smith, Peggy - BSc, PhD
Stocks, Brian - BScF, MScF
Thiffault, Nelson - BS, PhD
Timms, Laura - BSc, MScF, PhD
Tjong, Jimi - BASc, MASc, PhD
Vanderwel, Mark C. - BSc, MScF, PhD
Wang, Sen - BA, MSc, PhD
Wang, Xianli - BSc, MSc, PhD
Wilson, Edward - BScF, BScF, BMedSc
Woolford, Douglas - BSc, MMath, PhD
Wyatt, Stephen - BScF, MSc, PhD

Forestry: Forestry MFC, MScF, PhD Courses

The Graduate Department of Forestry offers the following courses. Students should consult the departmental website each session to confirm availability. A maximum of one directed studies course taken with a student's supervisor can be credited towards meeting departmental degree program requirements.

Course Code Course Title
FOR1001H0
Graduate Seminar (Credit/No Credit)
FOR1270H
Forest Biomaterial Sciences: Fundamentals, Applications, and the Next Frontier
FOR1288H
Design and Manufacturing of Biomaterials
FOR1294H
Bioenergy and Biorefinery Technology
FOR1412H
Natural Resource Management I (Directed Studies Course)
FOR1413H
Natural Resource Management II (Directed Studies Course)
FOR1416H
Forest Fire Danger Rating
FOR1575H
Urban Forest Conservation
FOR1585H
Urban Forest Conservation Field Camp (Credit/No Credit; exclusion: FOR418H)
FOR1610H
Sustainable Forest Management and Certification (exclusion: JFG1610H)
FOR1900H
Advanced Topics in Forestry I (Directed Studies Course)
FOR1901H
Advanced Topics in Forestry II (Directed Studies Course)
FOR3000H
Current Issues in Forest Conservation
FOR3001H
Biodiversity of Forest Organisms
FOR3002H
Applied Forest Ecology and Silviculture
FOR3003H
Economics of Forest Ecosystems
FOR3004H
Forest Management Decision Support Systems
FOR3005H
Stresses in the Forest Environment
FOR3006H
Case Study Analysis in Forest Management
FOR3007H+
Internship in Forest Conservation (Credit/ No Credit)
FOR3008H
Capstone Project in Forest Conservation
FOR3009H
Forest Conservation Biology
FOR3010H
Society and Forest Conservation
FOR3011H
International Forest Conservation Field Camp (Credit/No Credit)
FOR3012H
Analytical Methods in Forestry
FOR3013H Urban and Community Forestry: Leadership and Professional Practice
FOR3014H Working with Wood

0 Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed.

+ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered.