Forestry & Environmental Management
Message from the Dean
Michelle Gray
Posted: September 20, 2022 11:50:00 AM ADT
Dear Alumni & friends Here we are at the start of the 2022-23 academic year and are buzzing with the excitement of having the students back in full force here in Forestry and Environmental Management. COVID-19 is still here but we are all adjusting and pivoting, when need be, and it's a massive benefit to being a faculty of very strong and resilient people. We welcomed nearly 80 new undergraduate students in September with an inaugural UNB ForEM Amazing Race for their Orientation Day, that...
Dr. Thom Erdle – 2021 New Brunswick Forestry Hall of Fame Recipient
By ForEM/AFRC
Posted: October 15, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Dr. Thom Erdle – 2021 New Brunswick Forestry Hall of Fame Recipient The NB Forestry Hall of Fame, located at the Woodmen’s Museum in Boiestown, NB recognizes people for their “prominence and distinction in any field of forestry,” and for being a major contributor to the field in the province. In their release, the Association of Registered Professional Foresters of New Brunswick (ARPFNB) cited reasons for the selection of Dr. Erdle: • his active participation in...
National Forest Week
Ed Czerwinski
Posted: September 15, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
September 19 - 25, 2021 National Forest Week is an annual one-week Canadian Institute of Forestry campaign that challenges Canadians to learn more about the forest sector and its significance to Canada, while also supporting a greater recognition of forests as a valuable green resource. This year's theme "Our Forests - Continually Giving”, highlights the link between us and the forests.UNB ForEM will be hosting 8 events over the week and we encourage all to come and celebrate our...
What is it about the ForEM Students and the 4020 Capstone Course?
Dr. Ted Needham
Posted: February 27, 2020 12:00:00 PM AST
What is it about ForEM graduates that make them effective professionals? Maybe it’s the way they transform their technical knowledge and skill into meaningful and implementable plans that resolve current and complex forestry and environmental problems. Like their predecessors, ForEM students in the final year of their program work in teams to complete a capstone course referred to as 4020 to hone their management abilities. Working with a client, teams of 5 to 10 students apply and...
Message from the Dean
Van Lantz
Posted: December 4, 2019 2:30:00 PM AST
Category: Faculty
Dear colleagues, alumni and friends: It is with pleasure that I write to you today to provide an update on the 2019-20 academic year here in UNB’s faculty of forestry and environmental management. We’re making great strides in a number of areas and have numerous initiatives on the go to help us achieve our mission of inspiring and preparing tomorrow’s forestry and environmental management leaders through experiential learning, discovery and...
A Student Perspective: Coming Together, Learning Together
Logan Keoughan, MEM student
Posted: December 4, 2019 1:30:00 PM AST
"Coming Together, Learning Together" was an important step in Indigenizing the Forestry and Environmental Management (ForEM) faculty. We hosted the workshop with the help of Indigenous elders, professionals, knowledge keepers and practitioners from the east coast of Turtle Island. Our guests led and guided presentations and discussions on Indigenous knowledge, practices and ways of knowing. Over two days, we learned about topics such as: Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing) Indigenous/Aboriginal...
Dear colleagues, alumni and friends
Faculty of ForEM
Posted: December 19, 2018 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Faculty
As the 2018-19 academic year is well underway, I thought it would be timely to send you another update on happenings in the faculty. Our marketing and recruitment programs are continuing to move full steam ahead, and we now have several students contributing to our social media and recruitment activities. As a result of these efforts: Our enrolment numbers have grown for the fourth consecutive year. Our total number of students has increased by 14% over last year. We now have 322...
Working Forest
Faculty of ForEM
Posted: December 11, 2018 12:00:00 AM AST
Access to the great outdoors is critical for budding forestry students to test their skills and reinforce classroom theories. At the University of New Brunswick, the faculty of forestry and environmental management makes the most of its unique location and unmatched wilderness access to provide students with the best hands-on education and preparation for the job market. The historic city of Fredericton has a small-town feel, creating a warm and welcoming community for the thousands of...
Contract Opportunity - Indigenous Course
Tom Beckley
Posted: February 6, 2018 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Faculty
The Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, at the University of New Brunswick, is looking for a short-term, part-time contract person for the period of 1 March to 31 July to assist the Faculty’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Committee with the creation of an Indigenous course suitable for the Faculty. This is part of an ongoing effort in increase Indigenous content within our curriculum. The intent is for the course to be offered in the fall of 2018*. The...
Forest Watershed Research Centre win CIF Award
Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Management
Posted: June 8, 2017 12:00:00 AM ADT
Longtime UNB Forestry & Environmental Management professor Dr. Paul Arp, and his research team at the Forest Watershed Research Centre, were recently awarded the Canadian Institute of Forestry’s (CIF-IFC) 2017 Canadian Forest Management Group Achievement Award. The award was handed out at the 109th annual CIF-IFC AGM and Conference in Ottawa and recognizes the outstanding achievements by teams or groups of managers, and scientists in the field of natural resource management in...