Department of Forest Resources Management

To excel in education and research for the conservation and sustainable management of forests, woodlands, and wildlands.

The mission of the Forest Resources Management Department is to provide an outstanding education in forestry and conservation that is integrated, international, and experiential. We undertake significant, innovative research, and promote an interdisciplinary environment that attracts world-class scholars and graduate students. We engage indigenous peoples, in Canada and abroad, in their stewardship of forest lands. We foster public understanding of, and actively promote sustainable approaches to, regional and global natural resource and conservation challenges.

Research Supervisors

Name Research Interests
Alila, Younes Hydrology, Flood, Water Resources, Water Structures, Forest Hydrology, Forest management, hydrological engineering
Atleo, Tara Indigenous economics; Indigenous peoples environmental knowledge; Sustainability management; Sustainable development and policy; Sustainability Management; Communities and Indigenous Knowledge; Stewardship Economics
Barbeito Sanchez, Ignacio refining novel silvicultural practices; establishment and management of forests under global change
Bulkan, Janette aboriginal forestry, biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, corporate responsibility, forest management, forest policy, international trade, social impact, social science
Bunn, David
Burton, Cole Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Ecological Trends; Animal; Biodiversity and Biocomplexity; Landscape and Restoration; Environment Management and Protection; Biodiversity conservation; Ecological Monitoring; Landscape ecology; Mammal Ecology; Population and Community Ecology; Wildlife Management; Ecology and Quality of the Environment, Ecological Trends, Animal, Biodiversity and Biocomplexity, Landscape and Restoration, Environment Management and Protection, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecological Monitoring, Landscape Ecology, Mammal Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Wildlife Management
Coops, Nicholas Charles Telemetry (Remote Sensing, Radar); Space Techniques; Forestry Technology and Equipment; Plants and Forests; Telemetry (Remote Sensing, Radar), Space Techniques, Forestry Technology and Equipment, Plants and Forests
Devisscher, Tahia Forestry sciences; adaptation; climate change; Human Health; Human Well-being; Nature Recovery; Social-Ecological Resilience
Eskelson, Bianca Forest Biometrics; Forest Modelling; Disturbance Effects; Management Effects; Climate Effects; Forest Biometrics, Forest Modelling, Disturbance Effects, Management Effects, Climate Effects
Grenz, Jennifer
Hagerman, Shannon Marie biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, forest policy, social science
Innes, John Forestry; Ecology;
Lam, Tzeng Yih Quantitiative methods in forestry; Forestry management and environment; Statistical theory and modeling; Survey methodology and analysis; Bayesian Filtering; Forest Inventory; Growth and Yield; Sampling Theory; silviculture; Timber; Tree Measurement
LU, JULIET Forest ecology; Economic geography; Environmental sociology; conflicts and governance issues around resource extraction and intensive land use; transnational land investments; promotion of monoculture plantations at the expense of more biodiverse systems; private sector sustainable governance initiatives
Mchale, Melissa Trans-disciplinary approaches to studying complex socio-ecological systems, social drivers of ecosystem processes, cities as sustainable ecosystems, carbon dynamics in urban systems, urbanization effects on nutrient cycling, ecosystem services and dis services, consumption culture, urban metabolism, urbanization in the developing world
Meitner, Michael forest aesthetics and scenic beauty, outdoor recreation, environmental visualization, geographic information systems, visual perception, agent-based modeling, Public involment in planning, sustainability leadership
Montwe, David climate change; Drought and climate change; Evaluating silvicultural treatments on timber quality and value; Forest management; Increasing forest resilience to climatic extremes using silvicultural interventions; Long-term resilience; Reducing impacts from forest disturbance agents under climate change; Regeneration; silviculture; Species selection; Climate Change, Drought and climate change, Evaluating silvicultural treatments on timber quality and value, Forest Management, Increasing forest resilience to climatic extremes using silvicultural interventions, Long-term resilience, Reducing impacts from forest disturbance agents under climate change, Regeneration, Silviculture, Species selection
Nelson, Harry William analyzing natural and environmental resource policy with an emphasis on forestry and in developing new policy options that can help enhance the long run sustainability of Canadian forests and the communities and businesses that rely upon them
Nesbitt, Lorien Environmental justice; urban forestry; Liveable and equitable urban environments; Socio-ecological interactions in cities; climate change; Ecosystem services; Cities; Environmental justice, Urban forestry, Liveable and equitable urban environments, Socio-ecological interactions in cities, Climate change, Ecosystem services, Cities
Nikolakis, William Aboriginal Forestry, Forest Management, Land-use Change
Paradis, Gregory Forest management; Forest Operations; forest estate modelling; carbon budget modelling; Ecosystem services; cumulative effects; Operations Research; industrial engineering; computer science; forest economics; forest sector sustainability; mining sector sustainability; forest management, forest operations, forest estate modelling, carbon budget modelling, ecosystem services, cumulative effects, operations research, industrial engineering, computer science, forest economics, forest sector sustainability, mining sector sustainability
Park, Keun Design of healthy, just, and resilient cities through urban nature; Environmental justice; Human Behaviours in public space; Urban planning; urban forestry; Design of healthy, just, and resilient cities through urban nature, Environmental Justice, Human Behaviours in public space, Urban Planning, Urban Forestry
Roeser, Dominik Forest Operations; Wildfire Operations; Biomass supply systems; Feedstock quality improvements; Technology transfer of harvesting technologies in different operational environments; Small scale harvesting systems; Small scale bioenergy solutions; Biomass supply systems, Feedstock quality improvements, Forest Operations, Small scale bioenergy solutions, Small scale harvesting systems, Technology transfer of harvesting technologies in different operational environments, Wildfire Operations
Wang, Guangyu business management, climate change, conservation, forest management, forest policy, land-use change
Zerriffi, Hisham Biomass (Energy); Energy Transformation and Energy Using; International development; Environment and Society; Ideological, Political, Economical and Social Environments of Social Transformations; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; energy poverty; Biomass (Energy), Energy Transformation and Energy Using, International Development, Environment and Society, Ideological, Political, Economical and Social Environments of Social Transformations, Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection, Energy poverty