The NRES Institute Colloquium provides a forum for discussion of wide-ranging perspectives on natural resource management issues. Local and visiting scientists present research results and discussions on ecological, social and economic issues related to the management of natural resources in the north.   The Colloquium is presented weekly during the fall and winter semesters.

 

For a list of previous Colloquia, click here.

 

Time: Friday at 3:30 pm unless otherwise noted

 

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic	Location
September 16th	Don Bassermann	Chair, Omineca Beetle Action Coalition	Urban Farming as a step towards greater food security	7-158
September 23rd	Staffan Lindgren	UNBC	Of ants and beetles: interactions of two ground-dwelling predators	7-158
September 30th	Andrew Nikiforuk	Journalist	Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug are Killing North America's Great Forests	7-158
October 7th	Tracy Summerville	UNBC	POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT TERM	HAPPY THANKSGIVING
October 14th	Loraine Lavallee	UNBC	Greed, selfishness, immorality, & ignorance – the four horsemen of environmental apocalypse?	7-158
October 21st	Phil Burton	UNBC	Classifying and Mapping Forest Disturbance Regimes	7-158
October 28th	Morgan Hocking	SFU	Salmon-ecosystem interactions of the B.C. Central Coast	8-164 To be followed by NRES Grad IceBreaker in Teaching and Learning Atrium
October 31st	Heikki Nuorteva	Finnish Forest Research Institute	Managing forests under threat of abiotic & biotic agents: Impact on forest management regulations in Finland	7-158
November 4th	Peggy Smith	Lakehead University	Emerging partnerships between Municipalities & First Nations: Community- Based Forest Mgmt in Norhern Ontario	8-164 (Note Special Location)
November 11th	--	--	--	No Colloquium
November 18th	Erin O'Brien	UNBC	Do fine feathers make fine birds? Sexual selection and the evolution of plumage ornamentation in male birds	7-158
November 25th	Celia Boone	UNBC	Constraints on Bark Beetle Populations	7-158
December 2nd			NO COLLOQUIUM	UNBC staff recognition event
December 9th	--		NO COLLOQUIUM	HAPPY HOLIDAYS

            

For information on content and context, please contact:

 

Dr. Brent Murray Phone: (250) 960-5638 E-mail: murrayb@unbc.ca

Dr. Zoe Meletis Phone: (250) 960-5920 E-mail: meletis@unbc.ca