[natphil] Natural Philosophers' May 8th meeting

[Linda Wickland]

Hi Everyone,
Our May 8th meeting is fast approaching and it provides a topic of great interest to many people.   Dr. Sandy Smith, Full Professor and Dean, Faculty of Forestry at the University of Toronto, will be presenting "What's Happening with Canadian Forests".

Dr. Smith will give a general overview of Canadian forests from urban to boreal, covering some of their natural (e.g.invasive species) as well as manmade disturbances and what is being done to solve these problems.
Prof. Smith has conducted research and teaching at UT since 1988.  She completed her Bachelor and Masters in agriculture at the University of Guelph, her PhD in forestry entomology at UT and has worked with the Canadian Forest Service and European Biocontrol Laboratories in France and Switzerland.
Dr. Smith's areas of expertise are forest health, insect biodiversity, community ecology, biological control and invasive species in forest systems.  She is in demand as an international management expert for invasive species, and as a consultant to federal, provincial and municipal operations and policy-makers.
Be sure to take this opportunity to come out and learn about the state of our Canadian forests and concerns for their future. Bring along a friend or neighbour and join us on May 8th at 7:30 in room 408 of the Physics Building, UT.
Hope to see you there!
Doug Wickland 

















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































 Smith will be discussing the forests of Canada from the context of invasive species, which is her main research area. She will give a general overview of Canadian forests from urban to boreal, covering some of their natural and manmade disturbances and what we is being done about them.