Congratulations to Dr. Alana Westwood, Dr. Alana Lajoie-O’Malley, Samantha Chu, and Mary Legorburu for recently being awarded highly competitive awards. Dr. Westwood was awarded the Top Cited Article Award for the paper on “A systematic map of knowledge exchange across the science-policy interface for forest science: How can we improve consistency and effectiveness?” This paperContinue reading “Celebrating 2024-2025 awards and scholarships to Westwood Lab members “
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Celebrating recent awards and scholarships to Westwood Lab members
Congratulations to lab members Samantha Chu and Ben Collison for recently being awarded highly competitive scholarships from the federal tri-council funding agencies. Sam’s MES thesis proposal “Effective researcher-end-user knowledge exchange: understanding the preferences of foresters” earned her a Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for the upcomingContinue reading “Celebrating recent awards and scholarships to Westwood Lab members “
Welcome to our new research coordinator, Revant Sharan
Congratulations to our new research coordinator, Revant Sharan. Revant is recent MREM grad who will be coordinating research on Maximizing Positive Outcomes for Biodiversity, Recreation and Carbon Market Valuation, through Nova Scotia’s transition to Ecological Forestry funded by the Forestry Innovation Transition Trust (FITT) grant (awarded to PI, Dr. Alana Westwood and co-applicants in May 2023). Continue reading “Welcome to our new research coordinator, Revant Sharan”
Battling Canadian wildfires in Nova Scotia: Preparing for the next bout
Photo from: Saltwire (2023) Starting on May 27, Nova Scotia experienced unprecedented wildfires starting in Tantallon, NS that spread over 230 square kilometers. Thousands of individuals residing in the affected areas were forced to evacuate from their homes. No human lives were reported lost, but the impacts were devastating. Experts say we are far fromContinue reading “Battling Canadian wildfires in Nova Scotia: Preparing for the next bout”
Celebrating recent awards and scholarships at the Lab
Congratulations are in order for lab member, Riley Scanlan for winning a presenter award for her paper presentation at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers in May 2023. Awesome job, Riley! Incoming MES Student, Samantha Chu also earned a Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship for her thesis proposal investigating the knowledge exchange preferencesContinue reading “Celebrating recent awards and scholarships at the Lab “
Nova Scotia is moving to a new forestry model — Dal researchers explore the consequences
Covering around 75 per cent of the province, Nova Scotia’s forests both define its landscape and support a key industry – an industry that is looking to the future with the help of Dal researchers. A Dal-led research team was recently awarded $1.6 million to explore the future of forestry in Nova Scotia. The studyContinue reading “Nova Scotia is moving to a new forestry model — Dal researchers explore the consequences”
Dalhousie forestry research team led by Westwood lab receives $1.57 million to study Nova Scotia forests
Read the full article from Research Nova Scotia. A team of forestry researchers led by Dalhousie University is receiving $1.57 million to undertake research on Nova Scotia’s forests and the industries and communities who depend upon them. The new project forms the cornerstone of Research Nova Scotia’s (RNS) forestry research program, which seeks to identifyContinue reading “Dalhousie forestry research team led by Westwood lab receives $1.57 million to study Nova Scotia forests”
Knowledge exchange in forestry: What is it and what’s effective?
Managing forests is not as simple as growing or cutting down trees. Global forest management is the complex interplay of government policies and directives, cultural and spiritual values, stakeholder perspectives, and efforts from both industry and conservationists to maintain ecological functions of forests. No one management style perfectly combines science, policy, stakeholder needs and culturalContinue reading “Knowledge exchange in forestry: What is it and what’s effective?”
WESTWOOD LAB AND PARTNERS WIN SSHRC PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT GRANT AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT AGENCY OF CANADA (IAAC) RESEARCH PROGRAM GRANT
Dr. Alana Westwood will be principal investigator on two innovative projects that will generate new, collaborative, and evidence-based knowledge in the sectors of forestry and impact assessment. The first, the SSHRC-funded three-year project What constitutes effective knowledge exchange at the environmental science-policy interface? will continue previous research done by the lab and partners on knowledgeContinue reading “WESTWOOD LAB AND PARTNERS WIN SSHRC PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT GRANT AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT AGENCY OF CANADA (IAAC) RESEARCH PROGRAM GRANT”
PRESERVE WHAT’S LEFT: RILEY SCANLAN WEIGHS IN ON NOVA SCOTIA’S ECOLOGICAL FORESTRY STATUS
“The few areas of remaining old forest are wonders to explore. However, I fear the combined effects of industrial forestry, climate change and invasive species will quickly eradicate what is left.” Riley, Westwood Lab member and Master of Environmental Studies candidate at Dalhousie University, submitted a short response to Lindsay Lee’s June 6 opinion pieceContinue reading “PRESERVE WHAT’S LEFT: RILEY SCANLAN WEIGHS IN ON NOVA SCOTIA’S ECOLOGICAL FORESTRY STATUS”
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