Val will be teaching ER312A Field Skills I this May 1-5, 2014 and ER331 Urban Restoration and Sustainable Agriculture this November 7-11, 2014. ER312A examines some basic field protocols and equipment for sampling terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. ER331 examines the role of restoration of natural systems in the populated landscape; structural characteristics of the [Continue]
Val received the University of Victoria Faculty of Social Science 2014 award for Outstanding Community Service. Val is honoured to have his name on a plaque of The Wolf carved by renowned artist Charles Elliot that’s on display in the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences. The Wolf is a protector spirit, a guardian [Continue]
The 11th Canadian Urban Forest Conference- Urban Forest By Design will take place September 30 – October 2, 2014 in Victoria, BC. The conference theme of Urban Forests by Design is intended to engage urban foresters with allied professionals, residents, civic leaders and others in the common drive to build communities that are more genuinely [Continue]
Join us for a walk around Chapman Park between Howe and Cook and Chapman and Oxford streets on April 26 and around Beacon Hill Park and James Bay on June 14th starting at the “Watering Can” along Douglas to look at street trees. There are over 40 species to admire in each of these small [Continue]