About the Seminar Movers and shakers in natural resources management typically focus on big, top-down drivers of ecological change: climate, wildfires, clearcutting, charismatic megafauna. But complex systems science teaches that we must also pay attention to small things, like seeds,…

About the Seminar In this presentation, Kevin will draw from the POLIS Wildfire Resilience Project's recent report on beneficial fire (https://poliswildfireproject.org/publications/beneficial-fire/). The objective is to introduce the concept of beneficial fire and to explore how it can enhance wildfire resilience.…

We're hiring!!  The Centre is seeking three dynamic individuals for the field season. Working May through August/September, the team will be responsible for the 2026 field season for the Silviculture Innovation and Fire Stewardship Programs. The team will collect field data,…

The Silviculture Innovation Program is expanding their team! If you have a passion for extension, science communication, forestry, alternative silviculture, program management or connecting knowledge to practice, you may be a great fit for one of these opportunities. Extension Manager Extension Specialist Synthesis…

About this Presentation This seminar explores how the Wet’suwet’en manage their lands amid tensions between Western government systems and Indigenous ways of knowing. Using a method called counter-mapping, the OW Natural Resources Department developed technical skills in drone operations and…

About this Presentation Almost half of Canada's wood products originate from clear-cut harvesting in British Columbia. Sustainable forest management choices can offer transformative alternatives that support regional and global climate mitigation goals. One promising approach is the substitution of partial…