Category: What’s New
Knowledge Exchange Specialist Position
The Silviculture Innovation Program has partnered with FESBC for a joint posting for a Knowledge Exchange Specialist If you have a passion for connecting knowledge to practice and highlighting practice to enhance knowledge, this could be the position for you. You: …
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Irving Fox Memorial Scholarship Accepting Applications
The Irving Fox Memorial Scholarship for Natural Resources Research and Management is accepting applications. Eligible applicants must have a connection to NW BC and be enrolled in or entering a full-time or part-time post-secondary program (technical institution, college, university—undergraduate, graduate,…
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Kira Hoffman: Grant & Fellowship
This year, researcher Kira Hoffman has been awarded the Trebek Initiative Grant and the Wilburforce Fellowship.
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Welcome to our new website!
After 15 years, we are excited to announce that we have re-designed our website! We hope you like the new modern design as much as we do. The website will continue to grow as the centre does.
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Abrupt, climate-induced increase in wildfires in British Columbia since the mid-2000s
The compound effects of climate-induced moisture changes and altered fuels now force British Columbians to confront the harsh reality of more frequent years of intense and prolonged wildfire activity. Read the full article.
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How Indigenous Techniques Saved a Community From Wildfire
A movement to fight wildfires by making forests more resilient and, in some cases, deliberately setting blazes is gaining ground in Canada. Fire prevention zones can help slow approaching blazes so that people can escape, and can also enable firefighters to gain control over some areas. Interest in the creation of these zones has increased recently, especially in Indigenous communities which are most affected by wildfires.
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