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Green Spaces, Urban Wildlife, and Human Impacts
City dwellers are surrounded by a wide array of urban wildlife, but there seems to be little appreciation for it. Unfortunately, there are some people who do not respect our animal neighbours. Most urban wildlife are often seen as pests, which can…
Quebec’s Urban Forestry Update: A Year in Review
Meagan Hanna, MA. ISA Board Certified Master Arborist – Quebec Representative, CUFN Steering Committee Quebec urban foresters and friends of the urban forest continue their work in preserving and enhancing city trees throughout the province. As time goes on, new resources slowly…
VIDEO: Tapping a maple tree with Tree Canada President, Mike Rosen
Tree Canada’s President, Michael Rosen, shows us how to tap a tree – a sure sign of the approaching end of the famous, Canadian winter. Mike is an avid maple syrup lover so every year, he taps his trees and treats his…
How Canadian communities are managing the threat of EAB
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an invasive species that originated in China, because it has no natural predators in North America, it has become a devastating problem for North American ash trees (Fraxinus). Cities in Eastern Canada have been severely affected…
Edible Trees, City Planning, and Feeding the Hungry
Edible trees and shrubs have aesthetic value, but they also provide people and animals with fruit, nuts, and berries. Many cities have community gardens and are incorporating edible trees into their urban planning. Edible trees and community gardens are a major source…
Tree Canada and CN invite Canadian communities to apply for $25,000 greening grants
Ottawa, March 23, 2018 — CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) and Tree Canada are pleased to announce today the launch of CN EcoConnexions From the Ground Up, an annual initiative that provides more than a half million dollars in funding for community…
National charity seeks support for “#OperationReLeaf” to help BC communities hit by 2017’s forest fires
March 15, 2018 (Ottawa, ON) — Tree Canada, Canada’s leading national tree planting charity, today announced it is launching an ambitious greening initiative in British Columbia to help restore community greenspaces lost due to the devastating 2017 forest fires. For British Columbia,…
EAB : New limits for the regulated zones of CFIA
As some of you may know, the federal government of Canada expanded the emerald ash borer‘s regulated area all the way to Québec City (and even more to the east) and included the City of Winnipeg. Those new limits indicate that the prairies…
Green Spaces Help with Teambuilding, Cultural Strengthening & Community Ties
Green spaces have many social values in our lives. They have been proven to reduce crime and road rage, stimulate learning, and improve test scores/productivity (The Social Benefits of Green Spaces. [Web]. Retrieved from https://projectevergreen.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/LifestyleBenefitsofGreenSpace.pdf). Cities and organizations are recognizing the social…
Green School Grounds are Beneficial for Childhood Development and Learning
Many school boards in Canada are recognizing that green school grounds are beneficial for childhood learning and development. Greener school grounds directly impact children’s health and well-being by increased physical activity (Dyment & Bell, 2007), improved mental health (Xiaoqi & Thomas, 2017),…