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The deadline for abstract submissions
has been extended to June 15, 2007. |
Students
of the Faculty
of Forestry at the University of Toronto are pleased to
invite submission of student abstracts for the upcoming conference,
Forests in Settled Landscapes. This conference will be
co-hosted by the Faculty of Forestry and the Canadian
Institute of Forestry (CIF) Southern
Ontario Section, and will include a special session for
student research. The conference will be held from August 20-23,
2007 at UofT's St. George campus in downtown Toronto.
Students* in the broad disciplines of forestry,
geography, environmental studies, urban planning, landscape
architecture or others are invited to submit abstracts for oral
or poster presentations that address the conference topic. Accepted
papers will be grouped into the three streams of the conference:
1) Regional Landscape Planning, 2) Private Land Forestry
and Stewardship, and 3) Urban Forestry.
Oral presentations will be approximately 20 minutes
in length, including questions. Space for oral presentations
is limited. Abstracts that are not accepted for oral presentation
will be considered for a poster presentation, unless otherwise
indicated by the author.
Submitted abstracts should include a title and
specify whether oral or poster format is preferred. Abstracts
that do not exceed 200 words should be sent to studentFSL@wpine.forestry.utoronto.ca
by April 30th, 2007 June 15, 2007 in .doc or .rtf format.
The student registration cost is $100 (plus $25
for CIF membership) and affordable accommodations will be available
in the New College Residences, conveniently located within short
walking distance of the conference location. Travel funding
for students may also be available from the Canadian
Forest Service and the Canadian
Institute of Forestry; please download the  Student
Travel Assistance Form to apply.
We look
forward to hosting you in Toronto!
Sincerely,
Kathleen Ryan
David Savage
Student Session Co-Chairs
Student session email
address:
studentFSL@wpine.forestry.utoronto.ca
*Undergraduate, masters,
and PhD students, and recent graduates (within the last year)
are invited to submit abstracts for this conference.
Download the
Student Travel Assistance Form (PDF)
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