SFU Faculty of Environment
8888 University drive V5A 1S6 Burnaby, BC, Canada

Are you a grade 11 or 12 student? Check out our upcoming webinar series designed to help you Test Drive Your University Experience & see how a degree in Environment really is more than you think! http://www.sfu.ca//stu/prospective-students/Testdrive.html... School District 43 - Coquitlam North Vancouver School District Delta School District Surrey Schools Langley School District #35 Richmond School District No. 38 Vancouver School Board New Westminster Schools Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows School District No. 42

Join statistical ecologist Ruth Joy in the upcoming Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Summit, hosted by Canadian Govtech Summit Series in partnership with Simon Fraser University! As a panelist in The Case Study on Data and the Department of Fisheries, Joy will examine currently ongoing studies with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans pertaining to collecting data on whale activities. Learn more http://ow.ly/t26v50CtAPc... #bigdata #AI #aiforbusiness #machinelearning #machinelearningtraining #virtualsummits #govtech #artificialintelligence #artificialintelligenceai

Looking for a way to set yourself apart within your program? Wanting to take some interesting courses next semester? Check out what minors & certificates are offered through FENV & take a look at what courses our advisors are recommending for Spring 2021! http://www.sfu.ca//stud/current-students/cool-courses.html

Will bedrock save our coastal ecosystems from climate change? SFU Geography's Jesse Hahm's recent research unearthed the ability of bedrock to provide oak trees on the West Coast with hydration throughout dry summer months. #SFUenvironment #SFU... http://ow.ly/cAa450CqKZB See more

Our MSc in Ecological Restoration helped Zane match his love of nature with science "Seeing how something is restored can be a lot more powerful than data & statistics. It's hard to motivate people to care if they don’t know what can be accomplished. http://ow.ly/Ln5s50C6CmV

Meet Julia! A FENV undergrad who just finished an 8-month co-op placement at Crown-Indigenous Relations & Northern Affairs! "I was able to expand my understanding of the Indigenous-settler relationship, as well as better grasp the nuances & complexities of different perspectives," shares Julia. http://ow.ly/XUzn50CqAx7

Are you still thinking about next seamster's schedule? Consider taking some of these courses that are recommended by your departmental advisors! http://www.sfu.ca//stud/current-students/cool-courses.html

Eric Balke graduated in 2017 as member of our first cohort of MSc Ecological Restoration (ER) students. After completing a BSc in biology at #UBC, Eric pursued a MSc in ER to help blend practical field applications with academics. The traditional view of ‘buy land, set it aside, and it’ll be good for wildlife’ is no longer enough. There are all kinds of challenges with policy, managing people, ecology, and climate.... #SFUenvironment https://www.sfu.ca/ecologicalresto/profiles/Eric-Balke.html

Is the Trans Mountain pipeline still viable? In a recent Energy Mix feature about how the pandemic is harming the economic case for the Trans Mountain pipeline, REM Prof Thomas Gunton suggests that spending $12.6 billion of taxpayer funds to build a pipeline when private sector companies are adding more than enough capacity to meet Canada’s need without any taxpayer support is hard to justify. The federal government justified the investment by pointing to signed shipping c...ontracts as evidence for demand but the oil market continues to decline and the demand is not likely to rebound. Gunton "calls on Ottawa to redirect its funding for Trans Mountain into action on climate change. "Those funds can also be used to help Alberta transition to cleaner growth sectors and build a more sustainable economy that studies show will generate more jobs than the fossil fuel sector." Read the full article: https://theenergymix.com//pandemic-harms-economic-case-fo/

FENV students, staff and faculty! Have you entered our Fall Environmental Challenge yet? November's theme is #zerowaste and we will be giving away a Stasher bag bundle! Don't miss out! Enter by the end of the month! ... #SFUenvironment Details here: http://ow.ly/nu4M50Cmbp7