One hundred years of forestry education at UNB (1908-2008)

• Published in: Forestry chronicle Vol. 84; no. 4; pp. 478 - 480
• Main Authors: Jordan, Glen, Powell, Graham R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01-08-2008
• Subjects: computers; curriculum; foresters; forestry; history; innovation adoption; professional education; universities; university programs; woodlands; New Brunswick; Canada, New Brunswick
• ISSN: 0015-7546; 1499-9315
• DOI: 10.5558/tfc84478-4

Some key events that have shaped forestry instruction at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) following introduction of a BScF degree programme in 1908 are recounted. These include building of the Forestry and Geology Building in 1931, creation of the Faculty of Forestry in 1947, the large influx of students following WWII, extension of the BScF programme to five years in 1952, introduction of options in 1963, addition of a BScFE degree programme in 1968 and subsequently creation of Forest Resources and Forest Engineering Departments within the Faculty, addition of the New Forestry Building in 1976, early adoption and subsequent emphasis on computer technology from 1971 onward, graduation of its first PhD student in 1985, development in 1988 of the Faculty's Tweeddale Centre in the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Complex adjacent the UNB Woodlot, a massive increase in enrolments throughout the late 1980s and 1990s followed by a significant decline, significant curriculum changes in 1993, disbanding of Departments and renaming of the Faculty in 1994 to the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, the move in 2007 back to four-year degree programmes, and in 2008, introduction of a third bachelor's degree programme, Environment and Natural resources (BScENR).