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CFS-LFC lectures

Since 1987, the Laurentian Forestry Centre (LFC) has hosted many high-calibre speakers who have shared their knowledge and discoveries.

Lectures begin at 10:30 am (Eastern Time) and last approximately 60 minutes, followed by a question period.

Lectures are presented in French, unless otherwise specified.

The objective of the CFS-LFC lectures series is to provide knowledge to our partners and the forestry community.

Upcoming lecture schedule

For now, conferences will be offered exclusively remotely via webinar.

Upcoming lecture schedule listing dates, speakers and topics
Dates Speakers Titles
November 16, 2023 Maude Flamand-Hubert, Assistant Professor, Université Laval Private forests and forest owners: interdisciplinary and intersectoral perspectives on forestry
November 30, 2023 Jean-François Boucher, Professor, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi What role for the forest sector towards net-zero objectives? A proposal that seeks to relate afforestation/reforestation, forest management, bio-based products, GHG inventories, and the adaptation to climate change
January 25, 2024 Jason Leach, Research Scientist, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada The forest-water nexus in a changing environment: 40+ years of insight from the Turkey Lakes Watershed (The webinar will be in English)
February 8, 2024 Marie-Michèle Rousseau Clair, Head of Conservation Nature Conservancy of Canada Technologies and data in conservation: the Nature Conservancy of Canada's experience
February 22, 2024 Ahmed Koubaa, Professor, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue Alternative uses for surplus wood chips to produce bioproducts and bioenergy
March 7, 2024 Jill Hamilton, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University Genomics-driven monitoring for genetic conservation and breeding in forest trees (The webinar will be in English)
March 21, 2024 Nelson Thiffault, Research Scientist, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Natural Resources Canada Development of alternative methods to herbicides in partnership with indigenous communities
April 4, 2024 Kara Webster, Research Scientist, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada National peatland mapping and carbon accounting (The webinar will be in English)
April 18, 2024 Isabelle Duchesne, Research Scientist, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Natural Resources Canada
Patrick Lenz, Research Scientist, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, Natural Resources Canada
Translocation of white spruce seed sources to new environments and its effect on wood quality
April 25, 2024 Annie Deslauriers, Professor, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Response of tree phenology to climate change

For more information about our current webinars, recordings of previous webinars, adding your name to our invitation list or receiving a summary of each lecture, please email the Planning, Partnerships and Operations Division of the Laurentian Forestry Centre.

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