Spring 2020
In January 2020, Dr. Tara Holland and 25 Environmental Science students started the first offering of EVSC 400, Environmental Science capstone course. Students worked in teams to develop methodologies for assessing the ecological health of Naturally Managed Areas in local parks by working with Dana McDonald, Vancouver Park Board, and Kelly Gardner, Citystudio. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students turned to a to show the results of their hard work.
Research Posters and Presentations
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Everett Crowley Park
The Key to Unlocking Urban Park Health: Using a Streamlined Approach to Urban Park Assessments to Determine Ecological Health Farbod Behsahd, Noah Bircher, Srishti Kumar, Jessica Thandi, and Ann Tony learn more
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Jericho Beach Park
Ecological Integrity Assessment of Naturally Managed Areas in Vancouver Parks Adam Braz, Kyree Chen, Sijin Chen, Biao Geng, and Matthew Takeushi learn more
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Renfrew Ravine Park
A Framework for Assessing Ecological Health in Vancouver鈥檚 Naturally Managed Areas: With a Case Study in Renfrew Ravine Park Amanda Wik, Christopher Chang, Gabi Trainor, Grant MacRobbie & Hyeju Lee learn more
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Stanley Park
Forest and Inorganic Parameters Monitoring Program in Stanley Park Gina Gu, Jianze Pang, Jijie Xu, Stephen Li, Xiangyu, Zhang learn more
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Vanier Park
The New Commons: How Citizen Science can Support Naturally Managed Areas Jordan Gray, Matt Koyanagi, Liam Cormack, Luc Couture, and Pritpal Dhillion learn more