April 2013

• Dr Gord McKenna and Jordana Fair from BGC Engineering Inc offered a very successful short course on landform design on Wednesday, April 24. Close to 40 participants from industry, government and the University of Alberta attended. Thank you, Dr. McKenna and Ms. Fair for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm for land reclamation!
• Dr Eric Higgs from the University of Victoria presented the second lecture in the LRIGS lecture series entitled, "Reclamation, Restoration and the Emergence of Novel Ecosystems." Go here for more details. Funding for this lecture was generously donated by the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) at the University of Alberta.

March 2013

• Undergraduate students in Dr Naeth's RENR 495 Land Reclamation and Revegetation course are having a poster session for their capstone projects that is open to the public. Come and see what these aspiring land reclamation professionals have been up to this year. More details can be found here.
• Together with our partners at BGC Engineering Inc, we will be offering a short course on landform design which is open to graduate students and practicing land reclamation professionals. Go here for more information.
• We hosted a very successful workshop for industry, consulting and government representatives on Wednesday, March 6 at which we collected ideas and suggestions for future LRIGS initiatives and directions.
• LRIGS was featured in a March 5 Vancouver Sun article discussing global academic collaborations.

February 2013

• Dr Eric Higgs from the University of Victoria will be presenting the next lecture in the LRIGS lecture series entitled, "Reclamation, Restoration and the Emergence of Novel Ecosystems." Go here for more details. Funding for this lecture has been generously donated by the School of Energy and Environment (SEE) at the University of Alberta.

January 2013

• Our partners at the Alberta Land Use Knowledge Network have produced an online video of Dr Mohan K. Wali's guest lecture from November 2012. Click here to watch Part 1 and click here to watch Part 2.
• LRIGS has produced a promotional / recruitment video available for viewing online here.

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Testimonials from program participants and other LRIGS stakeholders can be found here.