Craig Huff

Applications Now Being Accepted for the Craig Huff Urban Forest Memorial Bursary

WHAT IS IT
Tree Canada administers the Craig Huff Urban Forest Memorial Bursary – a bursary available to students in Canada who have demonstrated a strong interest in urban forestry. The bursary will pay the hotel, travel and registration expenses for a full time student to attend the Canadian Urban Forest Conference, held every two years in Canada. This year’s bursary will allow a student to attend the 10th Canadian Urban Forest Conference in London, ON, October 2-4, 2012. The approximate value of the bursary is $2,000.00.

HOW TO QUALIFY
To qualify, the student must be a fulltime student at a Canadian university, college or CÉGEP.

TO APPLY YOU NEED
• A confirmation that the applicant is a full time student, willing to participate in the 10th Canadian Urban Forest Conference from October 2-4, 2012 in London, ON.
• A document from the applicant demonstrating his or her dedication to urban forestry. This can be a written paper or report, a summer work term or a volunteer experience.
• A reference from a teacher, former employer, etc. attesting to the student’s dedication to urban forestry.

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria: originality, demonstrated interaction with the urban forest community, knowledge of the subject and the quality of the reference.

All applications to the bursary should be sent to tcf@treecanada.ca with the subject heading “Craig Huff Bursary” by May 11, 2012. The winner will be informed by June 15, 2012. All applicants should include their summer contact information.

ABOUT CRAIG HUFF
Craig Huff was the forester for the City of Ottawa, who died prematurely in March 2008. He was well known throughout Canada for being an urban forest practitioner, a great supporter of the Canadian Urban Forest Conference and Tree Canada, and a longtime member of the International Society of Arboriculture. Well known in the Ottawa community, he became known as one of Canada’s preeminent urban forest practitioners, and an advocate for urban forests within the profession of forestry.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Melissa Nisbett, Communications Officer
Tree Canada
(613) 567-5545 ext. 224
mnisbett@treecanada.ca