At the moment, Halifax Tree Project is not a formal organization. It has no charter, no registration, and no bank account. It is a loose affiliation of like-minded people, mostly associated with - either now or in the past - with Dalhousie’s School for Resource and Environmental Studies.
In the future, we may decide to form an organization. For the time being, we will accomplish our joint aims informally and through this website.
MEET THE TEAM
Peter Duinker, Lead
Having worked with trees in many different capacities throughout his life, Peter has come to create the Halifax Tree Project as he retires from his career as a Professor in the School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University.
Read more about Peter.
Jordan haughn
Jordan has a passion for the outdoors and both urban and rural forest management. She completed her honours degree in 2020 double majoring in Environmental Science and Sustainability. Jordan’s honours thesis research (supervised by Peter Duinker) explored the implications of the Emerald Ash Borer on riparian canopy cover in the Halifax Regional Municipality. She has also worked as a research associate for both urban and rural forest management projects.
James steenberg
James is an environmental scientist focusing on the ecology and sustainable management of both commercially-managed forests and urban forests. He is a senior research forester with the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables as well as an adjunct professor at Dalhousie University’s School for Resource and Environmental Studies, where he recently completed a Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Tyler doucet
Tyler holds a Bachelor of Urban Forestry from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Environmental Studies from Dalhousie University where he studied under the supervision of Peter Duinker. As a part of his thesis research, Tyler researched urban forest programs with varying degrees of NGO participation in municipal forest decision-making.
ZOE coulter
Zoe is working on a Bachelor of Science at Dalhousie University, double majoring in Environmental Science and Contemporary Studies. She is currently working as an urban forest research assistant for Peter Duinker, with an interest in climate change vulnerability and adaptation.
Levyn Radomske
Levyn is currently completing his undergraduate degree in Environmental Science with a minor in Biology while obtaining an Impact Assessment Certificate from Dalhousie University. He is working as research assistant for Peter Duinker where he is collecting data for his Honours research; this research is focused on coniferous species in the HRM urban forest.