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Ecological Restoration
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Ecological Restoration

British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Burnaby, BCCanada
On campus
Full-time
€20,202.41total
 3119 Points
Duration
2 Years
Language
English
Apply date
Aug 2024

Program Description

Ecological Restoration (ER) is a scientific discipline that has recently emerged due to the increasing need to restore degraded and damaged ecosystems. Many ecosystem goods, services, and natural habitats have been severely impacted due to the cumulative impacts of previous and ongoing anthropogenic influences, including for example: urban sprawl, industrial expansion, invasive species, and contamination of soils and water resources.

These impacts, and the need to remediate, rehabilitate, and restore habitat for threatened and endangered species, have led to the requirement for ecosystem restoration work across the province, Canada, and internationally. Ecological Restoration is an intentional activity that initiates or accelerates recovery of an ecosystem with respect to its health, integrity, and sustainability.

Graduates will have the critical and theoretical skills needed to set priorities, develop a structured approach to restoring degraded ecosystems, and critically assess their success in highly complex and unpredictable environments with significant uncertainties.

Inherent in the program are development of essential skills for program management, communication, and respectful community consultation. The program will leverage expertise at both institutions, and local experts and case studies, to understand how to approach ecological restoration in diverse sociocultural and biophysical settings.

There may be additional costs by this University.

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Strengths of the Program

  • Is a unique interdisciplinary & inter-institutional curriculum;
  • Is at the leading edge of this new, and rapidly growing, environmental discipline;
  • Courses have been specifically designed to offer advanced, specialized training in ecological restoration;
  • Entails an interdisciplinary, hands-on approach to addressing pressing practical problems;
  • Permits specialization in restoration of aquatic or terrestrial ecosystems;
  • Focuses on using applied research to provide solutions to government, institutional, and industry problems;
  • Has strong industry connections via client-based research projects; and
  • Is a unique program in Canada, and is among very few similar programs in North America.
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Learning Outcomes

  • Critically assess degraded ecosystems at different temporal and spatial scales and locations (local to international) and identify primary causal factors contributing to the declining state of target ecosystems.
  • Design a restoration prescription (unique to target sites and project goals) by integrating ecological principles (theoretical) and physical processes with applied restoration techniques.
  • Develop and initiate detailed monitoring programs needed to assess the success of restoration programs and to identify approaches to guide the restoration process.
  • Adapt and modify the restoration approach as deemed appropriate based on monitoring results within an adaptive management framework.
  • Establish strong scientifically-based approaches (research skills) to enhance reliable knowledge in the field of restoration ecology (the scientific foundation of ecological restoration).
  • Act as a team leader and engage in respectful community engagement and planning of ecological restoration projects.
  • Operate with a historically informed and policy sensitive understanding of the cultural practices and protocols of First Nations.
  • Communicate effectively with all stakeholders as required to successfully initiate and conduct restoration programs.
  • Develop and apply project management guidelines for each stage of a restoration project.
  • Display and encourage behaviour that reflects integrity, responsibility, and the values and ethics of professional restoration practitioners.
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Curriculum

Level 1

Concepts of Ecological Restoration and the Physical Environment
Planning and Monitoring for Ecological Restoration

Complete an additional 6.0 credits at SFU:
Concepts of Ecological Restoration and the Biological Environment
Graduate Seminars in Research Methods

Level 2

Restoration of Terrestrial Ecosystems

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Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems

Complete and additional 3.0 credits at SFU:
Project Management & Policy for Ecological Restoration

Level 3

Applied Research Project Development Part 1

Field Applications of Restoration Principles

Level 4

Applied Research Project I

Level 5

Applied Research Project II

Complete an additional 3.0 credits at SFU:
First Nations & Social Perspectives of Ecological Restoration

Careers

Graduates will be qualified for employment with organizations whose mandates involve the restoration of natural ecosystems, particularly fish and wildlife habitats.

Upon graduation, students will have the skills and knowledge to qualify for existing positions and develop rewarding careers with municipal, regional, provincial and federal government agencies, private industry, stewardship groups and other NGOs as:

  • restoration practitioners
  • intermediate biologists
  • habitat restoration specialists
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