Welcome !

We are an urban forestry & greening research lab based in the Department of Wood & Forest Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Geography, and Geomatics at the Université​ Laval. We focus on transdisciplinary, applied, and collaborative research to build sustainable and resilient communities, while managing and finding nature-based solutions to improve urban and periurban areas for people, wildlife, and ecosystems. Our group is affiliated with the Research Chair on Urban Trees and its Environment (CRAUM), which aims to develop and design new tools for conserving and integrating of trees in urban cities. Our lab is deeply intrigued by the prospect of delving into and assessing the human anthropogenic impacts on urban forests and soils. Our work is positioned at the science-policy interface, and we work to bridge the science-society divide by working closely with practitioners, industry communities, and government. We welcome opportunities to perform collaborative research within and outside of academic settings. Feel free to get in touch with us!
News and Updates
November 2024. Ravosoa Ramaroson and Louis-Vincent Grand'Maison will present their master's project at the 2024 FFGG Faculty Symposium !
October 2024. We have completed the planting of 18 trees for a pan-Canadian NSERC Alliance project on greenhouse gas mitigation in urban soils through biochar! Thanks to Collectif Canopée !
October 2024. The CRAUM inaugurates the living laboratory Technosol : the first technosol project in North America !
October 2024. Congratulations to Savannah Bissegger O'Connor and Louis-Vincent Grand'Maison for winning the first urban forestry scholarships for Université Laval and the province of Quebec!
September 2024. Welcome to new PhD student Habib and MSc student Louis-Vincent !
June 2024. New publication by CRAUM's first graduate student, Clément Pallafray, co-authored with Jean-Claude Ruel and Janani Sivarajah in Forests MDPI. Congratulations !
June 2024.  Janani participated in the regional meeting on the urban forest organized by the City of Montreal ! Thanks for the invitation.
June 2024. The book "From the Tree in the City to the Urban Forest" is now available for free !
June 2024. Congrats to Dominic Bartolacci for receiving a scholarship in the "Imagine an environmental challenge for change" contest for his master's project !
May 2024. The CREATE Program of NSERC has awarded $1.65M to train ecosystem restoration specialists. The initiative is led by Damase Khasa from University Laval, with key contributors including Janani Sivarajah and Marc J. Mazerolle. Congratulations to all involved!
May 2024. Congratulations to Janani and Savannah for their interview on CBC radio (104,7 FM) !
April 2024. Welcome and congratulations to the new research assistants at CRAUM, Annabelle Poulin and Mathilde Sergerie, for receiving a BRPC undergraduate research grant from NSERC !
​April 2024. Check out the "ULaval nouvelles" article in "Le Soleil" about our new project on private tree inventory !
March 2024. The CRAUM team held a stand at "Le Salon de la forêt" organized by la "Semaine des sciences forestières".
March 2024. Janani, Claudelle and Dominic presented the Avenue Maguire research project to international students from IFSA followed by a conference on urban forestry, in collaboration with IFC.
March 2024. Claudelle and Janani published an article in the OPFA magazine.
March 2024. Janani will present at the virtual conference organized by the Westminster Ponds Centre and ReForest London - Solutions at Scale: Overcoming Challenges in Urban Forestry Conference.
​February 2024. Janani and Dominic will participate in the event "My Thesis in 180 Seconds".