curriculum vitae

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Education

Sculpture, Toronto School of Art, 1998-1999
Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 1994-1997
Masters of Environmental Studies, York University, 1992-1994
Bachelor of Science in Forestry with Distinction, University of Alberta, 1975-1979

Site Works

20041:2:3:5:8: 4 rammed earth bocks left to erode naturally. Creemore, ON
2002Dialectic: 3 concrete forms embedded in a rock outcropping. Muskoka, ON
2000Monoliths: 2 rammed earth monoliths. Toronto, ON

Group Shows

2008NVRMNT. University of Toronto, Office of Sustainability. Juried show.
2005/06Triple X. Visual Arts Ontario Juried Show.
  Four locations, including Toronto (Queen Street West), Thunder Bay Art Gallery, and Art Gallery of Algoma.
2003Four. Four-person show. Propeller Centre For The Visual Arts. Toronto
2002Artist Garden Cooperative. Curator: S. Brown. North York Public Library
2000Latitude. Artist Collective. Curator: Reinhard Reitzenstein. Catalogue. Toronto

Virtual Galleries

2003Featured artist @ www.greenmuseum.org Curator (USA): Suzi Gablik
2003www.loisdellert.com

Awards & Grants

2005Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
2004Ontario Arts Council Artist-In-Education Grant
2003Ontario Arts Council Artist-In-Education Grant
2002Ontario Arts Council Artist-In-Education Grant
2000Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant

Arts Education

2000White Pine
 Rockcliffe Middle School, Toronto
2004Environmental Totems: Forest and Garden
 Branksome Hall, Toronto
2005Environmental Totems: Butterflies and Wolves
 Module l’Acadie, Kingston
2002 /03/04I in the STORM Garden
 Rick Hansen Secondary School, Mississauga
2004Revitalization of the School Grounds
 Bowmanville High School, Bowmanville
2004Garden Stones
 Runnymede Public School, Toronto
2001 - 2002How I See My School
 North Toronto Collegiate Institute, Toronto

Community Work

2008Settn’ Stone
 Maria A. Shchuka Library, Toronto
2002/2003Gardiner East Public Art Project: Bronze Tile Mosaic
 Northwest corner of Lakeshore Boulevard and Leslie Street, Toronto
2000 - 2001Community Totem Project
 City Park at Vaughan and Winnona Roads, Toronto

Related Experience

2005Audio-Visual Documentation and Presentation
 International Conference, Pan-American Heath Organization, Toronto, Canada
2004Audio-Visual Documentation and Presentation
 International Conference, International Society for Equity and Health, South Africa
2004Rammed Earth Workshop Leader
 Department of Art, SUNY at Buffalo
2002, 2003 Workshop Leader
 OSEA (Ontario Society for Education through Art) Conferences
2000Studio Assistant to Marla Hlady

Forestry Experience

1980.1992Forestry career with B.C. Ministry of Forests. Positions held:
  Deputy Chief Forester
Manager, Forest Productivity Research
Deputy Director, Forest Inventory Branch
Manager, Resource Analysis
Timber Supply Analysis Forester
 
1988-1993Adjunct Professor, Renewal Resource Management Program, Simon Fraser University

Selected Papers and Publications

Dellert, Lois. 1998. “Sustained Yield: Why Has It Failed to Achieve Sustainability?” in The Wealth of Forests: Markets, Regulation and Sustainable Forestry. Chris Tollefson, ed., UBC Press, Vancouver, B.C.

_____. 1995. Forest Industry Focus Report: Synthesis Paper. Prepared for the Social Investment Organization. Toronto, ON.

_____. 1995. From Solution to Barrier: The Evolution of Forest Tenure in British Columbia. Paper presented at “Who Owns America” a conference sponsored by the Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

_____. 1994. Forestry and the Failure of Technocracy. University of Alberta Industry Lecture. Edmonton, AB.

_____. 1994. “Evolution of Forest Policy in British Columbia”. Feature chapter in the 1994 Forest and Range Resource Analysis. Ministry of Forests. Victoria, B.C.

_____. 1993. “BioDiversity”. Feature chapter in the 1993 State of the Forest Report to Parliament. Forestry Canada, Ottawa,ON.

_____. 1993. History of Sustainable Forestry in Europe and North America. Research paper for the keynote address given by the Canadian Deputy Minister of Forests at an international workshop of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Montreal, Que.

Selected Awards

1992York University Scholarship
1994University of Toronto Open Fellowship
1995Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship
1995Edward Elsworth Johnson Award
1979Canadian Institute of Forestry Gold Medal

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