Tenley Conway
@tenleyconway.bsky.social
Environmental Geography Professor // socio-ecological dynamics in urban forests // University of Toronto, Mississauga
All about urban trees and the people who live among them.
https://sites.utm.utoronto.ca/conway/
All about urban trees and the people who live among them.
https://sites.utm.utoronto.ca/conway/
New open-access article alert! Examining retention and removal of trees planted through a backyard tree planting program. We found home sales reduced the odds a tree would be retained, suggesting importance of outreach to new homeowners. doi.org/10.1016/j.uf...
Redirecting
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October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
New open-access article alert! Examining retention and removal of trees planted through a backyard tree planting program. We found home sales reduced the odds a tree would be retained, suggesting importance of outreach to new homeowners. doi.org/10.1016/j.uf...
New publication: Alex Martin led an effort examine historical factors driving street tree species in Canadian prairie cities. Key limitations, including availability, perceived disservices and utility conflict, have led to shifts in species planted and overall low diversity. doi.org/10.1016/j.tf...
Redirecting
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October 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New publication: Alex Martin led an effort examine historical factors driving street tree species in Canadian prairie cities. Key limitations, including availability, perceived disservices and utility conflict, have led to shifts in species planted and overall low diversity. doi.org/10.1016/j.tf...
New Publication! Understanding global urban tree canopy targets, current canopy cover, and a SMART way forward. Led by Justin Morgenroth: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (open access) Includes a discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of setting tree canopy targets.
Urban Tree Cover Targets: The good, the bad and the SMART
Urban tree cover (UTC) is a commonly used metric in policy and management activities, including urban forest resources assessment, equity and distribu…
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July 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New Publication! Understanding global urban tree canopy targets, current canopy cover, and a SMART way forward. Led by Justin Morgenroth: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (open access) Includes a discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of setting tree canopy targets.
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Mark Carney is running for Prime Minister of Canada.
Pierre Poilievre is running to be Governor of the 51st state.
Pierre Poilievre is running to be Governor of the 51st state.
March 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Mark Carney is running for Prime Minister of Canada.
Pierre Poilievre is running to be Governor of the 51st state.
Pierre Poilievre is running to be Governor of the 51st state.
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Poilievre’s $3.4M pension is secure, but he repeatedly votes to cut yours.
That’s Poilievre. But it’s just not Canada.
Learn more: www.protectingcanada.ca/streaming #NeverPoilievre #cdnpoli
That’s Poilievre. But it’s just not Canada.
Learn more: www.protectingcanada.ca/streaming #NeverPoilievre #cdnpoli
March 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Poilievre’s $3.4M pension is secure, but he repeatedly votes to cut yours.
That’s Poilievre. But it’s just not Canada.
Learn more: www.protectingcanada.ca/streaming #NeverPoilievre #cdnpoli
That’s Poilievre. But it’s just not Canada.
Learn more: www.protectingcanada.ca/streaming #NeverPoilievre #cdnpoli
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Trump cites dairy tariffs of 250% but doesn't mention they "only kick in after the US has hit a certain, Trump-negotiated quantity of zero-tariff sales to Canada."
"The US is not currently filling its zero-tariff sales quota in any category of dairy product, so the tariffs aren’t being applied."
"The US is not currently filling its zero-tariff sales quota in any category of dairy product, so the tariffs aren’t being applied."
An excellent piece from Daniel Dale, demolishing Trump’s lie that Canada has some of the highest tariffs in the world. It demonstrates just how absurd Trump’s latest pretext for his trade war is. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Fact check: Trump falsely claims Canada is ‘one of the highest tariffing nations’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump added Tuesday to his rapidly growing list of false claims about Canada, wrongly asserting on social media that Canada is “ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WO...
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March 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Trump cites dairy tariffs of 250% but doesn't mention they "only kick in after the US has hit a certain, Trump-negotiated quantity of zero-tariff sales to Canada."
"The US is not currently filling its zero-tariff sales quota in any category of dairy product, so the tariffs aren’t being applied."
"The US is not currently filling its zero-tariff sales quota in any category of dairy product, so the tariffs aren’t being applied."
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Why Won’t Pierre Poilievre Get His Security Clearance?
YouTube video by Justin Trudeau
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March 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Excited to see our new article out, led by Alex Martin. We explore the limited engagement and inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in US & Canadian urban forest management plans, and provide some recommendations for those developing UF plans and future research.
Nice to see this paper out. Led by colleague Alex Martin (@tenleyconway.bsky.social lab), and the first publication for Emma (of our lab and @paqlab.bsky.social)!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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History, engagement, and visibility of Indigenous Peoples in urban forest management plans from Canada and the United States
Environmental justice in urban forestry is concerned with recognizing and centering the needs of under-engaged communities in planning and decision-ma…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Excited to see our new article out, led by Alex Martin. We explore the limited engagement and inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in US & Canadian urban forest management plans, and provide some recommendations for those developing UF plans and future research.
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Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
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February 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
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oming soon in Frontiers of Env Sci - a paper by myself, Mike Grace (BCU), Alison Smith (Oxon), Peter Neal (consultant) and Jane Houghton (Natural England) reflecting on the development of the National GI Standards Framework - its great to see this work published
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
Frontiers | A Menu of Standards for Green Infrastructure in England: Effective and equitable or a race to the bottom?
Multi-functional urban green infrastructure (GI) can deliver nature-based solutions that help address climate change, while providing wider benefits for huma...
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December 5, 2024 at 1:19 PM
oming soon in Frontiers of Env Sci - a paper by myself, Mike Grace (BCU), Alison Smith (Oxon), Peter Neal (consultant) and Jane Houghton (Natural England) reflecting on the development of the National GI Standards Framework - its great to see this work published
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
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New sticker coming soon.
November 30, 2024 at 1:52 PM
New sticker coming soon.
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HEY TAKE THIS SURVEY TO BAN LEAF BLOWERS! YEAH! HEAR MY YELLING POSTS MUCH BETTER! YEEEEAHHHHHH
November 30, 2024 at 1:08 AM
HEY TAKE THIS SURVEY TO BAN LEAF BLOWERS! YEAH! HEAR MY YELLING POSTS MUCH BETTER! YEEEEAHHHHHH
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FACT - that bike infrastructure makes getting around easier & safer for EVERYONE. 💯👇
You don’t have to be a “cyclist” to support safe bike infrastructure in your city. You don’t have to ride bikes at all. You just have to understand the FACT that bike infrastructure makes getting around easier & safer for EVERYONE, saves us all public money, & makes cities generally more successful.
November 29, 2024 at 9:39 PM
FACT - that bike infrastructure makes getting around easier & safer for EVERYONE. 💯👇
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Los Angeles must have built so many bike lanes to create this awful traffic. Right?!? (This is a Toronto subskeet, where whoever is in charge of the government wants to remove bike lanes to reduce traffic congestion).
An annual U.S. Thanksgiving reminder that you’re not “stuck in traffic,” you ARE traffic.
Happy #Thanksgiving.
Happy #Thanksgiving.
November 29, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Los Angeles must have built so many bike lanes to create this awful traffic. Right?!? (This is a Toronto subskeet, where whoever is in charge of the government wants to remove bike lanes to reduce traffic congestion).
New Open Access Paper: What is equitable urban forest governance, led by K. Pike. exploring the intersection between environmental justice and collaborative governance. Highlighting gaps in community-centered procedural and recognitional approaches. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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November 20, 2024 at 7:43 PM
New Open Access Paper: What is equitable urban forest governance, led by K. Pike. exploring the intersection between environmental justice and collaborative governance. Highlighting gaps in community-centered procedural and recognitional approaches. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
open access Urban Forestry articles! We explored the content of urban forest management plans across Canada and found a focus on tree abundance but limited attention give to climate change: t.co/4A0sxecNl2
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105154
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November 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
open access Urban Forestry articles! We explored the content of urban forest management plans across Canada and found a focus on tree abundance but limited attention give to climate change: t.co/4A0sxecNl2
Alex Martin and I examined the growing use of the Gini Index, a standard measure of economic inequality, to measure urban greening inequality. We also propose some minimum reporting guidelines: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
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November 17, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Alex Martin and I examined the growing use of the Gini Index, a standard measure of economic inequality, to measure urban greening inequality. We also propose some minimum reporting guidelines: doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
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One week until Election Day! If you’re wondering what is at stake, here’s a story about a Nevada woman who was found guilty of manslaughter and sent to jail for having a miscarriage. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
She said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion law
The 1911 Nevada statute is one of a wide variety of laws that have been used in rare cases across the country to prosecute women for trying to end a pregnancy.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2024 at 1:58 PM
One week until Election Day! If you’re wondering what is at stake, here’s a story about a Nevada woman who was found guilty of manslaughter and sent to jail for having a miscarriage. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Respect to Bernie Sanders for putting together this video with an important message that I very much hope reaches people on the left who are considering not voting for Kamala Harris or sitting this election out.
“I disagree with Kamala’s position on the war in Gaza. How can I vote for her?” Here is my answer:
YouTube video by Bernie Sanders
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October 29, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Respect to Bernie Sanders for putting together this video with an important message that I very much hope reaches people on the left who are considering not voting for Kamala Harris or sitting this election out.
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Part of Miller’s deportation plan is to deploy red state National Guard units to “unfriendly” (blue) states.
I have a quick update about mass deportations—all of Stephen Miller's anti-immigrant propaganda at the MSG rally were backed up later that night by former (and likely future, under Trump) ICE head Tom Homan, in a terrifying 60 Minutes interview:
Trump Wasn’t Kidding With That Fascist Rally. Just Ask His ICE Chief.
While Stephen Miller and Tony Hinchcliffe were hurling racist tropes at Madison Square Garden, former ICE director Tom Homan was on CBS explaining what the actual policies of mass deportation would lo...
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October 29, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Part of Miller’s deportation plan is to deploy red state National Guard units to “unfriendly” (blue) states.
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Holy shit. This is the most eloquent, pointed, and personal political speech I've ever heard in my (M54) life. It deserves to be the most consequential. Harris is great afterward, but Michelle Obama's speech should really define a new era in American politics.
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October 27, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Holy shit. This is the most eloquent, pointed, and personal political speech I've ever heard in my (M54) life. It deserves to be the most consequential. Harris is great afterward, but Michelle Obama's speech should really define a new era in American politics.
www.youtube.com/live/vaYXybm...
www.youtube.com/live/vaYXybm...
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October 26, 2024 at 8:39 PM