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What BEG members are up to…

Dr. Suzanne Simard is featured in the documentary, Intelligent Trees, about how trees communicate with each other.
Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/intelligenttrees/181082721 and visit the website here: http://www.intelligent-trees.com/.
Released September 8, 2016.

Drs. Sue Grayston and Cindy Prescott and their team win 3rd prize in the 2014 Quarry Life competition. November 2014.
http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/2014/11/sue-grayston-maja-krzic-and-cindy-prescott-awarded-in-quarry-life-award-competition/

Jacynthe Masse (PhD with Sue Grayston) wins 2nd place for best student presentation at CSSS. June 19, 2014.
http://prsss.landfood.ubc.ca/2014/06/19/prsss-director-jacynthe-masse-wins-2nd-place-for-best-student-presentation-at-csss/?login

Dr. Suzanne Simard in CBC’s The Nature of Things episode, “Smarty plants: Uncovering the secret world of plant behaviour”. Aired September 27, 2012.
http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episode/smarty-plants-uncovering-the-secret-world-of-plant-behaviour.html (available in Canada)
(Also featured in PBS’s Nature episode, “What plants talk about”. Aired April 3, 2013. http://video.pbs.org/video/2338524490) (available in U.S.)