Who Was Jack Kimmel?
Jack Kimmel is truly one of the forefathers of arboriculture in this country. Jack’s long and very successful career in arboriculture began back in 1956 when he joined the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), then know as the International Shade Tree Conference. His membership lasted a span of 46 years until his death in July of 2002. In addition to being the Director of Parks for the City of Toronto until his retirement in 1982, Jack held many prominent positions with ISA. In 1961 he was elected President, of the then Board of Governors, for the Canadian Chapter. In 1970 he was elected President of the International Shade Tree Conference after holding positions as President Elect, Vice President, and Chair of several steering committees. In 1982 Jack became the first Executive Director of the Canadian Chapter of ISA, a position he held until 1994.

Over the course of all these voluntary commitments, Jack was recognized with many distinguished awards including ISA's Maple Leaf Award honouring an individual who has provided exceptional energy, leadership and commitment to promoting and improving arboriculture and urban forestry for more than 10 years; the Special Achievement Award, recognizing someone who has provided valuable and on going service to the Chapter; ISA's Honourary Life Member Award; and the Award of Merit, ISA's highest level of distinction.

ISA and the entire urban forest industry are much indebted to Jack, who is still fondly remembered by many practicing arborists today. Since 1997 when the first Jack Kimmel Grant was awarded, The Canadian TREE Fund continues to honour a truly deserving individual who will remain a positive role module for years to come.

December 1, 2010: Jack Kimmel Grant Proposal Deadline
The Canadian TREE Fund is a registered Canadian charity established to promote arboriculture research in Canada. Research grants have been awarded nation wide for worthy projects. Individuals and / or agencies are invited to submit proposals for consideration. The scope of your proposal can vary in size with this grant being the sole source of funding or one of a variety of sources. The project will be evaluated with regard for the goals of the TREE Fund as a whole and the impact that can be made with each grant.

Your proposals are encouraged and must be submitted to the Canadian TREE Fund no later than December 1, 2010.

Good Luck with your proposals.

Ontario Arborist Articles Published by Grant Recipients

• Your Donations Made it Happen!, ACER (2010 Recipient), Ontario Arborist, May/June 2010

• Invasive Norway Maples, Anne-Marie Roussy & Dr. Peter Kevan (2009 Recipients), Ontario Arborist, May/June 2009

• Go Forth & Reforest, LEAF (2008 Recipient), Ontario Arborist, March/April 2009

• Bringing Nature to Youth, Kristy Wakelin (2008 Recipient), Ontario Arborist, September/October 2008

• Urban Climate Change, ACER (2008 Recipient), Ontario Arborist, July/August 2008

• Tar Spot of Maple, Tom Hsiang, Lynn Xiuling Tian & Coralie Sopher (Hsiang: 2008 Recipient), Ontario Arborist, March/April 2008

• Saving our Sugar Maples, Anne-Marie Roussy, Adam Dale & Peter Kevan (2005 & 2008 Recipients), Ontario Arborist, March/April 2008

• Prediction of Tree Failure Due to Wind Loading, Kenneth Byrne (2007 Recipient), Ontario Arborist, January 2008

• Saving American Elms Through Trunk Injections, Dan Johnson & Michael Booth (2006 Recipients), Ontario Arborist, July 2007

• Benchmarking Biodiversity & Planning Future Forests in Impacted Areas, ACER (2002 & 2006 Recipient), Ontario Arborist, March/April 2007

• Protecting St. John's, NL, From the Elm Spanworm, Dan Quiring (2006 Recipient), Ontario Arborist, January 2007

• Mating Behaviour of Emerald Ash Borer Beetles, Gard Otis (2003, 2004 & 2005 Recipient), Ontario Arborist, November 2006

• Let's Plant, ACER (2002 & 2006 Recipient), Ontario Arborist, January 2006

• Seed – A Conservation Imperative, Marshall Buchanon (2003 Recipient), Ontario Arborist, September 2005


Last Modified: Wed, Jun 23, 2010