Fonds consists of the research and professorial records of Dr. Joselito Arocena, a founding faculty member of UNBC. Arocena was an internationally-recognized soil scientist and UNBC’s first Canada Research Chair. His records demonstrate his accomplishments as an academic and researcher, as well as his many and varied interdisciplinary research endeavours. Also included are selections from Arocena’s extensive photographic slide collection which illustrate his teaching, research projects, and personal interests.
Arocena, JoselitoSeries consists of Dr. Joselito Arocena's personal records that provide background context to his academic accomplishments, research, and professorial tenure at UNBC.
File consists of photocopies of the academic degree diplomas of Dr. Joselito Arocena as well as documents relating to approvals from his PhD committee.
File consists of records relating to the Arocena's application and offer of employment at UNBC as Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies. His start date at UNBC was 1 July 1994.
File consists of administrative records relating to the academic accomplishments of Dr. Joselito Arocena. Includes merit awards, letters of congratulation, and acceptance correspondence.
File consists of Dr. Joselito Arocena's annual reports and promotion records relating to his employment at UNBC.
File consists of Dr. Joselito Arocena's promotion package for rising to the rank of full professor at UNBC.
File consists of selected personal records from Dr. Joselito Arocena's digital media. Includes 3 floppies and migrated data from hard drives.
The research of Dr. Joselito Arocena was extensive and multi-disciplinary. The records contained within this series of research material provide only a small glimpse of the depth and breadth of his research portfolio. The majority of Dr. Arocena's research results were released in his 200+ academic publications over the course of his career. This series contains a selection of research records that were unpublished and cover research projects that relate to the health of BC indigenous communities, the McGregor Model Forest, and others.
File consists of an original copy of the final report of the Ecological Processes Team of the McGregor Model Forest for Project No. 2015. The report is entitled "Changes in Ecological Characteristics During Succession after Forest Fires in the Wet Montane Forests of the McGregor Model Forest" and was released on May 1998 by S. Craig DeLong (BC Ministry of Forests), Hughes Massicotte (UNBC), and Joselito Arocena (UNBC).
File consists of a report from the BC Wells Index provided by the Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources to Dr. Joselito Arocena. Also includes related documentation to interpret the index.
File consists of a research proposal to the TriCouncil Secretariat entitled "Ecosystem and Community Health of the Nat'oot'en First Nation - Co-Management Alternatives for the Babine Lake Watershed". The principal investigator for the proposal was Darwyn Coxson. Dr. Joselito Arocena was a named co-investigator, along with many others.
File consists of background material, correspondence, and drafts for developing the Nat'oot'en Nation/Babine Lake Environmental Health Needs Assessment proposal.
File consists of records excerpted from a binder that relate to Dr. Arocena's Great Bear and Lake Babine projects. Includes correspondence, research data, meeting agenda, reports, and other miscellaneous documents that relate to the projects.
File consists of scientific data, chemical analysis reports, and correspondence regarding the soil and water analysis for sediment and dissolved metals in and around Lake Babine.
File consists of a final draft report entitled "Lake Babine Nation Community Health Issues and the Noranda-Bell Mine Closure" released in 1997 by Lake Babine Nation, Health Canada, and the UNBC Environmental Health Group.
File consists of technical report drafts resulting from the Treaty 8 First Nation Environmental Assessment Project. Drafts include: "Environment risks associated with toxic metals" by Patience Pederson (Ned'u'ten); Roger Senecal (Treaty 8 First Nation); Iain Baird, Paul Broda, Donna McKenzie (Health Canada); and Allan Davidson, Joselito Arocena, Dana Edge, Suiping Zhou (UNBC Environmental Health Research Group) "Risks associated with flare emissions, with particular reference to the traditional territories of the Treaty 8 First Nation" by Roger Senecal (Treaty 8 First Nation); Iain Baird, Paul Broda, Donna McKenzie (Health Canada); and Allan Davidson, Joselito Arocena, Dana Edge, Suiping Zhou (UNBC Environmental Health Research Group) *"Soil, water and air sampling for environmental assessment of ecological quality within the Treaty 8 First Nations" by Roger Senecal (Treaty 8 First Nation); Iain Baird, Paul Broda, Donna McKenzie (Health Canada); and Allan Davidson, Joselito Arocena, Dana Edge, Suiping Zhou (UNBC Environmental Health Research Group)
File consists of a final draft of the "Blueberry Nation Health Study" prepared by the UNBC Environmental Health Research Group in 1997.
File consists of a photocopied draft of "Evaluation of Mercury Concentration in Selected Environmental Receptors in the Williston Lake and Peace River Areas of British Columbia" prepared by: Dr. Tom Watson for BC Hydro.
File consists of an original copy of the "Williston Reservoir Dust Control Feasibility Study Interim Report" by the UNBC Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Research and Consulting Team.
File consists of a reprint from the Environmental Management journal entitled "An Integrated Approach to Reservoir Management: The Williston Reservoir Case Study" by Douglas Baker, Jane Young, and J.M. Arocena.
File consists of steering committee meeting materials, draft reports, scientific background material, an oversize reproduction of the "Survey Plan of District Lot 7126, Cassiar District" (Tsay Keh), and correspondence regarding the BC Hydro Williston Reservoir Dust Initiative Experts Workshop.
File consists of research material relating to the "Healthy Land, Healthy Future - A Community Study to Examine the Health Issues and their Relationship to Environmental Contaminants with the Takla Lake First Nation and the Tsay Keh Dene Traditional Territories". Includes research grant proposals, draft reports, scientific data, field notes, digital GIS data, photographs, and correspondence.
File consists of sampling data from "Healthy Land, Healthy Future - A Community Study to Examine the Health Issues and their Relationship to Environmental Contaminants with the Takla Lake First Nation and the Tsay Keh Dene Traditional Territories". Includes sampling locations and sampling procedures.
File consists of Arocena's 2005 draft of "Sources of Particulate Matter in the Tsay Keh Dene and Kwadacha First Nations' Territories" for the Air Quality Steering Committee (Tsay Keh Dene, Kwadacha, Health Canada and BC Hydro).
File consists of four field note journals. Collected notes and data appear to relate to dust studies.
File consists of selected research records from Dr. Joselito Arocena's digital media. Includes 22 floppies and migrated data from hard drives.
File consists of a report entitled "Survey of Mercury Levels in Nechako Reservoir, British Columbia, 1991" prepared by Triton Environmental Consultants for Alcan Smelters Ltd.
File consists of a report entitled "Annual Reclamation Report for 2010: Thompson Creek Mining Ltd., Endako Mines, Reclamation Permit M-4".
Series consists of the photographs taken and collected by Dr. Joselito Arocena. Arocena kept an extensive photographic slide collection for teaching, demonstration, research, and personal purposes. Included here from his slide collection is a large selection of images that feature his UNBC work and the Northern BC region. This series also contains digital photographs that Arocena created or collected.
File consists of a single slide depicting people on tour at the McGregot Model Forest.
File consists of slides noted by Arocena as relating to his FSTY 205 course. People and places depicted include: UNBC Forestry faculty, Aleza Lake, Klinka, Tabor Creek, Lake Babine, Bell Mine site, Smithers, Kitwanga, Alaska Highway, Bear Glacier, Muncho Lake, Mt. Robson, and UNBC Campus.
File consists of slides depicting Aleza Lake, Klinka, Prince George, McGregor, UNBC campus, Prince Rupert, Great Bear, Health Canada, and a flare pit.
File consists of slides depicting McGregor Model Forest.
File consists of slides depicting soil profiles at an unknown location, believed to be McGregor Model Forest.
File consists of slides excerpted from an envelope entitled "Brandon fire". The slides appear to depict research on SBS soil.
File consists of slides depicting FSTY 205 students, Dave Jackson, Don Bernier, and research sites.
File consists of slides depicting FSTY 205 students, Forests for the World, Tyner Boulevard, UNBC campus, and Dave Jackson.
File consists of slides depicting a sunset, FSTY 205 students, McGregor Model Forest, and possibly a flare pit.
File consists of slides depicting Teapot Mountain, Bear Lake, UNBC campus, Lake Babine, Log Lake, West Lake, Pineview, Eskers Provincial Park, Williston Lake, and a moose.
File consists of slides depicting Bear Lake, West Lake, Williams Lake, 10 Mile Lake, Smithers, Fort St. John, WAC Bennett Dam, and UNBC campus.
File consists of slides depicting Giscome, Smithers, Purden Lake Provincial Lake, and LTSP (long term soil productivity).
File consists of slides depicting research samples and sites, possibly relating to "ESSF 96, SBS 95".
File consists of slides depicting FSTY 205 students, Tyner Boulevard, Forests for the World, Chilcotin River, FSTY 425 students, Aleza Lake, soil profiles, and luvisol.
File consists of slides depicting FSTY 205 students and UNBC campus.
File consists of slides depicting UNBC faculty and work being performed on University Way.
File consists of slides depicting University Way, lab photos, and a tour of a paper mill.
File consists of slides depicting a tour of paper mill and forest research plots.
File consists of slides depicting an event at UNBC (possibly related to FRBC or FORFAC?), UNBC faculty and staff, and plot signs at the Long Term Soil Productivity Study in the Prince George Forest Region.
File consists of slides depicting Princeton, the Coquihalla, UNBC faculty and staff, an event, the Okanagan, Osoyoos, Okanagan Falls, a vineyard, Vernon, soil profiles, and a ginseng plantation.