Merge branch 'development'

_quarto.yml

@@ -8,13 +8,18 @@ project:
     port: 3979
 
 website:
+  title: Future Forest Ecosystems Centre
   site-url: https://bcgov.github.io/FFEC-website
+  description: "FFEC news"
   page-navigation: true
   reader-mode: true
   navbar:
     title: false
     logo: img/logos/FFEC_logo_white.png
     search: true
+    right:
+      - icon: rss
+        href: index.xml
     left:
       - text: "Home"
         file: index.qmd

about.qmd

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ and stand responses to climate warming and drought.
 ## Team profiles
 
 ```{r teamprofiles, echo = FALSE, results = 'asis'}
-profileTab <- data.table(nameShort = c("Aseem", "Ceres", "Colin", 
+profileTab <- data.table(nameShort = c("Aseem", "Ceres", "Colin", "Courtney", 
                                        "Kiri", "Vanessa", "Vivek", "Will", "Xin"),
                          photo = "",
                          nameDesc = "")
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ profileTab[nameShort == "Ceres",
            photo := "![Ceres Barros](https://i1.rgstatic.net/ii/profile.image/705102948093955-1545121051789_Q512/Ceres-Barros.jpg){width='350'}"]
 profileTab[nameShort == "Ceres", 
            nameDesc := paste("[Dr Ceres Barros](https:/www.researchgate.net/profile/Ceres-Barros)",
-                             "Research Ecologist", 
+                             "Research Scientist at the Canadian Forest Service", 
                              "",
                              htmltools::includeMarkdown("bios/ceres_bio.rmd"),
                              sep = "<br>")]
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ profileTab[nameShort == "Vivek",
                              htmltools::includeMarkdown("bios/vivek_bio.rmd"),
                              sep = "<br>")]
 
+profileTab[nameShort == "Courtney", 
+           photo := "![Courtney Collins](img/Courtney.jpg){width='350'}"]
+profileTab[nameShort == "Courtney", 
+           nameDesc := paste("[Dr Courtney Collins](https://courtneygcollins.weebly.com/)",
+                             "Climate Change Research Ecologist", 
+                             "",
+                             htmltools::includeMarkdown("bios/courtney_bio.rmd"),
+                             sep = "<br>")]
+
 kable(profileTab[, .(photo, nameDesc)], format = "html", escape = FALSE, col.names = NULL) |> 
   kable_styling(full_width=TRUE) |>
   # collapse_rows(columns = c(1,2), valign="top") |>

bios/ceres_bio.Rmd

@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ Portugal, and an MSc in Ecology and Environmental Sustainability from
 the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She later obtained her PhD in
 Biodiversity, Ecology and Environment from the University of Grenoble
 Alps, France, and was a post-doctoral fellow and research associate at
-the the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Ceres is
-currently on the [British Ecological Society Macroecology
+the the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 
+
+Ceres is a Research Scientist at the Pacific Forestry Centre, Canadian
+Forest Service and an Adjunt Professor at the University of British Columbia
+and at Université Laval. 
+She is also on the [British Ecological Society Macroecology
 SIG](https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/membership-community/special-interest-groups/macroecology/)
 committee and on the [Response Diversity
 Network](https://responsediversitynetwork.github.io/RDN-website/who-we-are.html)
 committee, and is an Associate Editor for [Ecological Solutions and
 Evidence](https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/26888319).
-She is also an Adjunt Professor at the University of British Columbia
-and at Université Laval.

bios/courtney_bio.Rmd

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+title: "Courtney's Bio"
+date-format: long
+comments: false
+---
+
+Courtney is a plant community ecologist and biogeographer, with a
+motivation for understanding the myriad drivers of species range
+dynamics and their responses to global change. She has expertise in
+alpine tundra ecosystems and is excited to be transitioning to a focus
+on the beautiful forest ecosystems of British Columbia. Much of her
+research focuses on the combination of biotic and abiotic drivers that
+shape species responses to the environment, including competitive
+dynamics, plant-soil interactions, and plant phenology and functional
+traits. Courtney has a passion for data science and ecological modeling
+and loves employing a diverse set of statical modeling frameworks to
+address challenging ecological questions.
+
+She completed an M.S. at the University of Georgia in Conservation
+Ecology and a PhD at UC Riverside in Plant Biology. She then worked as a
+Postdoctoral researcher at CU Boulder and at the Biodiversity Research
+Centre at UBC. Courtney is an avid hiker, camper, and overall nature
+enthusiast, and loves spending time outdoors identifying plants,
+mushrooms, and wildlife across BC and beyond!

index.qmd

@@ -1,13 +1,48 @@
 ---
 title: "Future Forest Ecosystems Centre"
 comments: false
+about: 
+  id: ffec-welcome
+  template: trestles
+  image: img/IMG_1420.JPG
+  image-shape: round
+  links: 
+    - icon: github
+      text: Github
+      href: https://github.com/bcgov/FFEC-website
+listing:
+  id: news
+  type: table
+  contents: news
+  sort: 
+    - "date desc"
+  sort-ui: false
+  date-format: medium
+  categories: false
+  page-size: 15
+  filter-ui: true
+  fields: [date, title, reading-time]
+  feed: true
 ---
 
+:::{#ffec-welcome}
+
 Welcome to the Future Forest Ecosystems Centre!
 
-We are a research-oriented team at the Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch 
-in the Office of the Chief Forester (BC Ministry of Forests), based in Victoria,
-BC, Canada.
+We are a research-oriented team based at the Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch,
+Office of the Chief Forester (BC Ministry of Forests), in Victoria, BC, Canada.
+
+The Future Forest Ecosystems Centre (FFEC) supports the integration of climate 
+risk into ecosystem management in British Columbia. We are a scientific team that
+forecasts climate change impacts to BC’s forest ecosystems. 
+
+Our focus is on decision support: data, tools, and guidance for practitioners, 
+planners, policymakers, and Indigenous knowledge-holders.  
+
+:::
 
+## News
 
+:::{#news}
+:::
 

news/04042024.qmd

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+title: "FFEC website is under construction"
+date: 04-04-2024
+---
+
+#### Published {{< meta date >}}
+
+We are working hard on the FFEC website to bring you information about the 
+FFEC team and the research and research-based tools we are developing to answer 
+issues related to climate change impacts on BC forests.
+
+Feel free to subscribe to our RSS feed to receive updates on our work!