Format: 2024
Format: 2024

Training Course Database [New Brunswick Forest Products Association, NBFPA]

Publisher: 
New Brunswick Forest Products Association

A database of forestry related training courses/programs offered in the region, including accident/incident investigation, hazard identification and control, and chainsaw operation.

Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarship [Canadian Wood Council, CWC]

Publisher: 
Canadian Wood Council

The Catherine Lalonde Memorial Award will be presented to a graduate student who demonstrates excellence in their studies of structural wood or wood design. The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) invites submission from graduate students in engineering, architecture, wood science and forestry. Research projects must demonstrate direct benefit for structural products manufactured by the Canadian forest products industry.

Forestry Job Bank [FindaForestryJob]

Publisher: 
FindaForestryJob

A list of present employment opportunities across Canada for forestry professionals.

The New Face of the Canadian Forest Industry: The Emerging Bio-revolution [Forest Products Association of Canada, FPAC]

Publisher: 
Forest Products Association of Canada
Year of publication: 
2011

The Future Bio-pathways Project is a comprehensive investigation of the opportunities to produce a wide range of bio-products from wood fibre. The first phase of the study, released in February 2010, examined the economic, social and environmental benefits of integrating these new bio-technologies within the traditional forest products industry and it considered how this approach will boost employment and strengthen Canada’s economy and rural communities.

Transforming Canada's Forest Products Industry: Summary of Findings from the Future Bio-pathways Project [Forest Products Association of Canada, FPAC]

Publisher: 
Forest Products Association of Canada
Year of publication: 
2010

This report provides the results of a project aimed at developing a framework for decision making regarding future investments in the forestry industry, recognizing the inevitability of, and need for, change. A suite of interactive tools allows companies to analyze their individual situations and gauge their best prospects. Equipped with this evidence and connected to potential partners, forest companies can seize new opportunities as the economy recovers and global demand for clean energy and bio-products increases.

Best Management Practices Guide for Nutrient Management in Effluent Treatment [Forest Products Association of Canada, FPAC]

Publisher: 
Forest Products Association of Canada
Year of publication: 
2008

The purpose of this guide is to help mills develop a site-specific Best Management Practices (BMP) plan for nutrient management. This guide includes examples and example decision keys illustrating important points about managing nutrients applicable to activated sludge treatment systems and aerated stabilization basins.

Conversation and Collaboration: Building the Future Canadian Forest Products Sector with Aboriginal Talent [Forest Products Association of Canada, FPAC]

Publisher: 
Forest Products Association of Canada
Year of publication: 
2011

There is a common understanding Aboriginal peoples may be a key human resource in helping the Canadian forest products sector address future labour force requirements. Concurrently, there is a strong desire on the part of First Nations and Aboriginal groups to expand entrepreneurial opportunities within the forest products sector and to continue to work and live in rural areas of Canada.

Economic Backbone Map [Forest Products Association of Canada, FPAC]

Publisher: 
Forest Products Association of Canada

About 70% of Indigenous communities are situated in or near forested areas. The forest products industry is one of the largest employers of Indigenous people in Canada. The sector also works with more than 1,400 Indigenous firms. Working closely with Indigenous communities will help to ensure that those communities, our industry and the Canadian economy thrive. Through existing and expanding relationships with Indigenous peoples and communities, the industry aims to attract more Indigenous workers, contractors and suppliers to the sector.

A Vision for First Nations Forestry in 2020 [Natural Resources Canada, NRCAN]

Publisher: 
Natural Resources Canada
Year of publication: 
2011

The objectives of the visioning exercise are threefold: 1. To identify, present and promote a 10-year Vision for First Nations Forestry that describes desired outcomes and measures of success; 2. To identify potential roles for government, First Nations and industry in contributing to the achievement of the Vision; and 3. To identify opportunities and priorities for future First Nations forest sector programming.

First Nations Forestry Program Success Stories [Natural Resources Canada, [NRCAN]

Publisher: 
Natural Resources Canada
Year of publication: 
2009

This edition of Success Stories presents a snapshot of recent projects that the First Nations Forestry Program (FNFP) has supported to build First Nations’ capacity to participate in—and benefit from—sustainable forest management and forest-based economic opportunities. The stories are representative of the projects that have been successfully completed over recent years.

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