Title: Think Forests!
1Think Forests!
Canadian Institute of Forestry Institut forestier
du Canada
2What do forests do?
- Provide the oxygen we breathe
- Sequester carbon
- Help clean the air
- Moderate the climate
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- Regulate our supply of fresh water
- Help prevent erosion and flooding
- Create habitat for wildlife
- Provide recreation and spiritual opportunities
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- Paper
- Furniture
- Building materials
- Energy!
3Forests and You
- Well-managed forests are
- A renewable resource
- Critical to Canada's economic, social and
cultural wellbeing - Essential to environmental sustainability!
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- A career in forestry can take you to
- An urban forest
- Deep into remote boreal woodlands
- A laboratory to study forest life
- All kinds of communities
- Whether you like the outdoors or indoors, if you
have - a passion for the environment and thrive on
solving - complex problems, then a career in forestry is
for you!
4What is Forestry?
- Forestry is the science and art of protecting,
conserving and managing forest ecosystems for
present and future generations. - Interdisciplinary!
5What do Forest Professionals Do?
- Understand the relationships between people and
forests, wildlife, ecology, fire and pest
detection and control, wood science, harvest
operations, forest regeneration and manufacturing
processes. - Design, implement and promote management programs
that have a positive impact on diverse public and
private needs. - Develop an understanding of the broader economic,
environmental, and social dimensions of managing
renewable resources to consider all users and
uses. - Become skilled communicators, sensitive to public
concerns, and are able to explain forestry goals
and practices to a diverse range of stakeholders.
6Forest are Complex and Important
- Science, Management, Communication
- Forest professionals develop comprehensive
natural resource inventories, plan and supervise
harvesting and regeneration programs and work to
protect forests from wildfires, insects and
disease, and to manage and conserve all forest
values including biodiversity and wildlife
habitat. -
- Think Global - Think Green
- Forests are the most valuable renewable resource
worldwide - and a source of livelihood for
millions of people. - Canada has approximately 10 of the world's
forests. - Employers federal, provincial and municipal
governments, - private industry, consulting and research firms,
colleges, - universities, and non-governmental organizations
and - municipalities.
- Forest professionals are respected across Canada
and around the world.
7Where do Forest Professionals Work?
- Forest products companies
- Soil erosion and reclamation experts for mining
companies - Outdoor recreational planners for provincial and
municipal governments - Advisors to environmental non-government agencies
- Urban forests - managing trees in parks and along
city streets - Researchers across Canada for federal or
provincial governments or at universities - Important areas of research include social
forestry, - biotechnology, forest economics, ecology and
wildlife - biology.
8What Does it Take?
- Training to become a forest professional
generally requires a diploma from a technical
college or a degree from a university
specializing in forestry or related natural
sciences. A university degree usually takes four
years to complete. Once you have successfully
obtained the necessary education, depending on
the nature of your job you may be required to
become a Registered Professional Forester (RPF)
or a Registered Professional Forest Technologist
(RPFT).
9What Does it Take?
- University Programs
- University-trained forest professionals often
work with sophisticated computer systems,
statistical programs and a variety of other
scientific and quantitative methods and
procedures. Therefore, a good understanding of
high school science and mathematics is important.
A career in forestry also requires strong oral
and written communication skills and
interpersonal skills. Practitioners are often
involved in education, public relations,
marketing and sales, and in activities such as
planning, harvesting, regeneration and forest
ecology. No matter what the role,
university-trained forest professionals are
committed to finding solutions to all resource
management challenges and to ensuring the
sustainability of the forest and the conservation
of all that forests encompass.
10What Does it Take?
- College Programs
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- College-level training to become a forest
technician or technologist requires a certificate
or diploma from an academic institution
specializing in forestry or a related natural
resources program. This usually takes two to
three years. College-trained forest professionals
will experience a variety of opportunities
associated with the management and conservation
of forests and related resources such as
wildlife, water, recreation and social concerns.
They may be involved in a wide array of
activities, from harvesting operations to forest
conservation and protection, to wildlife
management. Technical tasks may include
surveying, forest fire fighting, tree-planting
and data collecting.
11Ontario Forestry Programs
- Lakehead University
- University of Toronto
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_____ - Cite Collegial
- Algonquin College
- Fleming College
- College Boreal
- Sault College
- Confederation College
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______ - University of Guelph
- Trent University
- Queens University
- Environmental Science, Wildlife Biology, Ecology,
Social and - Cultural Studies, Aboriginal Studies, Geography,
Hydrology, - etc.
- Once you have the training, the rest is up to
you!
12 The Canadian Institute of Forestry is the
national voice of forest practitioners. Formed
in 1908, the Institute represents foresters,
forest technologists and technicians,
ecologists, biologists, educators, scientists
and many others with a professional interest in
forestry. The Institutes mission is to
provide national leadership in forestry,
promote competence among forestry
professionals, and foster public awareness of
Canadian and international forestry issues. As
a member, you will enjoy the benefits of being
part of a well-networked community of
professionals working to maintain competency
through continuing education and professional
development, and promoting a better
understanding of forestry to the Canadian
public. Student membership dues are very
reasonable. Take charge of your future, an
exciting career in forestry awaits you! For
more information about careers in forestry or
about the Canadian Institute of Forestry, check
out our website www.cif-Ifc.org
13Conclusion
- Looking for a Great Career?
- Look No Further!
- Think Forests!
14Questions?