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Title: Think Forests!


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Think Forests!
Canadian Institute of Forestry Institut forestier
du Canada
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What do forests do?
  • Provide the oxygen we breathe
  • Sequester carbon
  • Help clean the air
  • Moderate the climate
  •  
  • Regulate our supply of fresh water
  • Help prevent erosion and flooding
  • Create habitat for wildlife
  • Provide recreation and spiritual opportunities
  •  
  • Paper
  • Furniture
  • Building materials
  • Energy!

3
Forests and You
  • Well-managed forests are
  • A renewable resource
  • Critical to Canada's economic, social and
    cultural wellbeing
  • Essential to environmental sustainability!
  •  
  • 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!

4
What is Forestry?
  • Forestry is the science and art of protecting,
    conserving and managing forest ecosystems for
    present and future generations.
  • Interdisciplinary!

5
What 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.

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Forest 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.

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Where 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.

8
What 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).

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What 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.

10
What Does it Take?
  • College Programs
  •  
  • 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.

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Ontario Forestry Programs
  •  Lakehead University
  • University of Toronto
  • __________________________________________________
    _____
  •  Cite Collegial
  • Algonquin College
  • Fleming College
  • College Boreal
  • Sault College
  • Confederation College
  •  _________________________________________________
    ______
  • 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! 

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 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
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Conclusion
  • Looking for a Great Career?
  • Look No Further!
  •  Think Forests!

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Questions?
  • Thank you!
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