The Tree Talk Blog

July 27, 2021
Arianna Loogman: FPAC 2021 Green Dream Internship Program
When I'm not spending my days learning how to plan for a harvest, helping to maintain roads, or assisting my supervisor Peggy with silviculture projects, I spend a lot of time working on my families' farm.
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July 27, 2021
Andy Goodson: How I Lost My SPOT and Learned the Truth about Blisters: FPAC 2021 Green Dream Internship Program
When you start your first job in forestry, there is a lot of preparation required: the first cardinal point of advice is to buy good work boots and wear them in before you start.
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July 27, 2021
Andy Goodson: Traffic Jams to Timberlands: My New Internship in Forestry: FPAC 2021 Green Dream Internship Program
his would be my life for the next four months while I worked as a forestry intern for Weyerhaeuser Timberlands. It was a drastic change for me, but one I was ready for.
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July 1, 2021
Maïka Lambert: Blog #1: FPAC 2021 Green Dream Internship Program
Leaving the parental cocoon, I headed for the big city, Quebec. I had always loved nature, the wide open spaces, the fresh country air and the forest, but I had a weakness for city life.
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April 19, 2021
Canada’s Forest Sector Responds To Federal Budget 2021: Forestry In Unique Position To Help Government Deliver On Environment And Economy: Nighbor
Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) recognizes that this budget comes at a critical time when we all need to come together to keep people safe, get more Canadians working, and kickstart a lasting economic recovery that leaves no family behind.
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April 13, 2021
Anti-Canadian Resource Group Shows its True Colours: Industry and Labour Leaders Come Together to Call Out US-based Campaign Rhetoric
Sustainable forest management in Canada’s working forests is built upon a few key principles including ecosystems-based management and conservation, local input, and collaboration, keeping forest as forest forever, and providing family-supporting jobs and sustainable products to Canadians and people around the world.
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December 31, 2020
Safety, Sustainability, And Self-sufficiency: The Year That Was In Canadian Forestry
Today, the twin threats of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change with the accompanying economic stressors are enough to test anyone’s mettle. Canada’s forest sector is resilient, but the COVID-19 crisis has made an already difficult time even more challenging for many forestry families, businesses, and communities.
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November 4, 2020
Partnering for Success - The Annual Industrial Consumption and Energy (ICE) Survey
FPAC and Statistics Canada celebrate five year partnership, collecting energy efficiency data in the the forest sector, supporting a low carbon economy
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April 28, 2020
Forestry Steps Up to Help Neighbours in Need
COVID-19 pandemic reinforces importance of forestry products to Canadians, as the sector and forestry workers step up to support local communities
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January 27, 2020
Two Billion Trees - Considerations for a Successful Federal Tree Planting Program
Forest Products Association of Canada supports federal tree planting program and gives considerations for best environmental and economic outcomes
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November 26, 2019
Canadians Need Reliable Rail Service
Over 600 communities across Canada are dependent on the forest sector and rely on reliable rail service to deliver forest products around the country and the world
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September 23, 2019
FPAC Guest Blog - Mona Chapates, Tolko #Takeyourplace
Mona Chapates of Tolko Industries shares her experiences and opportunities working in the forestry industry with FPAC
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