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In a new focus on forest education, forest practitioners and forest workers will redefine their roles and modify their educational training to reflect changing needs. Challenging working environments compatible with a new generation of high-tech forest practitioners need to be established by employers. Information technology will revolutionize the delivery of forest resources education and the procedures and motivation for life-long learning. The educational environment will transform increasingly from didactic to interactive problem-based learning and professors will emerge as creative facilitators of knowledge, and have a profound influence on the development of forest education. The forestry schools will need creative partnerships at home and abroad to support their mandates in education, research, and public service. Inventive, visionary leadership by the forestry schools will be essential so that the schools become leading players in national and global affairs. Aboriginal communities are facing new challenges and assuming growing responsibilities in managing their forest lands and enterprises. Exceptional measures are needed to educate forest practitioners and forest workers of Aboriginal ancestry via partnerships with forest industry, governments, academic institutions, and forestry resources associations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the 9th National Forest Congress from May 1 to 2, 2003 in Ottawa, Ontario. Responsibilities and benefits of the sustainable management of forest resources; Panel presentations.

Reports on the 14th annual Global Forest Industry Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia in March 2001. Description of major session events; Names of speakers; Assessment of markets by members of the Executive Panel; Michael Walsh's presentation on emerging trends in the industry.

Focuses on the joint conference of the Canadian Woodlands Forum and the Council of Forest Engineering. Theme of the joint conference; Technical programs and sessions; Keynote speakers and topics discussed.

Discusses the application of lessons learned from Canada's forestry experiences since the prehistoric period to sustain Canada's forests. Changes in Canada's forests during the prehistoric period, the liquidation era, the conservation era and the sustained yield era; First forest operations in Canada; Evolution of forest roads; Growth of silviculture; Forest research, practices and policies.

Discusses various aspects of forestry management in Canada. Background on the forest resources of Canada; Forest industries in Canada and other countries; Strategic directions for the forest industries.

Presents insights from panel discussions during PricewaterhouseCoopers' 15th Annual Global Forestry Industry Conference on March 13, 2001 in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC). 'Voice of the Customer' panel on key drivers in the housing market; Newsprint situation in Japan; 'Finance & Economics' panel on the BC forestry industry situation.

Reports on the highlights of the 2003 meeting of the Ontario Forestry Industry Association (OFIA). Speakers; Presentations; Distribution of the third edition of the 'Guiding Principles and Code of Forest Practices.'

Focuses on the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada's (FERIC) Annual General Meeting in Montreal, Quebec. Technical Session to show how the Institute's research programs are assisting the industry to run forest operations; Technical session agenda; Guest speakers and topics discussed.

Highlights the 25th Annual Meeting of the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada. Theme of the meeting; Speakers and their keynote addresses.

Reports on the fourth annual PricewaterhouseCoopers' Canadian Forest Industry Conference in Montreal, Quebec in November 1999. Focus on improving forest industry profitability; Names of industry executives who attended the conference; Names of speakers; Insights on some of the speeches.

Reports on the 1999 PricewaterhouseCoopers Forest Industry Conference held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Highlights of the event; Developments related to the forest industries in Canada; Panel discussions.