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October 25, 2024
Forestry For The Future and Ottawa Sports & Entertainment Group (OSEG) Team Up to Kick Off a Game-Changing Partnership for Sustainable Canadian Forestry
Forestry For The Future and Ottawa Sports & Entertainment Group (OSEG) Team Up to Kick Off a Game-Changing Partnership for Sustainable Canadian Forestry
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September 19, 2024
Canada’s Forest Sector Announces Recipients of 2024 Awards of Excellence
Canada’s Forest Sector Announces Recipients of 2024 Awards of Excellence
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September 19, 2024
Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation Ltd. Honoured with 2024 Indigenous Business Leadership Award for Outstanding Contributions to Canadian Forestry
Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation Ltd. Honoured with 2024 Indigenous Business Leadership Award for Outstanding Contributions to Canadian Forestry
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September 19, 2024
The Honourable Candice Bergen, Retired Canadian Senator Percy Mockler, and Chief Paul Gladu Receive the 2024 Jim Carr Forest Community Champion Awards
The Honourable Candice Bergen, Retired Canadian Senator Percy Mockler, and Chief Paul Gladu Receive the 2024 Jim Carr Forest Community Champion Awards
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April 22, 2021
Canada’s Forest Sector Welcomes Canada-US Collaboration on Green and Resilient Infrastructure
Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) welcomes this cross-border collaboration and is excited about the opportunity it presents for sustainably-sourced and made Canadian wood, pulp and paper, and lower carbon forest bioproducts.
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April 22, 2021
Canada’s Forest Products Sector Celebrates Earth Day – Everyday
As Canadians work together to rebuild our post-pandemic economy, Canada’s forest sector workers stand ready to do our part by taking care of our land and water, lowering carbon emissions, and getting more Canadians back to work.
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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 16, 2021
Statement from FPAC President and CEO Derek Nighbor on the Conservative Party of Canada’s Climate Plan
We believe every political party should have a robust climate plan and we appreciate the thoughtful steps taken by the Conservative Party of Canada this week to establish climate targets in order to help us achieve Canada’s 2030 Paris Accord commitments.
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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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March 19, 2021
Celebrating Forestry’s Role In Driving A Green Recovery: International Day Of Forests
Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) applaud this year’s theme promoting “Forest Restoration as a Path to Recovery and Well-Being” as one that resonates with the positive impact that the forest products sector is making around the world.
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February 26, 2021
Canadian Forest Sector Welcomes New Federal Advisory Body On Net-zero Emissions
Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced the appointment of members of the federal government’s Net-Zero Advisory Board.
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February 11, 2021
Researchers From Laval University & Ubc Named Canadian Finalists For International Forestry Innovation Award
Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased to announce that a PhD candidate at Laval University and an assistant professor of Engineering at the University of British Columbia have been chosen as the Canadian finalists for the global Blue Sky Young Researchers and Innovation Award.
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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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December 15, 2020
Canada’s Forest Sector Welcomes Government’s Inclusive Approach To Plant 2 Billion Trees
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, unveiled the federal government’s plan to launch its 2 billion tree initiative in 2021.
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