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West Fraser celebrated as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People for 2021
January 28, 2021
Screen grab from Laura Trout’s “A Day in the Life” video for PLT Canada. The West Fraser senior biologist has been a part of major fish habitat restoration programs and collaborations in Alberta since 2014. West Fraser, an SFI-certified organization and Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada) Green Jobs employer, has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People for the fifth time. West Fraser has been incredible in supporting PLT Canada’s programming. Not only has the…
Bridging the Gap Between Forestry Professionals and Young Adults
January 15, 2021
As a young woman just starting on her career path, Sky Jarvis wasn’t sure if she and her Green Mentor Ken Price, who has 25 years of experience, were a good match. But talking about their mutual love of fly fishing broke the ice and helped establish their mentorship relationship. Project Learning Tree Canada’s Green Mentor program connects youth (ages 18‑30) directly to forest and conservation sector professionals. The program uses an industry-leading platform with an algorithm that matches people based…
SFI and PLT Canada deliver remarks to Canada’s Standing Committee on Natural Resources
December 04, 2020
On Friday, December 4, Kathy Abusow (President and CEO of SFI and PLT Canada) delivered the following remarks to the Government of Canada’s Standing Committee on Natural Resources for its study on Economic Recovery in the Forest Sector. Good afternoon Mr. Chair and Committee Members: As noted already, my name is Kathy Abusow, and I am President & CEO of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. On behalf of SFI, I am pleased to be speaking with the committee to discuss economic recovery…
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative and PLT Canada welcome the Fall Economic Statement investments in green jobs and two billion trees
December 01, 2020
Kathy Abusow, President and CEO of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), made the statement below following the delivery of the Government of Canada’s Fiscal and Economic Update delivered on Monday, November 30: “SFI and Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada) applaud the government for increasing its investment in the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy, and are pleased to see funding to support the two billion trees initiative. “The government’s investment of $575.3 million over the next two years in the…
Mentoring from One Coast to Another
November 10, 2020
Andrew de Vries has worked in the forest and conservation sector for more than 30 years. Although he’s coached and managed people in the past, he’d never been a part of a formal mentorship program before PLT Canada’s Green Mentor program. The British Columbia local was matched with a mentee on the other side of the country—Vicky Papuga, a student at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. “I was really surprised at how well the matching software worked,” said de Vries.…
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