Canada is a forest nation! With approximately 40% of our total area covered with forests or other wooded land, our forests play a vitally important role in supporting healthy communities.
Diversity: A Blueprint for our Future Forests
Standing Tall with Canada’s Forest Workers on International Day of Forests
March 21 is International Day of Forests, as declared by the United Nations. It is a time for us to celebrate our forestry families, forestry communities, and our country’s world-leading approach to how we manage our forests – one of our country’s most important and renewable resources.
Diversity Strategies in Action
Message from Tanya Wick, Tolko, VP People and Services
Flushing out the Truth about our Canadian Forests
A US-based environmental lobby group recently released a misleading report about tissue and toilet paper that takes aim at Canadian forests and forestry workers.
Workforce Diversity – Canada’s Forest Sector Branches Out
The transformation that is happening in Canada’s forest products sector is not limited to the new technologies we see in our forests and at our mills, nor in the new global markets we are reaching.
Canadian Forestry is Important to Our Collective Fight Against Climate Change
The U.S. based Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) latest video on climate change and carbon emissions ignores the facts about what's actually happening in Canada's forests and how our forests and Canadian forest management are fighting climate change.
The importance of women in our workforce – Message from Tanya Wick, Tolko, VP People and Services
At Tolko, we know that our people are our difference. Over the past few years, we have made a strong public commitment to diversity, including our commitment to women and women in leadership roles.
Forestry: A Success Story in Clean Tech
The Canadian forestry sector has become a leader in clean energy and clean tech, both in industry and communities it serves.
NRDC Has it Wrong
Canada was built on forestry. Today, over 600 communities across rural and northern Canada continue to rely on a strong and sustainable forest products sector to support our environment, good jobs, and vibrant towns and cities.
Partnering for Caribou Conservation
Caribou are well adapted to Canada's boreal forest, but the danger to all specialists is change. And much change has come to caribou ranges in Alberta.
FPAC CEO: Final thoughts – Reflections of an Asian trade trip Pt. 3
In China, the National Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) is a critical department of interest to Canada's forest products sector.
FPAC CEO: Onto China – Reflections from an Asian trade trip Pt. 2
After a couple of great days of meetings in Tokyo to further build relationships with the Japanese government and consumers, our Canadian delegation's attention shifted to the critical Chinese market – first stop, Shanghai.
Reflections from an Asian trade trip
Every year the Government of British Columbia leads a delegation to Japan and China in an effort to support and grow the market for BC wood products.
Remembering the Canadian Forestry Corps
November 11th marks Remembrance Day, a time to remember those who have served in the armed forces—including a little known group called the Canadian Forestry Corps.
