Newsletters

January 2006

Okanagan-Columbia Forest Education Highlights

• New Video Resource: "CLEM"- A Journey into BC's Logging Industry"
• Professional Development Day: "Beyond Boards- Wood Design & Technology"
• National Forest Week 2006
• Work-Study Event Offered for Secondary Students- a BCIT/ UBC Partnership
• Expansion of the Okanagan-Columbia Zone
• Introducing a New Forest Educator for the Okanagan-Columbia Zone
• Career Events
• Post-Secondary Recruiters Tour Okanagan-Columbia Secondary Schools
• Forest Education Van News
• Tree Cookies and Timelines
• Presenters Training Workshop
• Environmental Mind Grind Challenge- Schools Compete in BC's Southern Interior
• Visually-Challenged Student Receives WoodLINKS Certificate

Cariboo Forest Education Highlights

• Bull Mountain 's "Minton Creek" Forestry Trail
• Tolko's Cariboo Woodlands Group Creates Watershed Model for Salmon Festival

 East Kootenay Forest Education Highlights

• New Resource and Presentations Developed for East Kootenay Zone

West Kootenay Forest Education Highlights

• Career Presentations & Forest Education Van Tours West Kootenays

Expanding Our Roots

• UBC/BCIT Forestry Students Teach Kids About Forestry
• UBC Forestry Faculty News & Pro Day Event
• BCIT-Career and Training Options in Forestry
• Selkirk College- Opportunities in Forest Technology Training
• Malaspina University College- An Aboriginal Student's Perspective
• Hoo Hoo International- Evans Lake Projects
• Silver Lake Forestry Center Builds New Lodge
• Blue Lake Forest Ed Society- New Interpretive Trail "Raises the Bar"
• Event Highlights from Forest Capital 2005 - Revelstoke, BC "ForestEDWest II" Conference
• "Women of Resource Communities" Conference
• CFA's Latest Teaching Resource: "The Boreal Forest- A Global Legacy"
• Canadian Women in Timber-Teaching Resource & Website

Forest Education Resources

• Learn Forestry Website- New Additions
• Climate Change Website Provides Teacher Resources
• MPB Teaching Resource
• CFA Teaching Kit for NFW 2006- "The Boreal Forest - A Global Legacy"
• Feature Book for Forest Education
• CWIT Teaching Resource & Website
• Forest Websites for Elementary Research
• New Land Management Online Program Teaching Resource

Upcoming Events

• "Women of BC Resource Communities" Conference
• UBC Hosts Free "Forestry 101" Pro Day Event
• BCIT/ UBC Interior Work-Study Program
• Temperate Forest Foundation Teacher Tours

Odds and Ends

• Questions
• Comments
• June 2006 Newsletter
• Submissions for Learn Forestry Website