In March 2007 the College of New Caledonia organized a workshop, hosted by the former McGregor Model Forest (now Resources North), to examine strategies and methods to promote forestry careers in central and northern British Columbia. The workshop was very well attended with over 30 participants from a broad range of interest groups. The purpose of the meeting was to develop a coordinated Northern response to current and future shortages of forest technologists and foresters.
The specific objectives addressed at the meeting were:
- Issues, initiatives, opportunities, solutions in relation to capacity, and recruitment and retention of human resources in Forestry careers;
- Ensuring participants have the most up to date knowledge of current initiatives;
- Creating focus and clarity around issues and opportunities and potential solutions;
- Establish commitments and steps to ensure continued work and networking to support solutions, and;
- Provide a northern perspective into the provincial work being undertaken.
The outcome of the workshop was an obvious appetite for continuing the linkages established and the flow of information on the subject. This Listserv was initiated to partially fulfill this request.
Welcome to the NFRN Listserv!
This Northern Forestry Recruitment Network ListServ is a communication tool hosted by the McGregor Model Forest Association and the College of New Caledonia. It is intended to allow those interested in the issue of recruiting forestry professionals to acquire information, share ideas and explore solutions to recruiting in this sector. It can be useful locally but will also inform provincial and national recruiting initiatives.
To subscribe to the listserv, simply send us an email with "subscribe to NFRN listserv" in the subject line. Likewise, if you would like to post information on the listserv, especially informative articles, events or opinion pieces, email us the details.
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