E Lecture
Welcome to the CIF/IFC's National Electronic Lecture Series
The CIF/IFC is offering an interactive electronic lecture series. Lectures will run for approximately one hour on Wednesdays at 1:30pm EST and will feature experts and practitioners from across Canada.
How do I participate?The lectures are easy to access and efforts have been made to keep them user-friendly. Once registered, an email will be sent out to you providing the speakers' presentation and the step by step instructions for participation. At the time of the lecture, you simply call into the teleconference and follow along with the presenter on your computer. All that is required is a computer and a phone (preferably with a speaker).
What about Continuing Education Credits?Several Provincial RPF and RFT organizations have evaluated the lecture series for their continuing education programs. The CIF also has a voluntary continuing education credit system that you can earn credits for through the lecture series. If you would like more information please don't hesitate contact us (questions(at)cif-ifc.org).
Organizations are welcome to contact us to discuss the possibility of a themed lecture series or for sponsorship opportunities.
Current Lecture Series
| July 21, 2010 | Mark Speers - Topic: Ontario's Forests, Ontario's Future - A Proposed Framework to Modernize Ontario's Forest Tenure and Pricing System |
| July 28, 2010 | Lee Charleson - Topic: New seed transfer policy for the assisted range and population expansion of western larch for use as a climate change adaptation strategy in BC |
| Aug. 4, 2010 | Aniko Parnell & Wayne Thorp - Topic: Industrial Access Management in Alberta: Berland Smoky Regional Access Development Plan |
| Aug. 18, 2010 | Leferink, Peterson & Miller - Topic: Manitoba's Forest Health Protection Act |
| Aug. 25, 2010 | Dr. Louis Bélanger - Topic: The Dawn of "New Forestry” in Quebec |
| Sept. 1, 2010 | Dr. Peggy Smith - Topic: Forest Policy and Aboriginal Peoples across Canada |
| Sept. 1, 2010 | Dr. Stephen Wyatt - Topic: (Same as above -- French version to follow -- 3 - 4pm EST) Les politiques forestières et les peuples autochtones à travers le Canada |
Click here to view the poster!
To register for one, some or all of these E-lectures please send an email to
Next E-Lecture Series
| Sept. 22, 2010 | Dr. Bill de Groot & Tim Lynham - Topic: The Fire Monitoring, Accounting and Reporting System (FireMARS) in support of National Forest Carbon Accounting |
| Sept. 29, 2010 | Dr. Barry Lyons & Dr. Krista Ryall - Topic: Emerald Ash Borer: A Green Calamity |
| Oct. 6, 2010 | Dr. Denys Yemshanov - Topic: Modelling pathways of human-assisted pest introductions for plant health risk assessments: Approaches and data needs |
| Oct. 13, 2010 | Dr. Fred Beall & Dr. Paul Hazlett - Topic: Long-term monitoring and research at the Turkey Lakes Watershed: Understanding the impacts of human activities on a forested ecosystem |
| Oct. 20, 2010 | Ken Baldwin & Dr. Bill Meades - Topic: New standards for Canadian vegetation classification and circumboreal vegetation mapping |
| Oct. 27, 2010 | Dr. Rian Schwarz & Dr. Tony Hopkin - Topic: What's bugging us about alien pests and what are we doing about it? |
| Nov. 10, 2010 | Dr. Basil Arif - Topic: From Disease to Genomics: A Journey with Insect Viruses in the CFS |
Click here to view the poster!
To register for one, some or all of these E-lectures please send an email to
Past Electronic Lecture Series
Series #1 - Herbicide Use and Forest Management
Series #2 - Forests and Climate Change
Series #3 - Woodland Caribou and Canadian Forest Management
Series #4 - Canadian Wood Fibre Centre
Series #5 - Green Building
Series #6 - Bioenergy: A Forest Industrial Revolution
Series #7 - Assessing the State of Knowledge in Sustainable Forest Managment
Series #8 - Unmixing the Mixedwoods: Biodiversity, Productivity, and Climate Change Issues in the Boreal Mixedwoods
Series #9 - Strengthening Links in the Value Chain
Series #10 - Disturbance Effects on Watershed Function
Series #11 - Science, Sustainability and Innovation - The Changing Dynamics Within The Forest
Series #12 - Science, Sustainability and Innovation - People and Trees
Series #13 - The Forestry Research Partnership - Science to Application: A Case Study
Series #14 - Foundations for Change - Key Advances in Forest Management Research
Series #14 - Les fondations du changement - Les Avancements - Clés dans la recherche de l'aménagement forestier
Series #15 - Canadian Wood Fibre Centre - Making a Difference to the Forest Sector
Series #16 - Foothills Research Institute (FRI) - FRI's Natural Disturbance Program: solutions, not just answers
Series #17 - Tree Canada - Urban Forestry: A Breath of Fresh Air
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Special Lecture #1 - Afghanistan: Can Forests Heal a Broken Land?
Special Lecture #2 - Fact and Fantasy about Forest Carbon
Special Lecture #3 - Efficacy of Forest Certification in Canada
Special Lecture #4 - The Vulnerability of Tree Species to Climate Change
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FULL DVD'S OF LECTURE SERIES ARE FOR SALE ($250.00 per series + HST)
Thank You to Sponsors!
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Get your office group together, book a room with a projector and a telephone and register today!
For more information on our electronic lecture series e-mail us at: (questions(at)cif-ifc.org)






