E Lecture
Welcome to the CIF/IFC's National Electronic Lecture Series
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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
| Jan. 18, 2012 | Jean-François Côté - Topic: Virtual Realitrees |
| Jan. 25, 2012 | Krygier, King & Dyck - Topic: Biomass Opportunities for promoting sustainability in rural Alberta forest communities |
| Feb. 8, 2012 | Derek Sidders - Topic: Is there a place for short-rotation woody crops in an evolving, diversified Canadian Forest Products industry? (Talk show format) |
| Feb. 15, 2012 | Newton, Leach & Parton - Topic: Participatory Science - Managing the Process, Capturing the Benefits: The CROPLANNER Example |
| Feb. 22, 2012 | Swift, Fournier & Landry - Topic: Building knowledge and innovation for increased wood supply and quality in NB Hardwood Industry |
| Feb. 29, 2012 | Stewart, Whitehead & Buckmaster - Topic: LiDAR-enhanced Forest Inventory: Current Benefits and Future Potential: A Western Perspective |
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To register for one, some or all of these E-lectures please send an email to
Next Lecture Series
| March 7, 2012 | Dr. Ted Hogg - Topic: Drought: an emerging concern for western Canadian aspen forests under a changing climate. |
| March 14, 2012 | Dr. David T. Price - Topic: Global climate model scenarios downscaled for Canada. |
| March 21, 2012 | Anderson, Macnab & Parisien - Topic: Fire-growth models: a multi-scale toolkit for wildland fire management in Canada. |
| March 28, 2012 | Richard Krygier - Topic: Phytoremediation and reclamation of disturbed sites using woody plants- primer and a willow case study. |
| April 4, 2012 | Dr. Dave Langor - Topic: Non-native species in Canadian boreal forests: patterns of invasion and impacts |
| April 11, 2012 | Dr. Barb Kishchuk - Topic: Land use transition and forest sector diversification at the forest-agriculture interface: Development of case study scenarios |
| April 18, 2012 | Tod Ramsfield - Topic: Emerging forest pathology issues - a global perspective |
| April 25, 2012 | Dr. Barry Cooke - Topic: TBD |
Posters to come soon!
To register for one, some or all of these E-lectures please send an email to
Special Lecture Series
| Bill Bourgeois - Topic: Healthy Forests Healthy Communities: A Conversation on BC Forests - Year 1 Results |
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To register for one, some or all of these E-lectures please send an email to
| Leonard Munt - Topic: Big changes, our success to date & challenges for the future on Haida Gwaii |
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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
Series #18 - Our Forest Policy Puzzle: Pieces from Across Canada
Series #19 - Great Lakes Forestry Centre - Serving Canada's Forest Research Needs
Series #20 - SFMN - The 'F word' - A Sustainable Future for 'F'orestry?
Series #21 - Canadian Wood Fibre Centre - Value Creation in Canada's Forests
Series #22 - Forest Vegetation Management in Canada Working Towards a Comprehensive Understanding
Series #23 - Atlantic Forestry Centre - Working to Protect our Forest
Series #24 - SRD (Gov't AB) - Mountain Pine Beetle Research & Practice
Series #25 - Perpetual Motion: The Continued Evolution of the Institute
Series #26 - PFC Research & Science: FYI - IYF: For Your Information - International Year of the Forest
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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
Special Lecture #5 - Developing Crown Forest Policy: A Public & Private Affair
Special Lecture #6 - SRC & SK MOE - Forests on the Fringe
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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)









