| 56th Annual Conference
Forest Values and Valued Forest
April
10-12, 2013 Ottawa, Ontario
agm@opfa.ca
Wednesday, April 10,
2013
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10:00 - Noon - Conference Registration Desk
TOUR 1: Diverse Forest Management in the City of Ottawa
11:50 Depart from Travelodge main entrance (bag lunch provided)
Discover the challenges faced by Professional Foresters in large cities, be they development, provincial policies or the invasion of foreign pests. A city planner and a local developer to come along and provide their perspectives on the challenges they face. The tour will visit three sites:
- Site #1: Pleasant Park woods to discuss group certification and woodlot management in ash stands infested with Emerald Ash Borer and invasive species such as buckthorn.
- Site #2: Briargreen neighbourhood to discuss Emerald Ash Borer effects on neighbourhoods, surveys, pesticide injections, tree removals, and ash wood processing.
- Site #3: Built by Tartan Land Corporation after 2005, Ottawa’s Jackson Trails subdivision borders on development lands with regenerating forests, wetlands, and species at risk. Integrating trees and other environmental values into new developments poses challenges for both the development industry and the City.
16:30 Return to Travelodge main entrance
Tour 2: A Forest History Tour of Ottawa
11:50 Depart from Travelodge main entrance (bag lunch provided)
The history of forestry in the Ottawa Valley reads like the history of forestry in Canada. Names like J.R. Booth, Alonzo Wright, Henry Franklin Bronson and William Cameron Edwards all made their fortunes and their place in history by logging the legendary white pines (and other species) of the Ottawa Valley. Follow your forest historian guide Michael Rosen as he leads you past the houses, log flumes and mill sites of these famous “lumber barons” through Rideau Hall (Governor-General’s residence) and on to the Vanier Sugar Bush of the White Father’s monastery. Sponsored by the Forest History Society of Ontario, the stops will include:
- Site #1: The J.R. Booth, Bronson and Edwards Houses
- Site #2: The Bytown Museum where on display is the famous maquette of the E.B. Eddy Mill circa 1850
- Site #3: The Mill St. Brewery located in the historic Thomson-Perkins & Bronson Pulp Mill
- Site #4: Historic Victoria Island – site of the original E.B. Eddy Company of matches and pulp fame
- Site #5: Vanier Sugar Bush – Canada’s largest urban sugar bush
16:30 Return to Travelodge main entrance
17:00 - 21:00 Conference Registration Desk - Centennial Room
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18:00 - CASH BAR opens! Travelodge, Ottawa
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19:00 - Keynote
Speaker - Bruce Vincent, Motivational Speaker & Businessman
Bruce Vincent is a third generation logger from Libby, Montana. During the past 20 years, he has given motivational speeches throughout the United States and the world, has testified on natural resource issues before Congress and has appeared on several news programs such as “60 Minutes”. Bruce has been named Timberman of the Year in Montana, National Forest Activist of the Year, the Agri-Women’s 2007 Veritas Award Winner, and in 2004 received the inaugural Presidential Preserve America Award from President Bush. Bruce has been married to his wife Patti Jo for 35 years and has four children, two sons-in-law, one daughter-in-law, and five grandchildren. His current activities represent a family commitment to
responsible environmentalism
21:00 - Mill Street Brew Pub - Bus leaved from main lobby Travelodge
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
7:30 - Conference Registration Desk
8:30 - Opening - Terry McKay - Algonquin Elder
8:45 - Welcome - Linda Touzin, Dave Chapeskie - 2013 OPFA Conference Co-Chairs
- Maria McRae - City of Ottawa Councillor
- David Orozietti - Video from Minister of Natural Resources
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9:15 - PART I: Multiple Owners, Common Goals - Moderator: Al Stinson
1. Local/Regional - Wade Knight, Past Executive Director Ontario Woodlot Association
2. Local/Regional - Scott Davis, Eastern Ontario Model Forest
3. Urban - Jason Pollard, City of Ottawa
10:30 - Health Break & Networking - Carleton Room
11:00 - Healthy Forests, Healthy People - Moderator: Rob Keen
1. Chris Craig, South Nation Conservation Authority,
Ginawaydaganuk - Reconnecting with Nature
2. Ray Bonenberg, Ontario Maple Syrup Products Association
Healthy Sugarbushes Yielding Nutritious and Pure Maple Products
3. Dr. François Reeves, Planet Heart-Cardiac Health and the Environment,
Red and Green: How Trees can Influence Cardiovascular Health
4. Danijela Puric-Mladenovic, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Urban Forest and Human Health
12:30 - LUNCH
13:00 - Lunchtime Speaker, Diana Beresford-Kroeger - Forest Medicine
13:30 - Forest Product Markets and Opportunities - Moderator: George Bruemmer
1. Catherine Cobden, Forest Products Association of Canada,
A Proud Past and Promising Future, the Forest Industry on the Move.
2. Marianne Berubé, Wood Works! Canadian Wood Council,
Ontario’s Opportunity to meet changing Market Demands with Wood.
3. Domenico Iannidinardo, Canadian Association of Forest Owners,
Premium Trees – Who grows them and Why?
4. Joe Maure, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources,
Ontario's Forest Biofibre - Your to Discover....Please
15:00 - Linda Bedard, Direction générale de l'Outaouais, MRN
Update on Changes in Forest Management in the Province of Quebec
15:15 - A day in the Life of a Forester - Moderator: John Pineau
1. Kevin Ride, Boreal Forester
Working as a Forester in the Boreal Forest
2. James Lane, Community/Urban Forester
Urban Foresters: Connecting People to their Trees
3. Eleanor Reed, Consulting Forester
A Forestry Consultant's Perspective
15:45 - Adjourned
16:00 - OPFA Business Meeting
DRAFT 2012 AGM
Minutes
Proxy Vote
Form
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17:30 - Reception - Cash Bar, Centennial Room
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18:30 - Awards banquet
Entertainment
to be provided by: Tom Foolery, the official band of the Canadian
Institute of Forestry.
Formed
in 2006 at the CIF’s annual national conference in Cochrane, Ontario, Tom
Foolery has since played a variety of venues in and around Ontario and distant
parts of Canada, usually to enthusiastic crowds of fellow forest professionals
and practitioners. Tom Foolery plays an eclectic selection of songs, with some
emphasis on moldy-oldies from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s – lots of rock and roll,
folk and folk rock, with the odd original tune thrown in for good
measure.
The
band has been instrumental (no pun intended) in fund-raising for Forests without
Borders, a charity run at arm’s-length by the CIF.
Friday, April 12, 2013
7:00 - Conference Registration Desk
7:00 - CIF Breakfast - Centennial Room
8:00 - Welcome
1. (TBD) NGO perspective of Forestry in Ontario
2. Andrew De Vries, Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Future influences on Forest Management In Canada
9:00 - PART II: Multiple Owners, Common Goals - Moderator: Al Stinson
4. Summary of Part I Discussion
5. Provincial - Gord Cumming, Algonquin Forest Authority
6. Aboriginal - Brad Young, Executive Direction National Aboriginal Forestry Association
10:00 - Health Break & Networking - Carlton Room
10:30 - How can foresters raise their profile as advocates for sustainable forests?
This session will be a platform for foresters to discuss the importance of their voice being heard in the public domain. How they can become recognized as lead advocates
1. David Milton, Past President OPFA Council
The Role of the OPFA in Advocacy
2. Jim Armour, Summa Strategies
Advocacy 101
11:30 - OPFA Conference Observer Report
1. Mike Barker
2. Andy Kenney
3. Peggy Smith
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12:00 - Final Message from 2013 Conference Co-Chairs - Linda Touzin & Dave Chapeskie
12:05 - Message from OPFA Council President 2013-14 - Graeme Davis
Invitation from the Chair of 2014 OPFA Annual Conference
12:10 - Conference Closing - Terry McKay, Algonquin Elder
12:30 - Optional post-conference tour to Wheeler's Sugar Bush www.wheelersmaple.com
Bus transportation for the tour will leave the Travelodge at 12:30. The drive is approximately one hour and we will start with visiting the pancake house for lunch (not included in cost). After lunch, there will be a one hour tour and the bus will return back to the hotel at approximately 4 p.m.
The tour takes approximately 60 minutes and includes:
Site #1: tour of maple operations and sustainable sugar bush management
Site #2: museum with farming and early country life display with dovetail and mortise and tenon log building
Site #3: early logging and wood crafting tools, including over 400 vintage chainsaws


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