Professional foresters must possess critical reasoning skills to analyze and communicate complex ideas clearly and provide advice to a range of clients. Leadership requires the ability to effectively use communication and reasoning skills to inspire higher standards of practice and to contribute positively to society through initiative and collaborative problem solving. Clear and concise communication is essential for Canada’s professional foresters to be able to articulate goals, objectives, information and decisions to a wide range of audiences and stakeholders. Canada’s professional foresters are required to work individually and to participate in and lead multi disciplinary teams to address multifaceted problems.
Availability
- Coordinated intake for Standard 5 modules will generally be advertised 3 times a year, coinciding with the Fall, Spring and Summer terms, as per the University of Toronto academic calendar. Each module is designed to last 8 weeks, but the weekly course schedule is flexible to accommodate individuals’ needs.
- Exact course start dates will be specified upon registration.
- Individuals’ week-to-week progress will be managed through regular communication with the instructor.
- Standard 5 modules may be made available to individuals outside of the coordinated intake cycle dates – contact admin@cif-ifc.org to enquire.
Relevant Content
- Analyze problems, interpret and integrate information logically, apply judgment in making decisions.
- Business and professional and technical report writing.
- Conflict resolution, appropriate dispute resolution.
- Construct, criticize and present arguments.
- Develop a rationale, options and solutions.
- Display persistence, diligence and care in solving problems.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Evaluate data in terms of relevance and sufficiency.
- Know how to debate and evaluate positions.
- Meeting facilitation, presentations, and committee participation.
- Negotiation in a variety of forms.
- Promote curiosity, creativity and innovation.
- Research techniques, scientific report writing.
- Shared ownership and collaboration.
Module Content
Module 5.1
Communicate effectively with a variety of audiences regarding forest resource issues
Module 5.2
Demonstrate critical reasoning in the application of professional judgement
Module 5.3
Demonstrate leadership skills through collaborative decision-making, consultation, and conflict resolution
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Availability
- All online modules will run 3 times a year, coinciding with the Fall, Spring and Summer terms, as per the University of Toronto academic calendar. Each module will begin approximately 3 weeks following the commencement of the academic term, and will last 8 weeks. Exact course start dates will be specified upon registration.
- Field courses modules will be offered in the Spring and Fall terms, and potentially the Summer term, pending enrolment numbers. Spring sessions will take place during the first 2 weeks of May, fall sessions the last 2 weeks of October, and mid-summer sessions the first 2 weeks of July.
Relevant Content
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Module Content
Module 6.1
Demonstrate an ability to apply basic orienteering and surveying techniques
Module 6.2
User measurement tools for collecting forest resource data
Module 6.3
Design and implement sampling strategies
Module 6.4
Apply simple mathematical models & Analyze and display both qualitative and quantitative data
Module 6.5
Demonstrate the integration of the competencies identified in this standard, to achieve a given set of objectives
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Canada’s forested ecosystems are diverse and complex systems arising out of the interaction between living and nonliving components over time. Knowledge of composition, structure and function of forested ecosystems at scales ranging from aggregates of stands to landscapes is essential to describe and evaluate current conditions, predict the effects of environmental change, and practice conservation and management.
Availability
- Coordinated intake for Standard 2 modules will generally be advertised 3 times a year, coinciding with the Fall, Spring and Summer terms, as per the University of Toronto academic calendar. Each module is designed to last 8 weeks, but the weekly course schedule is flexible to accommodate individuals’ needs.
- Exact course start dates will be specified upon registration.
- Individuals’ week-to-week progress will be managed through regular communication with the instructor.
- Standard 2 modules may be made available to individuals outside of the coordinated intake cycle dates – contact admin@cif-ifc.org to enquire.
Relevant Content
- Appreciation of the forest health agents (fire, insects, disease, harvest etc.) and the effects of such agents to silviculture.
- Biological diversity, genetic diversity.
- Components and processes of ecosystems.
- Climate patterns and processes, causes and effects of climate change.
- Ecological concepts and principles.
- Habitats and living organisms related to the forested ecosystem.
- Interdependency and interaction between biotic and abiotic, forest and nonforest components of ecosystems.
- Natural disturbance processes and agents.
- Principles and applications of ecological classification.
- Role of agents of forest change in forest ecosystems.
- Resource cycles and their storage (e.g. Carbon, water, biogeochemical, etc).
- Soil properties, productivity, and applications for forest management.
- Watershed patterns, processes and classifications.
Module Content
Module 2.1
Describe the components, characteristics, and processes of forest ecosystems and how they interact
Module 2.2
Explain influences and outcomes of agents of change on forests and landscapes
Module 2.3
Describe and apply models to articulate present and future stand conditions
Module 2.4
Explain and apply the concept and measures of diversity
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Trees and stands are an important part of the Canadian landscape. Knowledge of tree and stand establishment, growth and mortality, forms the basis of understanding how the forest ecosystem functions.
Enrolment for Standard 1 modules is subject to Standard course fees.
Availability
- Coordinated intake for Standard 1 modules will generally be advertised 3 times a year, coinciding with the Fall, Spring and Summer terms, as per the University of Toronto academic calendar. Each module is designed to last 8 weeks, but the weekly course schedule is flexible to accommodate individuals’ needs.
- Exact course start dates will be specified upon registration.
- Individuals’ week-to-week progress will be managed through regular communication with the instructor.
- Standard 1 modules may be made available to individuals outside of the coordinated intake cycle dates – contact admin@cif-ifc.org to enquire.
Relevant Content
- Basic understanding of growth and yield projections; the applications and limitations of growth and yield on forest management.
- Concept of silvics, life cycle, growth, genetics of trees.
- Ecological amplitude of plant species and communities.
- Factors that influence trees and stands in order to predict future conditions.
- Identify, classify and analyze trees and stands.
- Influence of tree and stand establishment (natural or artificial), density control, planting, spacing, tree improvement, vegetation control, fertilization, drainage and pruning on stand growth, quality, and ecosystem diversity.
- Influence that landforms, landscapes, and surface materials have on trees and groups of trees over time.
- Life history of regional tree species.
- Plant and tree physiology.
Module Content
Module 1.1
Identify plants and describe their physiology, growth, morphology, and synecology
Module 1.2
Describe current and past tree and stand conditions and the processes that led to them and articulate possible future conditions.
Module 1.3
Describe and apply models to articulate present and future stand conditions
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Forest ecosystem management balances ecological, social, and economic demands with the capacity of forest resources to provide for present and future values.
Availability
- All online modules will run 3 times a year, coinciding with the Fall, Spring and Summer terms, as per the University of Toronto academic calendar. Each module will begin approximately 3 weeks following the commencement of the academic term, and will last 8 weeks. Exact course start dates will be specified upon registration.
- Field courses modules will be offered in the Spring and Fall terms, and potentially the Summer term, pending enrolment numbers. Spring sessions will take place during the first 2 weeks of May, fall sessions the last 2 weeks of October, and mid-summer sessions the first 2 weeks of July.
Relevant Content
- Avariety of values and competing interests in a forest
- Forest strategic and operational planning principles
- Forest cover manipulation strategies that effectively achieve a given set of objectives while minimizing negative impacts on other values
- Legal and policy frameworks
- Forest management concepts
- How global drive trends and influence forest management
Module Content
Module 3.2
Forest Strategic & Operational Planning Principles
Module 3.3
Forest Cover Manipulation Strategies
Module 3.4
Legal & Policy Framework In Forest Management
Module 3.5
Forest Management Concepts
Module 3.6
Global Trends In Forest Management
Module 3.7
Resource Plan Development
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Canada’s forest resources provide a wide variety of goods and services. Utilizing forest resources requires knowledge of the principles of allocation of limited resources among competing interests and the economic, policy and administrative forces that cause change.
Availability
- All online modules will run 3 times a year, coinciding with the Fall, Spring and Summer terms, as per the University of Toronto academic calendar. Each module will begin approximately 3 weeks following the commencement of the academic term, and will last 8 weeks. Exact course start dates will be specified upon registration.
- Field courses modules will be offered in the Spring and Fall terms, and potentially the Summer term, pending enrolment numbers. Spring sessions will take place during the first 2 weeks of May, fall sessions the last 2 weeks of October, and mid-summer sessions the first 2 weeks of July.
Relevant Content
- Content and importance of business and project plans.
- Risk management relative to forest resources.
- Organizational structure and function.
- Business concepts that apply to a management plan.
- Effects of national and global trends on supply and demand, and flow of forest-based products including price and production.
- Basic operational plans for a project to achieve resource management objectives within available resources.
Module Content
Module 4.1
Business & Project Plans
Module 4.2
Risk Management
Module 4.3
Organizational Structure & Function
Module 4.4
Business Concepts in Resource Management Planning
Module 4.5
Forest Products & National & Global Trends
Module 4.6
Operational Plan Development
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