Courtesy of the Cariboo Regional District:
The Cariboo Regional District’s (CRD) Forest Capital of Canada Committee announced today the final instalment of the 2011 Forest Capital Speaker Series. The series will start on Monday, November 14, at 7 p.m. in 100 Mile House at the Lodge and Conference Centre with Mr. Rob Kozak. This event is generously sponsored by the Williams Lake and District Credit Union and West Fraser – Quesnel Division.
Kozak will discuss Forests and Communities in Transition and will offer ideas on the challenges and opportunities facing the forest industry and their respective communities in British Columbia.
Rob Kozak is a Professor at the UBC Faculty of Forestry and is the Director of Forests and Communities in Transition (FACT). His current research and teaching interests revolve around sustainable business management practices and issues and providing business-based solutions to complex problems related to sustainable development, forestry, wood products and the emerging conservation economy. Currently, his work focuses on the wellbeing of forest-dependent communities, international development and poverty alleviation strategies, forest certification, corporate social responsibility, and forest sector sustainability and competitiveness.
Please join us at one of the following locations as the sessions are open to the general public and organizations that are interested in forests and communities in transition.
100 Mile House - At the Lodge (Vallley Room) at 7pm on Monday, Nov 14th
Quesnel - In Quesnel Council Chambers at 7pm on Tuesday, Nov 15th
Williams Lake - At TRU in the "Gathering Place" at 7pm on Wednesday, Nov 16th
For further information about the Forest Capital Speaker Series, or the CRD’s Forest Capital of Canada program, please visit us online at www.cariboord.bc.ca or email djohnson@cariboord.bc.ca
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