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- About
- Forest Climate Resilience
Forest Climate Resilience:
A Practical Course for Practitioners and Landowners
Climate change is happening now with some of us already experiencing the impacts, but we are adapting together.
We are all facing uncertainties as forests and ecosystems change due to climate change. In the face of these challenges, we have developed an instructional course focused on assessing and adapting the management of woodlots to projected climate change impacts.
This course, Forest Climate Resilience: A Practical Course for Practitioners and Landowners, will introduce you to concepts, tools and current data from Ontario to help you take greater action on climate change in your own backyard. Along the way you'll meet others who are also doing their part.
At the end of the course, participants have tangible adaptation strategies that are unique to the forests they steward.
| [ez-toggle title="Build your climate literacy"]Words can be used as tools to understand problems and help us find solutions. From genetics and diversity to restoration and forest productivity, participants expand their vocabulary which helps us understand the solutions. There will also be opportunities to test your understanding of the material in a self-paced workbook. Build your own library of climate resources to refer to later with recommended and supplementary readings.[/ez-toggle] [ez-toggle title="Learn about the opportunities and challenges"]Uncertainty can be an uncomfortable feeling when it comes to what the future holds for our ecosystems, but it should not just be viewed negatively. There are both opportunities and challenges that landowners and practitioners will face as we look to mitigate the effects of climate change together.[/ez-toggle] [ez-toggle title="Understand climate adaptation"]Understand the expected climatic effects in Ontario such as affects on species and forest ecosystems so you can prepare and adapt. Learn climate adaptation frameworks, tools and techniques, and how to use them. Apply these tools to your own project or site.[/ez-toggle] [ez-toggle title="Connect with others"]Meet other woodlot owners and practitioners. Participants will also learn from expert guest speakers and a knowledgeable instructor with a background in forestry and teaching. Ask questions and share ideas with the instructor and other participants during live sessions and in the discussion board.[/ez-toggle] |
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Facilitator |
| Sionaid Eggett is the Program Manager at the Ontario Woodlot Association and oversees the Forest Certification Program. She is a Forestry Technician, an educator, certified in ecological land classification, and a James M. Kitz award recipient through the Canadian Institute of Forestry. Sionaid is also a dedicated volunteer with the CIF Algonquin Section, the Friends of the PRF, Algonquin College, and Women in Wood. Sionaid is a strong and capable ambassador for the forest sector, sustainable forestry, and the application of best management practices. Prior to forestry, Sionaid spent several years living different locations across Canada and abroad. Her work experience is a diverse range from educator, program coordinator, healthcare, retail, food and beverage and farm work. Over the years she has worked with people, she's learned the necessity of having a healthy environment. Sionaid is a graduate of the Forestry Technician Program from Algonquin College. She also has a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Guelph with several Associated Early Years and English as a Second Language teaching certificates. In her spare time, Sionaid is often engaged in some sort of hands-on project or out searching for new experiences and adventures. |
