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THRIVING
FORESTS &
REGENERATIVE
BUILT
ENVIRONMENTS

A unique gathering of diverse expertise on the future of forests in Canada
and the role of design, climate science and cultural leadership in supporting them

Join us in Calgary as Thriving Forests continues at the 2023 RAIC Conference on May 5, 2023!
For more information and to register please visit the event website.

Meet the Conversation Leaders

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Justina Ray

President, WCS Canada

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Carol Phillips

Partner, Moriyama & Teshima Architects

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Francois Dufresne

Director, FSC Canada

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Peter Moonen

Canadian Wood Council

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Richard Kroeker

Dalhousie University

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Patrick Stewart

Principal, Patrick R. Stewart Architect

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Chris T Cornelius

studio:Indigenous

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Mohammad Mohammad

Senior Research Advisor, NRCan

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Janette Bulkan

Associate Professor, University of British Colombia

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Gabrielle Kissinger

Principal, Lexeme Consulting

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Christine Leduc

Woodlands Operations Supervisor, Interfor Corporation

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Danny Robertson

North Pacific Timber

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Kathy Abusow

President & CEO, SFI

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Kelly Alvarez Doran

MASS Design Group

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Roy Brooke

Director, Municipal Natural Assets Initiative

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Lennard Joe

CEO, BC First Nations Forestry Council

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Phil Northcott

CEO, C-Change Labs.

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Bruno Gagnon

Circular Bioeconomy, Canadian Forest Service

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Joseph Fobister

Grassy Narrows First Nation's Lead Lands Negotiator

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Rob Keen

CEO, Forests Ontario

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Ian Boyle

Principal, Fast + Epp

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Gregory Paradis

Assistant Professor, University of British Colombia

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Louis-Philippe Poirier

Director of Operations, Nordic Structures

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Patrick Enright

Senior Green Building Engineer, City of Vancouver

A thriving forest exhibits a trajectory of regeneration more than of degradation, and capacity to withstand catastrophic events, like fire. In time, a diverse, thriving ecosystem structure will rebound, and perhaps resemble what once existed there before.
Gabrielle Kissinger, Lexeme Consulting
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