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
Justina Ray
President, WCS Canada
Carol Phillips
Partner, Moriyama & Teshima Architects
Francois Dufresne
Director, FSC Canada
Peter Moonen
Canadian Wood Council
Richard Kroeker
Dalhousie University
Patrick Stewart
Principal, Patrick R. Stewart Architect
Chris T Cornelius
studio:Indigenous
Mohammad Mohammad
Senior Research Advisor, NRCan
Janette Bulkan
Associate Professor, University of British Colombia
Gabrielle Kissinger
Principal, Lexeme Consulting
Christine Leduc
Woodlands Operations Supervisor, Interfor Corporation
Danny Robertson
North Pacific Timber
Kathy Abusow
President & CEO, SFI
Kelly Alvarez Doran
MASS Design Group
Roy Brooke
Director, Municipal Natural Assets Initiative
Lennard Joe
CEO, BC First Nations Forestry Council
Phil Northcott
CEO, C-Change Labs.
Bruno Gagnon
Circular Bioeconomy, Canadian Forest Service
Joseph Fobister
Grassy Narrows First Nation's Lead Lands Negotiator
Rob Keen
CEO, Forests Ontario
Ian Boyle
Principal, Fast + Epp
Gregory Paradis
Assistant Professor, University of British Colombia
Louis-Philippe Poirier
Director of Operations, Nordic Structures
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
