Courtesy: Forest Products of Canada
For Immediate Release
September 23, 2022 – Ottawa: As National Forest Week is celebrated across the country, Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is seizing the opportunity to announce the recipients of its annual Awards of Excellence program – which recognizes the outstanding people across Canada who have made exceptional contributions to the forest sector and to forestry communities.
“The FPAC Awards of Excellence program is an opportunity to pay tribute to the remarkable people who help make our sector a world leader in sustainable forest management and who advance the many environmental, social, and economic benefits of Canadian forestry,” said FPAC President and CEO Derek Nighbor. “As we continue our transition to a low-carbon economy, Canada’s forest products sector is proud to honour the dedicated professionals who strengthen the benefits that sustainable forest management, forest products, and family-supporting forestry jobs provide to Canadians from coast-to-coast.”
FPAC’s 2022 Awards of Excellence recipients include:
FPAC Community Champion Award
Sponsored by TELUS
Todd Doherty – MP for Cariboo-Prince George, British Columbia
Clara Reinhardt – Mayor, Village of Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia
Dale Bumstead – Mayor, City of Dawson Creek, British Columbia
Alberta Northwest Species at Risk Committee (NWSAR)
www.fpac.ca/posts/cariboo-prince-george-mp-mayors-of-radium-hot-springs-dawson-creek-and-alberta-northwest-species-at-risk-committee-named-community-champions-by-canadas-forest-products-sector
FPAC Partnership Award
Indigenous Resource Network (IRN), Robert Merasty – Calgary, Alberta
United Steelworkers (USW), Jeff Bromley – Burnaby, BC
www.fpac.ca/posts/robert-merasty-of-indigenous-resource-network-irn-jeff-bromley-of-united-steelworkers-usw-celebrated-with-fpac-partnership-award
FPAC Member of the Year Award
Tom Ratz – Resolute Forest Products, Thunder Bay, Ontario
www.fpac.ca/posts/tom-ratz-of-resolute-forest-products-honoured-with-outstanding-member-of-the-year-award-from-canadas-forest-products-sector
FPAC Lifetime Achievement Award
Susan Yurkovich – Council of Forest Industries & BC Lumber Trade Council, Vancouver, British Columbia
Mark Tamas – Tolko Industries, Coldstream, British Columbia
Joerg Goetsch – Mercer International Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia
www.fpac.ca/posts/susan-yurkovich-mark-tamas-and-joerg-goetsch-honoured-with-lifetime-achievement-award-from-canadas-forest-products-sector
FPAC Rising Star Award
Sponsored by MNP
Christa Campbell – Resolute Forest Products, Thunder Bay, Ontario
www.fpac.ca/posts/christa-campbell-of-resolute-forest-products-receives-rising-star-award-from-canadas-forest-products-sector
FPAC Women in Forestry Award
Sponsored by Silvacom
Wendy Crosina – Weyerhaeuser Canadian Timberlands, Edmonton, Alberta
www.fpac.ca/posts/wendy-crosina-of-weyerhaeuser-canadian-timberlands-receives-women-in-forestry-award-from-canadas-forest-products-sector
FPAC-Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) Indigenous Business Leadership Award
Dave Gill – Ntityix Resources LP, West Kelowna, British Columbia
www.fpac.ca/posts/canadas-forest-sector-honours-ntityix-resources-lp-of-west-kelowna-bc-with-indigenous-business-leadership-award
FPAC-Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) Skills Awards for Indigenous Youth
Neepin Cook – Misipawistik Cree Nation (Grand Rapids, Manitoba)
Sarah Dixon – Esk’etemc First Nation (Alkali Lake, British Columbia)
Jordan Germain – Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation (Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec)
www.fpac.ca/posts/indigenous-youth-from-manitoba-quebec-and-northern-bc-recognized-with-forest-products-sector-skills-awards
To learn more about FPAC’s Awards of Excellence recipients, please visit: https://www.fpac.ca/
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