Below are groups that help organize and advertise upcoming events, including professional development opportunities, as well as training opportunities.

Events and Opportunities:

• Truck Loggers Association Trainings
• First Nations Forestry Council Events Calendar

There are a number of courses, workshops, training resources and programs that exist to help practitioners increase their knowledge on concepts and tools related to innovative practice.

Various institutions and organizations have developed micro-credit opportunities to support innovative silviculture and skill development. Check out the micro-credit courses curated in library of resources.

The SIPex is an online knowledge exchange platform that exists alongside other web-based tools that support practitioners to build their capacity for innovation. Here, we highlight websites that host tools, resources or serve as knowledge hubs to help practitioners connect to a broader online network operating in this space:

• The Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas knowledge basket
• Climate informed tree species selection
• Forests Canada
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative
• BC Water Tool
• Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium
• BC First Nations Forestry Council - Forestry Connect

Below are organizations and funders that may provide grant opportunities to support innovative silviculture activities, including grants and scholarships.

Grants:

• Silviculture Innovation Program, Innovation in Actions Grants
• Forest Enhancement Society of BC
• StrongerBC Future Skills Grant
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), Conservation Grants
• SFI Community Grants

Scholarships:

• Association for Fire Ecology Scholarships
• BC Council of Forest Industries Scholarship
• BC Institute of Agrologists Scholarships
• College of Applied Biology Scholarship
• Fire Chiefs’ Association of British Columbia Scholarships
• Forest Professionals British Columbia Scholarships
• Indigenous Forestry Scholarship Program with the BC First Nations Forestry Council
• Interior Logging Association Scholarships
• International Association of Wildland Fire scholarships
• Private Forest Landowners Association Scholarships and Bursaries
• Truck Loggers Association Scholarships