Technical Expert Panels
© Monika PatelFSC Canada has assembled six Technical Expert Panels (TEPs) to assist with the development of the Canadian Forest Management (FM) Standard in six key thematic areas. These Panels will provide technical guidance and recommendations to FSC Canada to be considered when developing normative measures e.g. indicators and supplementary materials (where needed).
Intact Forest Landscapes
| Position |
Name |
Affiliation |
Province |
| Environmental chamber representative with ecological and/or operational experience |
Dave Pearce |
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Wildlands League |
ON |
| Biologist working with industry with ecological &/or operational experience |
Elston Dzus |
Alberta Pacific Forest Industries |
AB |
| Eminent biologist with ecological &/or operational experience |
Louis Imbeau |
Université du Québec en Témiscamingue |
QC |
| Eminent biologist with ecological &/or operational experience |
Justina Ray |
Wildlife Conservation Society |
ON |
| FSC ecological and operational auditor |
Christine Korol |
Independent Consultant |
ON |
High Conservation Value
| Position |
Name |
Affiliation |
Province |
| Representative with Aboriginal perspectives |
Kevin Gillis |
Mistik Management Ltd. |
SK |
| Forest industry representative with ecological and/or operational experience |
Patrick Garneau |
Tembec |
QC |
| Biologist working with industry with ecological &/or operational experience |
Kari Stuart-Smith |
Canfor |
BC |
|
Marie-Eve Sigouin |
Tembec |
ON |
|
Sophie Dallaire |
Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs |
QC |
Ecological & Operational Consideration: Principle 6, 9 and 10
Ecological and operational consideration will include bench marking forest conditions, restoration, climate change, forest retention, intact forest landscapes/core habitats, High conservation values including old growth forests, protected areas and implementation of operational plan/silviculture.
| Position |
Name |
Affiliation |
Province |
| Environmental chamber representative with ecological and/or operational experience |
Dave Pearce |
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Wildlands League |
ON |
| Forest industry representative with ecological and/or operational experience |
Patrick Garneau |
Tembec |
QC |
Biologist working with industry with ecological &/or operational experience |
Kari Stuart-Smith |
Canfor |
BC |
| Eminent biologist with ecological &/or operational experience |
Louis Imbeau |
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
QC |
| FSC ecological and operational auditors |
Tom Clark |
Independent Consultant (P9 only) |
ON |
FSC ecological and operational auditors |
Chris Ridley-Thomas* |
KPMG Performance Registrar Inc. |
BC |
| Representative with Aboriginal perspectives |
Kevin Gillis |
Mistik Management Ltd. |
SK |
*no longer on committee
Species at Risk
Convened in August 2013, this Technical Expert Panel working with a consultant has developed indicators and guidance for species at risk including caribou.
| Position |
Name |
Affiliation |
Province |
| Eminent biologist with ecological &/or operational experience
| Justina Ray
| Conservation Society Canada
| ON
|
| Biologist working with industry with ecological &/or operational experience |
Elston Dzus |
ALPAC |
AB |
| Forest Manager with Aboriginal Rights and ecological &/or operational experience |
Steve Morel* |
Mashteuiatsh's Environment Department |
QC |
| FSC ecological and operational auditor |
Christine Korol |
Rainforest Alliance/Independent consultant |
ON |
*no longer on committee
Pesticides, Conversion and Invasive Species
Several considerations related to the use of pesticides (mainly herbicides), conversion, the use of exotic species and invasive species.
| Position |
Name |
Affiliation |
Province |
| Representative with silviculture and operation experience |
Conrad Yarmoloy |
ALPAC |
AB |
| Representative with silviculture and operation experience |
Dr. Thom Erdle |
University of New Brunswick |
NB |
| Environment chamber representative with ecological &/or operational experience |
Will Martin |
Rising Forest Management Consulting |
NS |
| Eminent Biologist with ecological &/or operational experience |
Dr. Sandy Smith |
University of Toronto |
ON |
| FSC ecological and operational auditor |
Brian Callaghan |
Bureau Veritas Certification |
ON |
Principle 3: Aboriginal Rights, including Free, Prior and Informed Consent
As part of a global initiative, this TEP will seek to better understand past and future application of Principle 3 and free, prior and informed consent in the Canadian context.
| Position |
Name |
Affiliation |
Province |
| Eminent social scientist with policy and operations experience |
Dr. Peggy Smith |
Lakehead University and Senior Advisor to National Aboriginal Forestry Association |
ON |
| Large scale forest industry representative with experience in Aboriginal Rights |
Sandra Cardinal |
ALPAC |
AB |
| Large scale forest industry representative with experience in Aboriginal Rights |
Geneviève Labrecque |
Tembec |
QC |
| FSC auditor with experience in auditing Principle 3 |
Sara Teitelbaum |
Université de Montréal |
QC |
| Representative with Aboriginal perspectives |
Michel Mongeon |
Advisor in collaboration with the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute (FNQLSDI) and First Nations in Quebec |
QC |
Community and Stakeholder Rights
This Technical Expert Panel will seek to better understand and define the legal or customary rights of local communities.
| Position |
Name |
Affiliation |
Province |
| Eminent social scientist with policy and operation experience |
Dr Solange Nadeau |
Natural Resources Canada, CFS |
NB/QC |
| Eminent social scientist with policy and operation experience |
Dr. Harry Nelson |
University of British Columbia |
BC |
| FSC auditor with experience in auditing social issues |
Cindy Pearce |
Mountain Labyrinths Consulting |
BC |
| Forest industry representative with experience in stakeholder and community rights |
Robert Booth* |
Domtar |
ON |
* no longer on committee
Scale, Intensity and Risk, including small, low intensity managed forests (SLIMF)
Building from existing standards experts on this panel will work to develop indicators that appropriate for small low intensity managed forests.
| Position |
Name |
Affiliation |
Province |
| Small scale forest management representative (SLIMF: woodlot management, community & group experience) |
Olivier Côté |
Syndicat des producteurs forestiers du Sud du Québec |
QC |
| Small scale forest management representative (SLIMF: woodlot management, community & group experience) |
Simon Mitchell* |
Woodland Steward |
NB |
| Small scale forest management representative (SLIMF: woodlot management, community & group experience) |
Erik Leslie |
Harrop-Procter Community Co-operative |
BC |
| Small scale forest management representative (SLIMF: woodlot management, community & group experience) |
Dave Puttock |
SilvEcon |
ON |
| Small scale forest management representative (SLIMF: woodlot management, community & group experience) |
Kari Easthouse |
Nova Scotia Landowners and Forest Fibre Producers Association |
NS |
*no longer on committee
© Monika PatelFSC Canada has assembled six Technical Expert Panels (TEPs) to assist with the development of the Canadian Forest Management (FM) Standard in six key thematic areas. These Panels will provide technical guidance and recommendations to FSC Canada to be considered when developing normative measures e.g. indicators and supplementary materials (where needed).