Ontario Wood: Choosing Local Benefits All Ontarians

 In the office of Forests Ontario, Rob Keen, CEO of the not-forprofit organization, sits at a beautiful, locally-crafted pine desk. “Some folks think that it’s a terrible practice to cut down trees,” he says. “They want the wood desk and cabinets and all the beautiful wood products, but don’t want

The Art of Mary Pheasant A Mix of Family, Culture and Healing

 Kitigan is a one-of-a-kind online Aboriginal art business that sells authentic, high quality, Aboriginal handmade goods. Kitigan provides artisans with a forum for developing their market, promoting their work and creating an ongoing revenue source through sales and royalties. Kitigan is a social enterprise incubated by the OFIFC's economic development

Wood in Weird Places

 Canada’s forests are beautiful and abundant. Our country has been the world leader of the forest industry and traditional forest products for decades. However, it is not often we stop and think about where Canada’s wood products end up. Most people think of forest products as mainly lumber, pulp and

Public Servants Series: Norway Shows Canada a Better Way

 In Canada, we have much to be thankful for. But as a society we still struggle with equality rights and, as wealthy as we are as a nation, we don’t provide a guaranteed standard of living to all our citizens, most notably many of our aboriginal people who still live