Stories from Women in Wood

Barb Spafford lives near Hastings, Ontario. She graduated from Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology and Sir Sandford Fleming’s Women in Trades and Technology program. Barb has been logging with horses since 1989, and has contributed to the sustainable forest management of many private woodlots in Hasting’s Prince Edward and Northumberland Counties with her company, Spafford Horse Logging. I have been very fortunate to have been able to work as a logging contractor, i

#moiaussijaimelaforesterie FR - Éditorial tiré du Couvert boreal (Volume 15, numéro 1) - ENGLISH Les grandes oubliées La pénurie de main d’œuvre dans le domaine forestier est l’objet de toutes les attentions ces derniers temps. C’était d’ailleurs la thématique du congrès de l’Association forestière de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue auquel j’ai assisté en novembre dernier. J’y ai écouté attentivement les solutions proposées par les conférenciers : attractivité pour les jeunes, prog

Desneiges Larose is the General Manager of Hearst Forest Management Inc. It wasn’t easy getting everyone together, finding that moment at the end of the day between the ladies getting out of the blocks and those trying to get to daycare in time, but a few of us did hold still for a snapshot of Women in Wood on the Hearst Forest. All smiles. When I asked these women about their experience in the forestry sector, they were overwhelmingly positive. We seem to have collectively b

Faye Johnson graduated with an HBSc in Forestry from Lakehead University. Her 35 year career has been divided between public and private practice, mostly in forestry related fields. Starting as a tree planter she worked her way up to the Director level. Most of her experience is in the area of business and economics including: timber pricing, international trade, fibre procurement and operations planning. Earlier this year Faye stepped back from her role with the Ontario

Katrina Van Osch-Saxon teaches at Fleming’s School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences. She has been there since 2012 and teaches Forest Health, Tree Health Management, Greenspace Management along with other courses in the Urban Forestry Technician, Arboriculture and Forestry programs. Prior to this, she was an arborist and owned a tree care business. When I began working as an arborist and business owner in the tree care industry, I was the only woman on the jobsi