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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FUTURE OF ONTARIO’S
FORESTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Can We Help Our Urban And Rural Forests
Adapt?</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:1.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Thursday
October 18th at the Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Schedule
– seminar followed by Annual General
Meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>8:00 -
9:00 Registration & Networking Opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>9:00- 9:05 Conference
Opening Remarks <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Guy Brassard –</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> retired. Previously Science Advisor at Canadian
Forest Service, and Professor of Biology and Associate Dean of Science at
Memorial University. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>9:05- 10:15 Climate
Change and Urban Forest Management</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>,<b>
</b>Drought, heat, changes in length of growing season, serious invasive species,
insect, plants? Major extreme/freak events (ice storms; floods; heavy
snowfalls) effects on <u>existing</u> municipal urban forests. </span><strong><o:p></o:p></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr Bob Stewart</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> retired. Climate Change Advisor, Canadian Forest
Service</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>10:15-10:45 </span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Health Break & Networking Opportunity<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>10:45 – 12:00
Keynote Speaker: What’s in Store for Trees in </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>10, 50 and 100 years? </span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Climate change is predicted to strongly
impact plant distributions of over 125 North American species.</span><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Dr Dan
McKenney, </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Senior
Scientist, Spatial Analysis, Canadian Forest Service </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>12:00 -
1:00 </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Lunch
& Networking Opportunity<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>1:00 –
2:10 Practical Steps to Adapt to Climate Change<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Climate Change Laboratory - Let's Plant, Measure and Mulch Program
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Alice Casselman M.Ed., President Assoc. for Cdn.
Educational Resources</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Need For Green Oases In Asphalt-Dominated
Schoolyards <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=circle>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Adrina Bardekjian Ambrosii, MFC, Urban Forestry
Consultant with Heidi Campbell, MLA, School Ground Design Consultant.</span></i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Tree Canada and Urban Forests –
the Carbon Offset Connection </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Michael Rosen RPF, President of Trees
Canada<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:18.0pt'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The three
presentations will be followed by a moderated panel discussion and Q & A. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Both panels
will be moderated by Toni Ellis, </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>successful
community activist, NeighbourWoods Coordinator<span style='color:black'> </span><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>2:10-2:35<i> </i></span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Health Break & Networking Opportunity<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></b><strong><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>2:35-3:</span></strong><strong><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt'>45 Tree Plantings for the Changing
Environment, from 2007 to 2107</span></strong><strong><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>How is
climate change affecting the seed zone approach now and in the future? </span><strong><i><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Barb Boysen </span></i></strong><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>MNR Forest Genetics Specialist</span></i><strong><i><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>.</span></i></strong><strong><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>Should we introduce appropriate southern seed zone species
for our grandchildren's urban forest?</span></strong><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:10.0pt'> <i>Bill Morsink, Retired urban forester</i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Developing a
Local Tree Seed Conservation Program. <i>Candace Karandiuk, Supervisor of
Forest Health, Oakville. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The three
presentations will be followed by a moderated panel discussion and Q & A. </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>3:45- 4:00 Conference Wrap-up: </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr Guy Brassard<span style='color:red'> </span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>4:00-4:30 OUFC
Annual General Meeting</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Introducing the 2007/2008
Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Light
refreshments reception. All are invited. </span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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