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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Ryan,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Maybe the feds is not the right place either.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think really what we need is more support (from somewhere) for the programmes to even exist (or be developed) in so many places before we have a metric for their sustainability/certification.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Philip van Wassenaer, B.SC., MFC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Urban Forest Innovations Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1331 Northaven Drive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mississauga ON L5G 4E8<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Tel: (905) 274-1022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Cell: (647) 221-3046<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Fax: (905) 274-2170<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img width=153 height=73 style='width:1.5937in;height:.7604in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D63D8F.846BE710" alt="UFI new logo very small"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.urbanforestinnovations.com/">www.urbanforestinnovations.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Ryan Senechal <ryansenechal@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> June 8, 2020 12:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> Canadian Urban Forest Network <canufnet@list.web.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Philip van Wassenaer <pwassenaer1022@rogers.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CANUFNET] SFI Webinar on Urban-Forest Certification<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Philip, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would hesitate to support a government developed UF qualification for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, the exposure to changes in governance can expose the program to a vulnerability that comes from the priorities or ideologies of elected officials. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Second, I am dismayed by the lack of funding and attention paid to the necessary upkeep of government-funded qualifications I already hold. Industry change is rapid, and for a qualification to facilitate and not throttle that change requires significant resources to stay relevant. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Ryan Senechal <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon., Jun. 8, 2020, 08:36 Philip van Wassenaer via CANUFNET, <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net">canufnet@list.web.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks Peter,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>While this is interesting it seems to me that certification of the UF should be a federal initiative and not a third party initiative. Does this group have the knowledge base of the intricacies of the UF and its management? It is a completely different animal than a traditional natural or managed forest…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I will look forward to the webinar, thanks for letting us know.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Philip<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US>Philip van Wassenaer, <a href="http://B.SC" target="_blank">B.SC</a>., MFC</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Urban Forest Innovations Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>1331 Northaven Drive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Mississauga ON L5G 4E8<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Tel: (905) 274-1022</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Cell: (647) 221-3046</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Fax: (905) 274-2170</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=153 height=73 style='width:1.5937in;height:.7604in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D63D7F.A407BDC0" alt="UFI new logo very small"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.urbanforestinnovations.com/" target="_blank">www.urbanforestinnovations.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> CANUFNET <<a href="mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net" target="_blank">canufnet-bounces@list.web.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Duinker via CANUFNET<br><b>Sent:</b> June 8, 2020 9:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> Canadian Urban Forest Network <<a href="mailto:canufnet@list.web.net" target="_blank">canufnet@list.web.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Peter Duinker <<a href="mailto:Peter.Duinker@Dal.Ca">Peter.Duinker@Dal.Ca</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [CANUFNET] SFI Webinar on Urban-Forest Certification</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Urban-Forest Colleagues:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Inc., an organization specializing in third-party forest certification, is considering whether there is merit in developing a certification standard for urban forests. SFI has established a Task Group for this consideration. Kathryn Fernholz of Dovetail Partners and I are co-chairing the Task Group.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>As part of SFI’s series of webinars associated with revisions to its main forest-management standard, there will be a webinar about certification for urban forests on 09 June at 13:00 Eastern Time Zone (<a href="https://www.sfiprogram.org/standard-revision-process-workshops/" target="_blank">https://www.sfiprogram.org/standard-revision-process-workshops/</a>, and <a href="https://forests.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1kqrcjixRY6zRvuihok3Rw" target="_blank">https://forests.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1kqrcjixRY6zRvuihok3Rw</a>). I encourage you to sign up and find out what’s going on.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Cheers, Peter Duinker</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="mailto:peter.duinker@dal.ca" target="_blank">peter.duinker@dal.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Peter N. Duinker, PhD, P.Ag.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Professor Emeritus, School for Resource and Environmental Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>6100 University Ave., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email: <a href="mailto:peter.duinker@dal.ca" target="_blank">peter.duinker@dal.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/sres/faculty-staff/our-faculty/peter-duinker.html" target="_blank">https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/sres/faculty-staff/our-faculty/peter-duinker.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>President, Sylveritas Ltd.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email: <a href="mailto:pnduinker@gmail.com" target="_blank">pnduinker@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Phone: 902-229-5141</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>To learn about street trees in Halifax: <a href="https://www.halifaxtreeproject.com/street-tree-blog" target="_blank">https://www.halifaxtreeproject.com/street-tree-blog</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>