Forestry

 

 

This program will interest you if:

• You have an interest for the natural environment and you'd like to manage, conserve and protect the forest environment professionnaly;

• You enjoy using a compass, GPS and orienteering through the forest;

• You're capable of working alone or in groups;

• You have an analytical mind and initiative, and you wish to develop leadership skills.
  
  

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• The College manages a teaching and research forest with a chalet which can be used as a classroom.  This forest is a natural laboratory where students put into practice the training they received in the program;

 

• The courses offered are directly based on today's job market needs;

 

• There's a transition program for applicants who have a related diploma or certificate;

 

• Forest Management Technology courses can be taken in either English or French throughout the three years of the program;

 

• At the beginning of the fifth semester, there is a short period of on-the-job training;

 

• The Forest Management Technology can be a gateway to university;
  
  

• Our strong points: GIS (Geographical Information Systems), integrated forest management, hands-on laboratories, professional and experienced teaching staff;
  
  

• 3 round-trip tickets and Free housing for the first year of studies.

 

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Colin Steeves, Moncton (New-Brunswick)

The Forest Management Technology Program offered an in depth classroom instruction with an excellent professor to student ratio.

The program had an awesome mix of classroom instructions, field trips, and interaction with various forestry companies. It has allowed me to reach my career goals and those of many others.

B arry Riordon, Bathurst (New-Brunswick)

Here is a photo of me at work, my job description is road maintenance Supervisor, I am in charge of all road maintenance issues. I am currently taking care of four excavators, gravel trucks on various jobs and two graders. We do everything from the grading of roads, yards, ditches to bridge construction and culvert installation and any other issues that may arise. One special project that I worked on this summer was put up a wind monitoring tower to see if the winds in the area are feasible enough for wind mills.

Furthermore, for the program at the Cegep I found it to be a very good program, it taught me the basic skills I needed to begin my career. I also liked the bilingual part of the program as it was when I was there, living in a bilingual province it is a good asset to have. Also, it was a great program for all sorts of activities such as hiking, skiing, ball, etc. There is a great sports complex there, with a very nice pool and exercise room. I found it to have a very good Teacher to Student relationship, if you needed help or assistance it was always there for you. I would recommend this program to anybody who wants to be a forest technologist and work in this industry.



C asey Kennedy, Gaspé (Québec)

I studied forest management technology at the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Iles from 1998 to 2001. It was a wonderful and fulfilling experience. The program had a very well balanced schedule of field and classroom work, with a student to teacher ratio that could not be beat. Upon graduation I attended the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, where in 2005 I graduated with a bachelors degree in forest and environmental management. My three years at the Gaspé CEGEP were a great stepping stone to UNB, and the forest management courses I followed at the CEGEP allowed me to have a year of my degree program to be credited.

Since graduating from UNB, I have been employed at the Entreprises Agricoles et Forestières de la Péninsule in Gaspé, where I assume the role of head forester for the private land management division, have also worked extensively in the wind energy industry and in non timber forest management. I have been a member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs Forestiers du Québec since 2006. I strongly believe that the forestry program of the Gaspé CEGEP has played a very important and key role in starting my career in the field of forest management.

Semester 1 General courses Santé et éducation physiqueIntroduction to College EnglishKnowledgeFrenchSpecific courses Introduction to ForestryOrientation and MappingTrees of Eastern Canada Computers in ForestryTree Mensuration		Semester 2 General courses Activité physiqueWorld ViewsLiterary GenresFrench for TechnolgiesSpecific courses Introduction to silvicultureForest Eco-TourForest Geomatics 1Forest Ecosystems 1Forestry Applied Mathematics
Semester 3 General courses English for TechnologiesSpecific courses Forest EquipmentForest Vegetation IdentificationForest Ecosystems 2Forest InventoriesForest Wildlife 1		Semester 4 General courses Humanities : SciencesLiterary ThemesIntégration de l'activité physique à son mode de vieSpecific courses Elective Course 1Wood Scaling 1Photo-InterpretationForest Geomatics 2Forest Wildlife 2Communication in the Workplace
Semester 5 General courses Specific courses Road ConstructionSustainable Forest ManagementSilvicultureForest OperationsForest Insects and DiseasesSupervision of a Team of Forest Workers		Semester 6 General courses Specific courses Elective Course 2Forest Fire ProtectionForest EnvironmentTree ClassificationSilviculture of Partial CutsWood Scaling 2Forest Geomatics ProjectIn Service Program

Claude Berger, Forest Engineer (1995 to today)

Training : Graduate of Université Laval's Forest Engineering Program, Forest Operations Option, in 1994. He also holds a certified timber scaler's card issued by the ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune.

Field of expertise : Since his arrival at the College, Claude Bergr has taught his classes in both English and French. His areas of teaching expertise essentially include such courses as Forest Operations, Forest Operations - Project, Forest Infrastructure, Timber Scaling, Forst Inventory, Forest Planning and Practical Assignments. As a teacher, Claude Berger has also been involved in adult education, by offering made-to-measure courses in Forest Legislation in Carleton-sur_mer, Timber Scaling in Ste-Anne-des-Monts, and Forst Roads in th Outaouais as well as teaching specialised courses to students enrolled in the Wind Turbine Maintenance Program in Gaspé.

Professional experience : He has been a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs forestiers du Québec since 1994. From 2000 to 2002, he worked for the CRCD Gaspésie-Les Îles, overseeing the forest resource development program and where he was responsible for coordinating the proper advancement of all multiple-resource projects underway on the Gaspé Péninsula. He has also been a part-time forest consultant for a private enterprise since 2003.

Pubilications : He contributed to two research projects on the dynamics of trembling aspen in 2003 and 2004.

Other related activities : He has participated in a variety of student activities including the Jeux forestiers in Québec City, DEMO 1996 in Québec City, a forest inventory with Parks Canada in the Mauricie, an exploratory field trip to New Brunswick and another to the Lower St. Lawrence model forest.

Gilles Fortier, Forest Engineer (1976 to today)

Training:  Bachelor's degree in Forest Engineering, Université Laval, 1976; graduate studies (Master's) in Renewable Resources (UQAC), Certificate in Professional Education (UQAR).

Field of Expertise:  The use of forest geomatics, the study of forest insects, integrated management of the various resources in the forest, the study of trees.

Professional experience:  A teacher at the college for some thirty years, he has also been actively involved with various committees and associations connected to the integrated management of forest resources.  He has also written several articles on the forest and done research work in forest ecology.  For over ten years, he worked to organize exchanges with forestry students from France.

Further Training:  Tree lift and pruning, first aid, using digital maps, forest ecology, forest evaluation, forest inventory, Sugar Bush decline, reforestation, rational pesticide use, forest geomatics, using distance learning technologies, health and safety, etc.

 

Sylvain Fortin, Forest Engineer, M.Sc. and doctoral student in Environmental Science (UQAC), experienced teacher, forester and researcher (1978 to today)

Training: B.Sc.a. Forest Engineering, Université Laval, 1978; Certificate in Education Science, UQAR, 1987; M. Sc. in Renewable Resources, UQAC, 1999; Ph.D. in Environmental Science, underway.

Field of expertise:  Environment (socio-economic issues, sustainable use of resources, integrated management); Forestry (Planning, plans and reports, mapping, silvicultural objectives, integrated management); Research (forest history, forest ecology, auto-ecology of the trembling aspen, white pine, red oak and eastern white cedar, applied silviculture, regeneration mechanisms, regional biodiversity, woodland caribou, etc.).

Professional experience: Forest consultant (1986-1998); Teacher of a variety of courses in the Forest Management Technology Program (1978-….); Research activities (1999-….); General Manager of the Consortium en foresterie Gaspésie / les Îles (2003-2005); Forest sector expert assisting with a review of forestry and wood processing teaching programs in Region IX, Chile (2006-2007); Commissioner with the Commission régionale de gestion des ressources naturelles et du territoire (2007-….)

Publications: He has contributed to over 30 documents associated with research, training or knowledge-sharing activities.

Presentations and conferences: He has participated in conferences and presentations associated with forest research in several areas of Canada, Western United States, Finland, Russia, Chile and Argentina.

Bruce Jones, Forest Engineer (1986 to today)

Training: Bachelor’s degree in Forest and Wildlife Science, University of New Brunswick, 1985.

Field of expertise: He has specialised in courses connected to integrated resource management. How can the forest be used for other purposes than simply the timber it holds? How does wildlife react to human intervention in the forest? Bruce Jones discusses these issues and many others in the Integrated resource management courses he teaches. He also teaches an Introduction to Forest Trades course. “We no longer fell the forest, we manage it,” he says. Finally, his areas of expertise as a teacher also include other subjects like the behaviour of forest fires and suppression methods and forest ecology.

Professional experience: Bruce Jones began teaching in the Forest Management Technology Department at the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles in Gaspé in 1986. He also worked in forest management in the private forest from 1986 to 2005. Because of this, he can transmit to his students the experience and knowledge acquired over these many years. Finally, he owns a forest-related enterprise that produces decorative articles from the forest. Moreover, he sits on the boards of directors of a variety of organisations active in the Gaspé forest environment and economy.

Luc Méthot, Forest Engineer, M.Sc. (1994 to today)

Training: Luc Méthot holds a bachelor’s degree in Forest Engineering, Forest Operations Option(1992) and a master’s degree in Forest Science earned at Université Laval (1994).

Field of expertise: Luc Méthot notably teaches the following courses: Tree Measurement, Timber Scaling, Forest Inventory Techniques, Forest Infrastructure and Applied Software in Forestry.

Professional experience: Luc Méthot has been a forest engineer since 1992. He has also worked as a research assistant for the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) where he first conducted forest research. For over four years, he has been a teacher in the Forest Management Technology Department at the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles, a position he still holds today. From 1998 to 2005, he coordinated the work of the Unité de transfert technologique de la Gaspésie / Îles, an organisation dedicated to the identification of needs in the area of forest research and knowledge transfer. Luc Méthot also coordinated the work of the Comité régional permanent sur la gestion intégrée des ressources naturelles from 2002 to 2005.

Lucie Thibodeau, Forest Engineer, M.Sc. (1995 to today)

Training: Bachelor’s degree in Forest Engineering from Université Laval (1993) and a master’s degree in Forest Science (1995). Recipient of the FCAR Bursary FCAR (Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l’aide à la recherche) and the AFDU-Québec Bursary (Fondation de l’association des femmes diplômées des universités) while at university, she never hesitates to encourage young women to pursue higher education.

Field of expertise: She has taught in the English sector in the Forest Management Technology Department since January 1995. Her specialties include mapping, orientation (GPS and compass) and the use of geographic information systems.

Other related activities: In 2003, she coordinated an innovative project that aimed to encourage women to access jobs traditionally held by men. She has participated in a number of student activities within the department, including organising a student trip to British Columbia, organising the participation and management of a student team working on a Parks Canada inventory project at Grosse Île, and participating in the Jeux forestiers that were part of the Salon forestier in Québec City.

Yvan Gagnon, Forest Engineer, (1991 to today)

Training: Bachelor’s degree in Forest Engineering, Timber Science and Technology Option, from Université Laval in 1989. He completed a teaching certificate and studied in the master’s program in Renewable Resources. He also holds a timber scaler’s card.

Field of expertise: Yvan Gagnon teaches in the French sector in the Forest Management Technology Department. His areas of teaching expertise essentially include such courses as Orientation, Mapping, Timber Scaling, Plant Identification and Forest Ecology. As a teacher, Yvan Gagnon has also been involved in managing the Gaspé Peninsula teaching and research forest.

Professional experience: He has been a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs forestiers du Québec since 1991. From 1989 to 1991, he worked primarily in the area of wood processing; he also works part time as a forest consultant and since 1996, has served an Aboriginal community as a consultant. 

Publications: He has contributed to a few research projects including: trembling aspen girdling on the Gaspé Peninsula (2004-2005), the ecology of the American black ash (2005-2007) and the identification of the Gaspé shrew (2006).

Other related activities: He organised and participated in the Carrefour de la recherche forestière in 2004 and a number of student field trips, including one to Western Canada in March 1994. He also served as an administrator of the Société d'horticulture et d’écologie de Gaspé in 2005.

• Private landowner groups such as the Union of Wood Producers;
• Forest Management Cooperatives and groupements forestiers;
• Government administrations (provincial and municipal) such as Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife;
• Forest protection agencies such as Société de protection contre les feux and Société de protection des forêts contres les insectes et les maladies;
• Research and technology transfer organizations, such as Consortium en foresterie pour la Gaspésie et les Îles;
• Companies specializing in forest geomatics such as Groupe Sygif;
• Consulting services such as Pesca Environnement or Le groupe forestier Intech;
• Teaching institutions
• Companies specializing in the development and exploitation of forest resources such as
  • Le groupe GDS
  • J.D. Irving
  • Tembec
  • Buchanan Forest Products
  • Commonwealth Plywood.

Graduates also have the opportunity to start their own businesses and become self-employed.

 

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When you take part in the Student-for-a-day option, you can experience what a student's life is like at the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles for a whole day. You will have the opportunity to learn more about our staff, the programs we offer and the exceptional quality of the learning experience at our institution. You can enjoy a guided tour, participate in discussions with teachers and other students, and meet with people like guidance counsellors, program coordinators, etc. who can help you make the right choices and complete your studies successfully

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