Welcome to the 2005 Western Canadian Teachers' Tour Homepage
July 6-9 based in Vancouver, British Columbia
Schedule
Lodging and Transportation
Tour participants will be lodged at the
Park Plaza Vancouver Airport Conference Resort.
-Teachers can arrive at the Vancouver, British Columbia Airport
-The Park Plaza Vancouver Airport Conference
Resort (our hotel) has a shuttle service every 30 minutes from the airport
to our hotel in Richmond, BC. The same shuttle service will transport
participants back to the airport following the tour.
-For those flying into Vancouver, BC:
Arrival flights need to be in Vancouver by 3:00pm on Wednesday, July 6th
Return flights should depart no earlier than 12:30pm on Saturday, July 9th
-All Tour participants need to arrive at the hotel no later than 3:30pm on Wednesday to check-in, register with us, and be ready for orientation starting at 4:00pm.
-Throughout
the Tour, bus transportation is provided by Forest Coach Tours
-Please remember that any hotel or transportation expenses incurred
prior to Wednesday or after Saturday afternoon are the responsibility of you and
your sponsor.
Registration and Orientation
Upon arriving to
the Park Plaza Vancouver Airport Conference
Resort on Wednesday, participants can first check-in to
their hotel rooms, and then stop by the conference room on the main level to
receive tour registration packets and to meet the Foundation's
staff.
The Tour officially begins with orientation in the conference room at 4:00pm for all participants. You'll receive an overview of the tour
from the Foundation's Product-Market Development Manager, Morgan
Holen, and get an opportunity to meet hosts and fellow participants.
Following
orientation, Tour participants board the tour bus to travel a short distance to
the University of
British Columbia Forest Sciences Centre for a briefing on Western Canada's
biological/geological/climatic zones, the forest's role in the economy,
sustainable forestry, and wood science. Next, we will cross campus to
visit the Cecil Green Mansion
for a relaxing dinner on the patio overlooking English Bay. Following dinner, participants return to the
hotel to rest up
for the big days ahead!
Saturday Morning Wrap-Up and Evaluations
The
Tour concludes on Saturday, usually around 10am, following a wrap-up
presentation and written and oral evaluations. Within a few weeks, all
Teachers' Tour graduates receive a Certificate of Participation and an
interactive CD scrapbook containing images from their trip, as well as contact
information for everyone they met on Tour, and much, much more. In
addition, Teachers' Tour graduates are eligible to receive continuing education
credits from their school and may apply for one undergraduate or graduate level
credit from the University of Idaho.
Some Resources for Tour Participants
-The Greater Vancouver Visitors and
Convention Bureau
-Bristish Columbia, Ministry of Forests
-University of British Columbia
-Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd.
-US Customs and Border Protection
Pictures from the 2003 Western Canadian Teachers' Tour based in Vancouver, British Columbia
From
top left, clockwise: Tou participants use an increment borer to
determine a tree's age at the UBC School Forest; Tour participants pose for a
group picture on Loon Lake at the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest; Participants
visit the Pelton Nursery; Participants visit a late succession forest on
INTERFOR's Tree Farm License #38; Participants get up and close with machinery
at the Hammond Cedar Mill; Participants visit the UBC Forest Sciences Centre, a
beautiful building with lots of engineered wood products.
Questions?
Call
our office at (503) 579-6762 or send an e-mail to office@forestinfo.org.
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