Vancouver, B.C. – The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) is pleased to announce the recipients of COFI’s 2021 Forestry Scholarships.   COFI established its forestry scholarship in 2007 with the goal of encouraging young people to choose professional, technical, or...

Vancouver, BC – The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) and partner Canadian Forest Industries (CFI) Magazine, are pleased to announce the sixth annual forestry photo contest is now open for submissions. This year’s photo contest calls for submissions that...

Vancouver, B.C. – Susan Yurkovich, President and CEO of the BC Council of Forest Industries, made the following statement with respect to today’s announcement by the BC Government detailing its intention to defer 2.6 million hectares of old growth across British...

Vancouver, B.C. – Today, over 275 leaders from forestry and labour organizations and companies issued an open letter to British Columbians calling for a positive path forward as important conversations about old growth continue to take place across the province. The...

Vancouver, B.C. – Susan Yurkovich, President and CEO of the BC Council of Forest Industries, made the following statement with respect to today’s release of the Government of B.C.’s Paper on “Modernizing Forest Policy in British Columbia”: The forest industry has been...

Vancouver, B.C. – A new economic study released today by the BC Council of Forest industries (COFI) shows that B.C.’s forest industry continues to generate significant economic activity in every region of the province.  “This study demonstrates again that B.C.’s...