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SFI PROMOTES INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, RESPECT AND ENGAGEMENT

Guided by the voices of Indigenous Peoples, the SFI Standard recognizes and respects Indigenous Peoples’ rights and traditional knowledge.

of forestland

MILLION HECTARES

ON OVER

440 INDIGENOUSCOMMUNITIESand their businesses are

certified to the SFI FM Standard

NEARLY

FOREST PARTNERS PROGRAM Provides certification-readiness supports, including guidance and consulting services, gap assessments, and audit readiness training

SMALL-SCALE MODULE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES • Economies of scale for forests under 20,000

hectares• All the rigour of the SFI 2015-2019 Forest

Management Standard

INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR CERTIFICATION SUCCESS

GRANTSSupport collaborative partnerships that involve Indigenous communities, SFI Program Participants and/or non-profit organizations.

$300,000+IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY-LED PROJECTS

DIRECTLY INVESTED

SUPPORTING OVER

$2 MILLIONIN LEVERAGED FUNDING

• Bridging Elders with Youth through Cultural Heritage ResourceAssessments

• Culturally Modified Tree Databases and Management Systems• Post-Harvest Culturally Significant Plant Regeneration• Understanding Indigenous Forest Sector Employment

Opportunities• Sustainable Management of Culturally Important Species for

Traditional Harvesting

PROJECTS HAVE SUPPORTED:

STANDARDS

CONSERVATION

130+ SFI HAS

PROUDLY PARTNERED

WITH AND SUPPORTED

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ACROSS CANADA

INDIGENOUS SFI INVESTS IN

COMMUNITY-LED, FOREST FOCUSED INITIATIVES.

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CCAB’S PROGRESSIVE ABORIGINAL RELATIONS PROGRAM

PROUDLY SUPPORTING THE

COMMUNITYCANADIAN COUNCIL FOR ABORIGINAL BUSINESS (CCAB)

EDUCATION

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

$120,000

• Promotes continuous growthand innovation through:• Leadership Actions• Employment• Business Development• Community Relationships

MILLION$1.5 SINCE 2018

PLT CANADA & SFI NETWORKSHAVE CONTRIBUTED

APPROXIMATELYTO OYEP

OUTLAND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (OYEP)

INVESTED IN FUNDING TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PROJECTS THROUGH HUMANITY CANADA’S INDIGENOUS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP

PROUD NATIONAL PARTNER OF OYEP

JULY 2019 MOU ON INDIGENOUS YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES GROW OYEP’S REACH AND LIFE-CHANGING IMPACTS FOR INDIGENOUS YOUTH

PROUDLY SUPPORT HABITAT GREATER

OTTAWA’S INDIGENOUS YOUTH SKILLS BUILDING

PROGRAMOF SUSTAINABLY SOURCED BUILDING PRODUCTS FROM SFI CERTIFIED COMPANIES ACROSS CANADA

DONATIONS

INDIGENOUS YOUTH300SINCE 2018

PLACED THROUGH GREEN JOBS PROGRAM

INDIGENOUS NATIONS80

FROM OVER

GREEN SKILLS TRAINING FOR INDIGENOUS YOUTH

INDIGENOUS YOUTH THE TRAINING, SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN THE GREEN JOBS SECTOR

PROVIDEFOR COMMUNITIES TO DESIGN THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT BEST MEET THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS

FLEXIBILITY$50,000IN 2020

INVESTING

CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPSFOR YOUTH ATTENDANCE AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE AND EVENTS IN THE FORESTRY, PARKS AND CONSERVATION SECTORSFINANCIAL

SUPPORT COVERS TRAVEL, HOTELS, MEALS AND REGISTRATION 11SINCE 2019

HAVE SUPPORTED

YOUTH FROM INDIGENOUS NATIONS

MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

LAUNCHING #MYGREENMENTOR IN 2020CONNECTING INDIGENOUS YOUTH AND GREEN JOBS PROFESSIONALS

SUPPORT CONTINUED LEARNING AND GROWTH ALONG EACH YOUNG PERSON’S UNIQUE EDUCATION AND CAREER PATHWAY

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