Fleming College

City of Kawartha Lakes ON – (January 13, 2017) – Alumni of Fleming College’s Forestry program are invited to commemorate a major milestone in partnership with Forests Ontario.

In 2017, Fleming’s Forestry program will celebrate its 50^th anniversary. Forests Ontario is helping mark the occasion by hosting a Fleming alumni reunion in conjunction with its annual conference.

“On the occasion of the program’s 50th anniversary, we look forward to bringing together generations of graduates to celebrate Fleming’s continued contributions to forestry in Ontario and beyond,” said Rob Keen, RFP, Forests Ontario CEO. “Ontario’s forestry sector includes 180,000 professionals whose work supports innumerable social, economic, and environmental benefits throughout our communities. For decades, Fleming’s forestry programs have been responsible for the training of so many of those who have made our province a globally recognized leader in the sustainable management of forest resources.”

Every year, Forests Ontario Annual Conference brings together more than 300 landowners, forestry professionals, students, educator and those passionate about our forests to explore key issues. Sessions at the 2017 conference will discuss how it takes a forest to build healthy communities and a robust and prosperous society. It takes a forest to keep us healthy, support wildlife, build our communities and fight climate change. As society makes critical decisions regarding our forests, it is now more important than ever that we all understand the importance of this great resource in a changing world. The forests of Ontario have a great story to tell.

Fleming Forestry graduates from all years are invited to attend the reunion and networking event taking place at the Nottawasaga Inn in Alliston, Ont. from 7-9 p.m. on Feb. 9, 2017.

Alumni are encouraged to attend the reunion and then join Forests Ontario for the 2017 annual conference the following day.

Forestry, now a two-year diploma program with an optional co-op, was the first program offered within Fleming’s School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences and is today the largest in Canada.

Alumni can register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fleming-college-forestry-program-50th-anniversary-tickets-29996667841. For more information about the event, contact: info@forestsontario.ca.

Ontario’s 24 colleges, including Fleming, will celebrate their 50^th anniversary in 2017. Over the past five decades, more than two million people have graduated from Ontario colleges. Today, the college system offers 900 programs (diplomas, degrees and post-graduate certificates) that provide students with the professional and technical skills to pursue careers in every sector of the economy. For more information, visit: http://amazing50.ca/.

About Fleming College
Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and Heritage, Business, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, General Arts and Sciences, Health and Wellness, Justice and Community Development, Skilled Trades and Technology, and Continuing Education. Fleming College has more than 5,800 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and 71,000 alumni.

About Forests Ontario
Forests Ontario is the voice for our forests. Working to promote a future of healthy forest sustaining healthy people, Forests Ontario is committed to the re-greening of Ontario through tree planting efforts on rural lands and in urban areas, as well as the renewal and stewardship of Ontario’s forests through restoration, education and awareness. Visit www.forestsontario.ca or follow us @Forests_Ontario.

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Media, for more information please contact:
Laura Copeland
Communications Officer
laura.copeland@flemingcollege.ca
705.749.5530 x 1370

Jeanette Holder
Communications Manager
jholder@forestsontario.ca
416-646-1193 ext. 257