Available Workshops
1. Working Effectively with Aboriginal Peoples™ During Consultation
2. Providing Feedback Effectively - new workshop
3. The Art of Questioning - new workshop
4. Dealing with the Difficult Co-worker/Client Webinar
5. Assertive Expression: Saying What Needs to be Said Webinar
6. Negotiation Skills Webinar
7. Working Effectively with Aboriginal Peoples™ Book, Online and In-person Workshops
8. Online Professional Reliance Workshop
9. Online Professional Ethics and Obligations Workshop
10. Writing the Best Exam Possible

Working Effectively with Aboriginal Peoples™ During Consultation
DURING CONSULTATION training gets beyond Aboriginal awareness to practical skills and tools that can be applied during engagement and consultation efforts. Through interactive exercise learning individuals and organizations can position themselves to lead consultation efforts. It is highly recommended that participants take the introductory session, Working Effectively with Aboriginal Peoples™, or another extensive Aboriginal awareness session prior to taking this training as this During Consultation training builds on that knowledge base.

Goals of the Workshop

• Provide information to help participants with their engagement and consultation efforts,
• Support appropriate cross cultural communications,
• Learn to apply the RESPECT model learning,
• Practice conducting Risk Assessment using the Risk Assessment tool,
• Share experiences and learn from others, and
• Raise awareness of best practice for strengthening relationships during the consultation process.

Agenda

Morning Registration, Introductions, & Objectives Key Information Review Consultation vs. Engagement What is the intent of consultation? What constitutes accommodation? Accommodation scenario Ways we can strengthen our consultation Risk, Consultation and Accommodation Risk assessment exercise

Afternoon Lunch - on your own Questions they will ask and responses Western Science vs. Traditional Environmental Knowledge Community Profiles Please Pass the Problems Protocol and Practice (case study) Evaluations

Where and When
This workshop will be held in Kamloops from 8:30 am to 4 pm on March 7, 2012. Location details will be confirmed with registration confirmation.

Fee & Registration
Fee: $400 + HST
Visit Indigenous Corporate Training Inc website to register.

Questions
For questions regarding this workshop, please contact Brian Robinson, RPF, ( or 604.639.9187) or Indigenous Corporate Training (1.888.986.4055 or  info@ictinc.ca).

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Providing Feedback Effectively - new workshop
This course is ideal for supervisors, managers and anyone who is in need of the skills associated with providing feedback. This webinar addresses the challenges of providing feedback, common errors and the strategies and skills to deliver clear, objective feedback.

This webinar is provided to the ABCFP by West Coast Mediation.

Length
This is a one module course held on February 24, 2012.

Fee & Registration
Fee: $90 + HST
Visit West Coast Mediation's website to register.

Questions
For questions regarding this workshop, please contact Brian Robinson, RPF, at or 604.639.9187.

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The Art of Questioning - new workshop
Questioning is one of the most basic communication skills and is either underutilized or misused. This webinar will raise your level of consciousness related to questioning and how to effectively draw out the other's information for understanding.   

This webinar is provided to the ABCFP by West Coast Mediation.

Length
This is a one module course held on March 22, 2012.

Fee & Registration
Fee: $90 + HST
Visit West Coast Mediation's website to register.

Questions
For questions regarding this workshop, please contact Brian Robinson, RPF, at or 604.639.9187.

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Dealing with the Difficult Co-worker/Client Webinar
This webinar is designed to assist individuals who are faced with addressing difficult behaviours and for those who are seeking new skills and strategies in working with difficult behaviours. Difficult behaviour takes many forms and our ability in being effective with these behaviours needs to be both respectful of self and the other. Doing so sets the stage for respectful conversations and allows the parties to move forward.

This webinar is provided to the ABCFP by West Coast Mediation.

Length
This is a two module course:
First module: January 30, 2012
Second module: February 6, 2012

Fee & Registration
Fee: $175 + HST
Visit West Coast Mediation's website to register.

Questions
For questions regarding this workshop, please contact Brian Robinson, RPF, at or 604.639.9187.

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Assertiveness: Respectful Messages Webinar
This webinar will provide the learner with the skills and mindfulness to say what needs to be said in a respectful manner. Learners will receive insights into their personal challenges with being assertive, as well as what shifts are required for personal effectiveness. In conflict situations the skill of assertion will prevent you from overreacting or selling yourself short.

This webinar is provided to the ABCFP by West Coast Mediation.

Length
This is a two module course:
First module: February 2, 2012
Second module: February 9, 2012

Professional Development
This workshop is worth 15 continuing education hours towards your Voluntary Certificate of Professional Development.

Fee & Registration
Fee: $175 + HST
Visit West Coast Mediation's website to register.

Questions
For questions regarding this workshop, please contact Brian Robinson, RPF, at or 604.639.9187.

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Negotiation Skills Webinar
This webinar is built on a foundation of an interest-based approach to negotiation. The focus is a collaborative process resulting in satisfactory outcomes for both parties. Learners will move through a five-phase model for structure and be provided with concrete communication skills to support their Negotiation skill development.

This webinar is provided to the ABCFP by West Coast Mediation.

Length
This is a four module course:
First module: March 5, 2012
Second module: March 12, 2012
Third module: March 19, 2012
Fourth module: March 26, 2012

Fee & Registration
Fee: $325 + HST
Visit West Coast Mediation's website to register.

Questions
For questions regarding this workshop, please contact Brian Robinson, RPF, at or 604.639.9187.

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Working Effectively with Aboriginal Peoples™
With the growing importance of Aboriginal issues in the province, the association recognizes that forest professionals must be effective in working with Aboriginal peoples. The ABCFP will soon require that members can prove their competency for working with Aboriginal peoples if their jobs entail it. In order to help members become competent in this important area, the ABCFP partnered with Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. to bring you this available in a book, online or in person formats.

This classic Aboriginal cross cultural awareness training program has been field tested with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples and is designed to help people work effectively with Aboriginal peoples by getting beyond Aboriginal awareness to practical skills and tools that can be applied everywhere.

Who Should Attend?
All professionals working with Aboriginal Peoples including members of ABCFP, DEGIFS, BCIA, CAB and APBBC.

Professional Development
This workshop is worth 15 continuing education hours towards your Voluntary Certificate of Professional Development.

Fees & Registration
Click the links below for fees and to register.

Working Effectively with Aboriginal Peoples™ Book
Working Effectively with Aboriginal Peoples™ Online Workshop
The Working Effectively with Aboriginal Peoples™ Public In Person Sessions

Questions
For questions regarding this workshop, please contact Brian Robinson, RPF, at or 604.639.9187.

For more information on Indigenous Corporate Training Inc, visit their website: www.ictinc.ca.

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Online Professional Reliance Workshop
Professional Reliance: Is It Working? How It Should Work?
The Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) outlines end results for forest practices but relies on the professional judgment of resource professionals to practice due diligence and good stewardship of forest land. Forest land stewardship rests on sound ecological principles that are necessary to sustain the forest's ability to provide the values that have been assigned by society. Is professional reliance working so the provincial government has confidence in maintaining results-based forest practices legislation instead of going back to procedures-based legislation? There are good examples of professional reliance working but our members still have questions about how the practice of professional reliance can be improved.

About this Workshop
This workshop explores what professional reliance means to participants, its legal foundation and its definition, how it compares to professional deference and how it is related to professional accountability. Various professional reliance scenarios will be presented for participants to work through by choosing different decisions based on the information they are given.

Participants will have a chance to discuss local professional reliance issues and engage in dialogue about how professional reliance should work on our online discussion forum after they have completed the workshop. This discussion will be facilitated by Brian Robinson, RPF, director, professional development and member relations at the ABCFP.

Who Should Take This Workshop?
All professionals working with forest resources including members of ABCFP, DEGIRS, BCIA, CAB and APBBC.

Professional Development
This workshop is worth six continuing education hours towards your Voluntary Certificate of Professional Development.

Length
This course takes approximately four hours to complete and is done completely online.

Professional Development Discount
If you received an ABCFP voluntary certificate of professional development in the previous 12 months, you are eligible for a 25% discount on the professional reliance workshop. Please register by mail or fax to receive your discount.

Fees
Registration Fee
$50.00 + $6.00 HST (if applicable) = $56.00

Pro-D Discount Fee: $37.50 + $4.50 GST (if applicable) =$42.00

START Student Rate
$25.00 + $3.00 HST (if applicable) = $28.00*
*Must be enrolled in the START program to qualify.

Registration
Register Online
Register by fax or mail: Professional Reliance Online Workshop Registration Form

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Online Professional Ethics and Obligations Workshop
This online workshop will address participants' professional obligations for a variety of situations through interactive content using realistic scenarios and is applicable to both technologists and foresters.

Topics to be discussed:

• Determining good stewardship
• Advocacy
• Professional independence
• Professional integrity
• Maintaining competence
• Signing and sealing
• Due diligence and documentation
• How to determine public interest and public expectations
• Management prerogative
• Enforcement of the Foresters Act and Bylaws

Who Should Take This Workshop?
Members preparing for the registration exam as well as all forest professionals interested in listening and contributing to discussions about applying professional ethics to their day-to-day practice and obligations.

Professional Development
This workshop is worth 12 continuing education hours towards your Voluntary Certificate of Professional Development.

Length
This course takes approximately 18 hours to complete and is done completely online.

Professional Development Discount
If you received an ABCFP voluntary certificate of professional development in the previous 12 months, you are eligible for a 25% discount on the cost of this workshop. Please register by mail or fax to receive your discount.

Fees
Registration Fee: $110.00 + $13.20 HST (if applicable) = $123.20

Pro-D Discount Fee: $82.50 + $9.90 HST (if applicable) =$92.40

START Student Rate: $55.00 + $6.60 HST (if applicable) = $61.60*
*Must be enrolled in the START program to qualify.

Registration
Register Online
Register by fax or mail: Ethics and Obligations Online Workshop Registration Form

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Online Professional Reliance Workshop
Professional Reliance: Is It Working? How It Should Work?
The Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) outlines end results for forest practices but relies on the professional judgment of resource professionals to practice due diligence and good stewardship of forest land. Forest land stewardship rests on sound ecological principles that are necessary to sustain the forest's ability to provide the values that have been assigned by society. Is professional reliance working so the provincial government has confidence in maintaining results-based forest practices legislation instead of going back to procedures-based legislation? There are good examples of professional reliance working but our members still have questions about how the practice of professional reliance can be improved.

About this Workshop
This workshop explores what professional reliance means to participants, its legal foundation and its definition, how it compares to professional deference and how it is related to professional accountability. Various professional reliance scenarios will be presented for participants to work through by choosing different decisions based on the information they are given.

Participants will have a chance to discuss local professional reliance issues and engage in dialogue about how professional reliance should work on our online discussion forum after they have completed the workshop. This discussion will be facilitated by Brian Robinson, RPF, director, professional development and member relations, ABCFP.

Who Should Take This Workshop?
All professionals working with forest resources including members of ABCFP, DEGIRS, BCIA, CAB and APBBC.

Professional Development
This workshop is worth six continuing education hours towards your Voluntary Certificate of Professional Development.

Length
This course takes approximately four hours to complete and is done completely online.

Professional Development Discount
If you received an ABCFP voluntary certificate of professional development in the previous 12 months, you are eligible for a 25% discount on the professional reliance workshop. Please register by mail or fax to receive your discount.

Fees
Registration Fee
$50.00 + $6.00 HST (if applicable) = $56.00

Pro-D Discount Fee: $37.50 + $4.50 GST (if applicable) =$42.00

START Student Rate
$25.00 + $3.00 HST (if applicable) = $28.00*
*Must be enrolled in the START program to qualify.

Registration
Register Online
Register by fax or mail: Professional Reliance Online Workshop Registration Form

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Writing the Best Exam Possible
Whether it has been six months or 20 years since you wrote your last exam, the stress of writing the RPF/RFT registration exam is very real. In this ABCFP-hosted workshop, you will learn practical tips for not only surviving but passing the exam with the highest score possible.

Topics covered in this online workshop include: what to expect; mental and physical prep; what the association expects from a good answer; take-home exam strategies and exam tactics.

Who Should Take This Workshop?
This workshop is aimed at both potential RPFs and RFTs. You will learn techniques for writing the exam but it is assumed that you have a solid understanding of the subject matter being tested.

Professional Development Program
This workshop is worth one continuing education contact hour per hour spent doing course work. Visit the Professional Development Program page for more information.

Length
This course takes approximately four hours to complete and is done completely online.

Professional Development Discount
If you received an ABCFP voluntary certificate of professional development in the previous 12 months, you are eligible for a 25% discount on the professional reliance workshop. Please register by mail or fax to receive your discount.

Fees
Registration Fee
$50.00 + $6.00 HST (if applicable) = $56.00

Pro-D Discount Fee: $37.50 + $4.50 GST (if applicable) =$42.00

START Student Rate
$25.00 + $3.00 HST (if applicable) = $28.00*
*Must be enrolled in the START program to qualify.

Registration
Register Online
Register by fax or mail: Writing the Best Exam Possible Workshop Registration Form

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Professional Development Program
All workshops featured on this page are worth one contact hour towards an ABCFP Certificate of Professional Development for each hour spent doing the course work. Visit the Professional Development Program page of the website to learn more.

Additional Resources
Policy Seminars
Professional Development Program

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