{"id":19035,"date":"2013-06-26T22:19:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T22:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.217.168.59\/?p=19035"},"modified":"2023-03-22T14:25:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:25:40","slug":"first-ever-women-in-wood-build-day-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forests.org\/fr\/first-ever-women-in-wood-build-day-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"First Ever \u201cWomen in Wood\u201d Build Day a Success; Benefits Ottawa First Nations Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ottawa, ON<\/strong> \u2013 The Sustainable Forestry Initiative\u00ae and Habitat for Humanity National Capital Region have joined forces for the first-\u00adof-\u00adits-\u00adkind \u201cWomen in Wood\u201d Build Day, helping to change the lives of an Ottawa-\u00adarea family. The special day, involving 20 volunteers, included a \u201cWall Raising\u201d and building the framework of a brand-\u00adnew home.<\/p>\n

The \u201cWomen in Wood\u201d team, led by SFI President and CEO Kathy Abusow, included a diverse team of volunteers \u2013 Ottawa women and SFI volunteers who work not only in the forest industry but in various government, business, environmental and social sectors, including: Donna Hicks, CEO, Habitat for Humanity National Capital Region (NCR); Joanne Laskoski, Editor-\u00ad\u2010in-\u00ad\u2010Chief, Capital Woman magazine; Kirsten Vice, Vice President, Canadian Operations, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement; and Pamela Miles, Director at CUSO International.<\/p>\n

Despite being from different fields, all of these women share the common passion of making a difference in their communities and in the work force. \u201cThere are all sorts of amazing jobs in the natural resource, conservation, and forest products supply chain and it just makes me happy to have so many women in leadership positions joining in this cause,\u201d said SFI President & CEO Kathy Abusow. She went on to express how important it is for SFI to be involved in projects like this. \u201cAs an organization, SFI takes great pride in seeing wood certified to the SFI standard being used in today\u2019s homes. But beyond our dedication to promoting responsible forestry it\u2019s incredibly important for us to be involved in community building, Aboriginal engagement and on-\u00ad\u2010the-\u00ad\u2010ground collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn a national level, Habitat for Humanity has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Assembly of First Nations,\u201d says Donna Hicks, CEO, Habitat NCR. \u201cPart of our mandate is to help urban Aboriginal families purchase their homes with an interest-\u00ad\u2010free, long-\u00ad\u2010term mortgage through our Homeownership Program.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project will have a transformational effect in the lives of Ida Kakekagumick and her three grandchildren. As members of the Ojibwa-\u00ad\u2010Cree First Nation, they are one of the first Ontario Aboriginal families to be helped through a Habitat for Humanity project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wish the Kakekagumick family all the best in their new home,\u201d said Abusow during the presentation of an Irving Tissue gift basket. The company has generously donated a six-\u00ad\u2010month supply of tissue and bathroom products certified to the SFI standard to the family. Much of the wood used for this Build Day is certified to the SFI Standard, including a significant donation of oriented strand board (OSB) from LP Building Products. The home will also be the first in the Ottawa area to be certified as a Built Green Canada home.<\/p>\n

Since 2008, SFI has partnered with more than a dozen various Habitat for Humanity builds across Canada and the U.S. Through these partnerships, more than 4,000 volunteer hours and significant supplies of certified building materials (panel products, lumber, and engineered wood products) have been donated. Currently there are more than five million acres of forest lands managed by or for First Nations communities that are certified to the SFI forest management Standard.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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