GREEN JOBS

SFI believes that our shared future will rely on leaders with a commitment to sustainability and a passion for the outdoors. Project Learning Tree Canada (PLT Canada), an initiative of SFI, has a Green Jobs program that promotes careers in the forest, conservation, and parks sectors.

PLT Canada supports the next generation of forest and conservation leaders. Project Learning Tree Canada believes in a society that values and benefits from sustainably managed forests and the great outdoors. PLT Canada is committed to advancing environmental education, forest literacy, and career pathways, using trees and forests as windows on the world.

Green jobs help instill a passion for the outdoors. PLT Canada’s Green Jobs program helps place young adults in a variety of careers that exist in the forest, conservation, and parks sectors. These include jobs in ecosystem and wildlife management, forest management, Indigenous forest-based programs, recreation and interpretation, education, conservation and research, as well as in provincial and territorial parks. Working with SFI and Canadian Parks Council networks, PLT Canada has placed youth in over 8,100 green jobs across Canada since 2018. And in the US, PLT provides teachers and other educators with tools, training, and resources like hands-on activities for youth, to help young adults research different forest sector careers and learn what it takes to perform these jobs.

PLT Canada has achieved gender balance across job placements. We have also prioritized Indigenous youth placements and built relationships with Indigenous youth development organizations in the forest sector to provide opportunities and career support.