Working Collectively
Forest Professional Regulators of Canada (FPRC) is the national advisory group for the coordination of forest professional regulatory associations in Canada and aims to work collaboratively on issues pertaining to regulation of the profession in Canada. As well, it serves as an advocate for issues of national importance or consequences. In recent years, FPRC has addressed matters relating to certification standards, accreditation standards, labour mobility, evaluation of foreign-trained applicants and graduates of non-accredited programs, professionalism and various other national issues.

Mandate
The Forest Professional Regulators of Canada (FPRC)/Organismes de réglementation des forestiers professionnels du Canada (ORFPC) is an advisory group composed of representatives of forest professional regulatory organizations across Canada. Its role in the regulation of forest professionals in Canada is to:
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Promote consistency where mutually beneficial between Regulators in each province,
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Coordinate and communicate collectively on issues that affect the regulation of forest professionals,
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Enable the movement of forest professional between jurisdictions through compliance with federal and provincial labour mobility agreements,
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Develop and maintain competency-based academic and work experience certification standards for approval by each Regulator, and
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Define and maintain accreditation standards to assess and accredit as appropriate, Canadian post-secondary forestry programs.
FPRC/ORFPC operates within the regulatory framework of the provincial forestry regulators.
FPRC/ORFPC operates in a policy governance model. The Board, taking direction from the policies and strategic plans for their individual Associations, defines policy regarding the ownership, organizational purpose and staff behaviour, the Board's responsibility, authority, conduct, delegation and monitoring.
Policy and procedures are defined for committees and programs. Staff and committees operationalize policy and the respective chairs report back to the Board on a quarterly basis. The Board, as a single entity, assumes a governance position that is the link between ownership and operations.
Projects
Forest Professional Regulators of Canada (FPRC) is the national advisory group for the coordination of forest professional regulatory associations in Canada and aims to work collaboratively on issues of national importance or consequences. It has overseen discussion on numerous matters of common concerns over its more than three decades of operation and, during the past few years, has undertaken a number of major projects on behalf of its member organizations. Examples include: