Gfc policy manual

The GFC is responsible for advising the subject Minister on issues relating to forest policy, forestry laws and regulations. The Commission is also responsible for the administration and management of all State Forest land. The work of the Commission is guided by a National Forest Plan that has been developed to address the forest policy. The Commission develops and monitors standards for forest sector operations, develops and implements forest protection and conservation strategies, oversees forest research and provides support and guidance to forest education and training.

See departments for a list of departments in the GFC. The GFC is governed by a board of directors appointed by the President. The board is responsible for the performance of the functions conferred on the Commission by the Act. Continue reading. The call by the Civil Society Group Article 13 for the immediate ban of log exports is emotional and non-fact-based.

New affiliation agreements and major modifications of existing affiliation agreements shall be established by the Board of Governors upon recommendation by General Faculties Council. Requests for new and renewed affiliation agreements shall be initiated by the institution requesting affiliation and shall be made to the University of Alberta's Provost and Vice-President Academic.

Should the Provost and Vice-President Academic decide to proceed with a full review, the following steps shall occur:. On-site visits by the affiliation review team and three to five University of Alberta faculty members who are not members of the affiliation review team. Proposals for modifications of existing affiliation arrangements may also be put forward by ASC as an outgrowth of its monitoring of the implementation of existing affiliation agreements.

Such proposals shall be discussed with college representatives, as in Provisions shall be made for periodic monitoring, and for a thorough assessment from time to time, of the implementation of all affiliation agreements, including those now extant. Such monitoring will be concerned with examination of the several courses, facilities, instructors, procedures, and the like, with the aim of ensuring that standards acceptable to the University are maintained in courses offered for University transfer by the college.

A thorough assessment, as above, shall be undertaken five years after initiation of a new affiliation agreement, and thereafter at ten year intervals, or sooner at the behest of either the College or the University ASC. Any proposals for change growing out of the above monitoring process shall be discussed between appropriate representatives of the College and the University, and resolved by negotiation if possible.

If any substantive differences remain unresolved by negotiation, the party ies requiring resolution shall give notice requesting an Evaluation Committee, constituted and mandated as described in the legal Affiliation Agreement. Prior to the expiration of this agreement [on June 30, ], the two parties should assess whether a further renewal of the agreement is desirable.

BG 27 JUN This online format allows access to the employees of the college and to members of the public who want to know the rules under which the college operates. This Policy Manual is separated into sections as noted by the navigation links on the left of the screen. If a policy has a procedure, it will be listed by the policy. You may view and print policies from this site.