A report by three unions (Unifor, United Steelworkers, Public and Private Workers of Canada) on the troubled BC forest industry as of March 2024.
Authors included Ken Delaney from the Canadian Skills Training and Employment Coalition and Jim Stanford from the Centre for Future Work.
(2024) A better future for BC forestry.pdf
By the Science Advisory Alliance for Forestry Transformation
Abstract: A brief analysis of the likely causes of loss of forestry jobs in BC over the last 3 decades.
Job Change in the Forest Sector October 1 2021.pdf
By R. Schwindt with the assistance of Adrienne Wanstall
Abstract: A critical analysis of the Pearse Commission's report
The Pearse Commission and the Industrial Organization of the British Columbia Forest Industry (1979).pdf
Abstract: This report contains the findings and recommendations of the Royal Commission on Forest Resources appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council of the Province of BC on June 12, 1975.
Timber Rights and Forest Policy in British Columbia (The Pearse Report, 1976).pdf
This is the 34-page "Introduction" to the report from the second royal commission examining BC's forest resources. Gordon Sloan was the Chief Justice of BC. Relevant to the questions of how to increase forest-related employment, the report provides some data about the number of people employed in each of the tree industry sectors, and the volumes of wood needed to support those jobs.
The Sloan Commission Report (1957).pdf