The timber auction system currently used in the province of Québec, Canada, is a single unit auction, in which timber users bid on the entire forest stands located within a specific area. In this procurement system, timber users (i.e., winners) are responsible for harvesting the entire stands...

This paper presents a multiple-round timber auction simulation, developed in order to study various configurations of auction design. In this study, simultaneous sequential timber auctions are modelled and analysed using agent-based simulation technology. As there are many individual items in...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to better understand the factors influencing the attraction of Indigenous workers to the Quebec forestry sector. Design/methodology/approach: Using a collaborative approach, 64 semi-structured interviews were conducted between 2016 and 2018 with workers and...