I moved to Canada for a job that I ended up hating. I realized I needed a change in my life. I decided to spend a summer planting trees, making between $0.12 and $0.20 per planted tree. While I was ...

Luc Forsyth can’t decide which memories best illustrate the glorious hardship of his six seasons as a tree planter in Canada. Maybe it was his first day, when his crew leader told him to “deal with it ...

“It’s an experience that is hard to put in words.” A photographer reflects on how the excruciating work prepared her for a career covering conflict. Lily Anne Leclipteux planting in Thompson, on ...