Katherine Ho (Forest Sciences)

February 26, 2025 | Author: emilyjun

Laboratory Assistant (LA2) Inorganics – ALS Canada Ltd.

I have been completing this work term as a laboratory assistant with ALS Canada Limited. ALS provides laboratory testing, inspection, certification and verification of various samples. So far during my work term I have been learning about the various testing that the lab.

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Callum McCarthy (Natural Resources Conservation)

January 14, 2025 | Author: emilyjun

Environment and Carbon Management Co-op Student – FortisBC

This summer I have been working on FortisBC’s carbon management and environment team. My main responsibility has been researching how they could use nature-based carbon offsets to reduce their overall emissions, but I also assist in writing grant applications to the BC government.

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Emily Cheung (Natural Resources Conservation)

January 3, 2025 | Author: emilyjun

Summer Camps Athletics and Recreation Programmer – Simon Fraser University

I have been working with SFU Camps this summer and it was truly fantastic. Throughout the summer I got to work on the unceded Traditional Coast Salish Lands including the Squamish (S?wx?wú7mesh Úxwumixw), Tsleil-Waututh (s?l?ilw??ta??) and Musqueam (x?m?θk??y??m) Nations as a recreation camp attendant.

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Johanne Grelet (Bioeconomy Sciences & Technology)

November 14, 2024 | Author: emilyjun

Sustainability Procurement Analyst – Solvay

I am working in a chemical company in Belgium called Solvay as a Sustainability Procurement Analyst. I have been working on several projects including the “One Project One Buyer” initiative. This project aims to reduce the CO2 emissions of our company by fostering sustainable practices across the supply chain.

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Yuma Hashimoto (Bioeconomy Sciences & Technology)

October 16, 2024 | Author: emilyjun

Undergraduate Researcher – UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering

As an undergraduate researcher at Dr. Rojas’s lab in Bioproducts Institute, I have been working on the project that aims to turn wheat residues into textile fibers.

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Isabella Galat (Bioeconomy Sciences & Technology)

October 2, 2024 | Author: emilyjun

Summer Student Resource Assistant – BC Timber Sales

This summer I’ve had the pleasure of working as a Resource Assistant with BC Timber Sales based in Smithers. My role has exposed me to a breadth of studies and field work such as block layouts, silviculture planting and harvesting, riparian assessments, road assessments, and the economic valuation of wood harvests.

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Ivan Chan (Forest Sciences)

September 13, 2024 | Author: emilyjun

Forest Technician Northern Interior Forest Operations – Forsite

I have been working on doing Individual Tree Inventory (ITI) most of the time during my work term. In this job, I have to measure every tree’s DBH, height, age and record any defects on the tree. I have learned a lot during my time there, including defining defects on trees and using vertex to measure tree height as referenced in the photo.

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Madeline Brinkmann (Bioeconomy Sciences & Technology)

September 12, 2024 | Author: emilyjun

Operations Assistant – Olympic Industries ULC

I have been working as an Operations Assistant at a commodities lumber trading company called Olympic Industries. I primarily oversaw all incoming payments to the company, matched them up to invoices and tracked when payments were due.

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