Kayleah Stapleton (Natural Resources Conservation)

December 11, 2023 | Author: Tripti

NSO Intern Position at British Columbia Conservation Foundation; Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Program. I will be completing my third work term at the Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Program (NSOBP), which is a project under the British Columbia Conservation Foundation. I have begun learning about raptor glove training procedures such as training cues and falconry equipment. The goal is to bring our ambassador owl to outreach events on my own to engage and educate the public about northern spotted owls. This October I was eager to assist with veterinary exams crucial to checking the health of these raptors and I was able […]

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Victor Lum (Forest Sciences)

December 4, 2023 | Author: Tripti

Business Co-op, Conservation & Energy Management Position at FortisBC Energy Inc. I am currently in my fourth co-op work term in the Business Co-op, Conservation & Energy Management position at FortisBC Energy Inc. in Surrey, BC.  Some of my responsibilities include initiating the first steps of processing rebate applications for multiple programs, sorting through mail-in rebate applications, and assisting with various tasks for the Conservation & Energy Management department. I am also taking part in an onboarding experience project where I get to review the current onboarding procedure for new employees and make recommendations to improve the overall onboarding experience for […]

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Jonathan Garsson (Forest Sciences)

December 4, 2023 | Author: Tripti

Jr. Forest Technician Co-op at Fortsite Consultants Ltd. For the past couple of months, I’ve been working at the Fort St. John office of Forsite Consultants Ltd. for my fourth Co-op work term. Forsite Consultants Ltd., or Forsite for short, is a large forestry consulting company that operates within the province of British Columbia and other various provinces around Canada. The Fort St. John branch of Forsite works closely with its partner British Columbia Timber Sales (BCTS) in supplying accurate information about cutblocks and setting it up to be auctioned off. I assist my supervisor and coworkers in day-to-day tasks relating […]

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Ruotong Liu (Wood Products)

December 4, 2023 | Author: Tripti

Production Coordinator Co-op with Builders Door and Window Supply At the start of my co-op term at Builders Door & Window, I was very lucky to work on a process improvement project that significantly impacted the company’s operations. In this project, I conducted time studies and wrote a process flowchart to analyze the whole manufacturing process. From this project, I found that the former labour time sheet which is used to quantify the total labour costs has a variance from reality. The management valued this result and responded to it with agility, adjusting the system and communicating the change to the […]

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Katia Leo (Forest Sciences)

October 10, 2023 | Author: Tripti

Field Team Member Co-op with Surrey’s Natural Areas Partnership Program This summer I’ve been working as a Field Team Member with a program called SNAP: Surrey’s Natural Areas Partnership. It’s a partnership between three non-profits and the City of Surrey designed to give post-secondary students from the ages of 18-30 valuable field experience through various ecological restoration projects throughout the city. While most of our job consists of removing invasive species like Himalayan blackberry and white sweet clover, we get many opportunities to help out with a variety of other projects needed around Surrey’s parks. We help monitor purple martin nest […]

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Jennie Jiang (Forest Management)

September 28, 2023 | Author: Tripti

Community Forestry Summer Student at Sunshine Coast Community Forest During my co-op work term at Sunshine Coast Community Forest the situated in Sechelt BC, I have had the privilege of assisting the directors with various tasks and intricate projects within the Community Forest including forestry layout plan, timber crusing, traffic control, trail assessment project, culvert checking road project, wetland restoration, amphibian survey, salmon release festival education and so on. The most rewarding thing for me is that I have learned and witnessed the bonds that local people have with their community forests. The residents of the community are closely related to […]

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Zewen Liu (Urban Forestry)

September 20, 2023 | Author: Tripti

Intern – Fiddlehead Nursery

I am working in Kimberley, Ontario for my first co-op term. I am working on a farm called Fiddlehead Nursery. In the nursery we sell a wide range of edible perennial plants. I have been doing plant maintenance, gardening, and other tasks like the construction of the chicken coop. I would sometimes do sales job by helping out the customers and answering the questions.

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Aidan Chan (Natural Resources Conservation)

September 19, 2023 | Author: Tripti

GIS Business Analyst Co-op at Korotu Technology Inc. I have been working as a GIS Business Analyst to help shape forest management recommendations for landowners, organizations and the government. This includes estimating biomass information on > 900 forest hectares (equivalent to ~ 1200 football fields) and importing data from multiple spatially aware remote sensing data sources (satellites, drones, camera traps) in GIS!  I feel particularly satisfied after completing each project knowing how much I have contributed to increase forest protection areas in Canada. I am happy that co-op has provided me the opportunity to help protect and grow nature-based solutions!

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