Forest Sciences

Wetland Naturalist at Kootenay Columbia Discovery Centre Society in Creston, BC For the past couple months I’ve been working at the Kootenay-Columbia Discovery Centre Society (KCDCS) for my third Co-op work term. The Kootenay-Columbia Discovery Centre is part of the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area (CVWMA), which is one of the largest wetlands ecosystems in the province at 7,000 hectares. The Discovery Centre works alongside both the community and public to provide educational programs to both children and adults throughout the summer and fall. I assist a lot of day-to-day tasks with my coworkers, from performing school and summer programs, trail […]

Forest Pathology Research Assistant at UBC Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship in Vancouver, BC This summer I have been working in the Forest Pathology Lab at UBC. In this role, my main responsibility is to help a master’s student collect data for his thesis on Hemlock Dwarf Mistletoe where he is measuring the spread of this parasitic plant from mature forests into regenerating cutblocks. At the beginning of the summer, I used GIS to help identify potential study sites. And, when I had a bit of extra time, helped out with the lab’s annual Swiss Needle Cast counts. Currently, I […]

Laboratory Research Assistant at Canfor in Burnaby, BC I am continuing my work term as a Laboratory Research Assistant at Canfor Pulp Innovation for my third co-op work term. This May, I got the opportunity to go to the Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George with several other staff members to conduct a fibreline audit. During this audit, we followed certain sets of chip samples, tracked when they would reach certain digesters and machines, and collected pulp samples at calculated times based on the operating speed of the machines. We brought those collected pulp samples to the pulp mill’s laboratory and […]