Co-op
Giulia Maria Marchetti (Natural Resources Conservation)
August 28, 2025 | Author: Carolyn Wijaya
Urban Forestry Co-op – Seattle Department of Transportation
As an Urban Forestry Co-op student, I have been updating and analyzing the Seattle Department of Transportation’s inventory of trees in the public right-of-way. I have been using the Urban Forestry Division’s ArcGIS tree collection maps to determine which city units require inventorying.
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Zoe Voinot (Forest Sciences)
August 21, 2025 | Author: Carolyn Wijaya
Invasive Species Program Coordinator – The Invasive Species Council of BC
As an Invasive Species Program Coordinator at ISCBC, I have been focused on monitoring Japanese Beetle traps in the lower mainland weekly as part of a bigger survey led by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, using GIS softwares.
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Sam Tiggelaar (Wood Products Processing)
August 19, 2025 | Author: Carolyn Wijaya
Junior Modelling and Drafting Technician – StructureCraft
While working for Structure Craft in the drawing office, I have had the pleasure of working on several different projects. Structure Craft is primarily an engineering firm that also works with consultation and supply and install for the mass timber products.
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Simon Mikulash (Natural Resources Conservation)
August 19, 2025 | Author: Carolyn Wijaya
Forestry Technician – Coastal Natural Resource Management Ltd.
During my first term as a UBC Co-op student, I have been working as a Forestry Technician for Coastal Natural Resource Management Ltd. I have had the pleasure of working all over Northern BC. I have undertaken a wide variety of roles, such as conducting silviculture regen surveys, boundary and road layout, as well as riparian assessment.
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Anthony Leong (Forest Resources Management)
August 19, 2025 | Author: Carolyn Wijaya
Co-op Student – Bureau Veritas
I have been working as part of a soil processing department at Bureau Veritas in British Columbia. My role involves processing samples provided by clients, weighing them to one gram, and then diluting the samples with chemicals like nitric and hydrochloric acid.
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Nick Collier (Wood Products Processing)
August 19, 2025 | Author: Carolyn Wijaya
Wood Science Intern – Structure Monitoring Technology Research
I have been working at SMT Research, where I’ve contributed to a range of projects focused on monitoring systems for mass timber and building envelope performance.
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Ivan Chan (Forest Sciences)
August 19, 2025 | Author: Carolyn Wijaya
Junior Forest Technician – Forsite
I have been working on layout during my co-op work term, which involves establishing boundaries and road locations within a block for future logging development.
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Paige Smith (Forest Resources Management)
August 19, 2025 | Author: Carolyn Wijaya
Junior Forest Ranger Sub Leader – Government of Alberta
I am currently working for Alberta Wildfire as a Junior Forest Ranger leader in High Level Alberta. For the month of June, my co-leader and I have been busy planning the summer for our incoming crew.
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Taya Baerg (Natural Resources Conservation)
August 12, 2025 | Author: Carolyn Wijaya
Wildlife Ecology Research Assistant – UBC Department of Zoology
I have been working with UBC’s Gaynor Lab as a Himalayan Carnivore Research Assistant this summer. My role primarily involves sorting through thousands of camera trap images from Nepal and organizing them according to project relevancy.
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Yixiao Huang (Forest Resources Management)
August 12, 2025 | Author: Carolyn Wijaya
Co-op Student – City of Campbell River
During my first co-op term this summer, I joined the Liquid Waste Services Department at the City of Campbell River on Vancouver Island, where I observed and learned about the department’s equipment, technologies and relevant regulations and policies governing wastewater management.
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