Forest Sciences
Grace Williams (Forest Sciences)
May 18, 2023 | Author: Forestry Co-op
Research Compliance & Occupational Hygiene Assistant at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC This Winter term I’ve had the pleasure to join UBC’s own chemical safety team with the Safety and Risk Services as an research compliance & occupational hygiene assistant. Our team is currently working on a pilot project to increase lab awareness […]
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Aaron Justin Wee (Forest Sciences)
May 18, 2023 | Author: Forestry Co-op
Jr. Resource Technologist at Ministry of Forests in Fort St. John, BC This term, I am continuing my tenure working for the Ministry of Forests. This term, I’ve been doing more fieldwork with the wildlife and water teams. For the wildlife team, I rode a helicopter and surveyed for Caribou. We collected dropping samples and […]
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Hybrid Steel-CLT Composite Connection Design Enhances Capacity and Constructability in Timber Buildings
May 16, 2023 | Author: UBC Forestry
With the rapid growth of the mass timber construction industry, the challenges of making the building process more efficient through constructability, sustainability, and compliance with performance-based design regulations, are as prevalent as ever. A new experimental study conducted at UBC by Samuel Shulman and Cristiano Loss examines the behavior and performance of innovative hybrid shear […]
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Sneha Gupta (Forest Sciences)
May 8, 2023 | Author: Forestry Co-op
Intern at Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, India For my 3rd co-op semester, I worked at the Wildlife Institute of India and developed a project in which my primary focus was around human-wildlife conflicts from a landscape perspective. I had travelled across the country to the state of Tamil Nadu to collect data in the […]
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Shining Chen (Forest Sciences)
March 16, 2023 | Author: Forestry Co-op
Assistant Forest Carbon Policy Analyst at Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy in Vancouver, BC For my summer Co-op term, I continue my time with the Climate Action Secretariat (CAS) at the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. My term centers around the B.C. Forest Carbon Offset Protocol (FCOP). It establishes project requirements for […]
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Katia Leo (Forest Sciences)
February 23, 2023 | Author: Forestry Co-op
Tree Planter at J.D. Irving Ltd. in Edmundston, NB For my first co-op term, I worked as a Tree Planter in northern New Brunswick. Having grown up in Vancouver, being tossed into the woods forty-five minutes away from the nearest town was a bit of a shockâbut a little venture into my new backyard had […]
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Shannon Unger (Forest Sciences)
February 16, 2023 | Author: Forestry Co-op
Marine Education Ambassador at Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Centre in Gibsons, BC For my first Co-op work term, I have been working at an aquarium called the Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Center on the Sunshine Coast. As a Marine Education Ambassador, my tasks varied widely, from caring for animals such as octopus, crabs, sea stars, […]
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Aaron Justin Wee (Forest Sciences)
February 7, 2023 | Author: Forestry Co-op
Jr. Resource Technologist at Ministry of Forests in Fort St. John, BC For my second work term, I am working in Northeast BC as part of the Crown Land Authorizations team of the BC Ministry of Forests. Much of the northeast region is associated with Treaty 8, which was signed in 1899 as a means […]
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Victor Lum (Forest Sciences)
February 2, 2023 | Author: Forestry Co-op
Summer Camp Leader at Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association in Vancouver, BC From the beginning of June, I have been working as a Summer Camp Leader with the Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association for my first Co-op work term. I started with a month of training, where others in the same position as me would learn about […]
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Julia Thain (Forest Sciences)
October 18, 2022 | Author: Forestry Co-op
Undergraduate Research Assistant at UBC (Forest and Conservation Science) in Vancouver, BC This summer, I have had the opportunity to work as a research assistant for the Forest Insect Disturbance Ecology Lab at UBC. I have been assisting the grad students with their research primarily on the alder bark beetle, its fungal symbiont, and its […]
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