Forestry Co-op
Jennie Jiang (Forest Resources Management)
March 19, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
Demonstration Garden Coordinator – Langley Environmental Partners Society
This work term I have been working for Langley Environmental Partners Society as a Demonstration Garden Coordinator. My responsibilities mainly included coordinating large-scale community events and directly engaging with visitors to provide information and support.
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Erin Chanyan (Urban Forestry)
March 19, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
STEM Workshops Instructor – UBC Geering Up Engineering Outreach
This co-op term, I have been going into elementary, middle and high schools to teach students about STEAM. Through this co-op, not only have I been able to learn so much about different topics in STEAM myself, but I’ve also been able to work on my confidence in public speaking.
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Hanbing Song (Forest Resources Management)
March 18, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
Communications and Community Engagement Co-op – BC Wildfire Service
It has been ana amazing eight months working with BC Wildfire Service. I attended several events with my colleagues and it’s impressive to talk with a lot of people about wildfire and campfire ban.
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Miguel Paulhus Bermudez (Wood Products Processing)
March 18, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
Process Development & Quality Control Assistant Co-op – Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd.
I have been working with Gilbert Smith Forest Products during this co-op term in the Process Improvement and Quality Control department which has given me the opportunity to be exposed to a myriad of different projects.
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Feiran Li (Wood Products Processing)
March 18, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
Quality Control Wood Products Summer Co-op – West Fraser
I have been working on quality control at West Fraser – Hinton Wood Products, where I am responsible for ensuring the quality of production. This job combines both mental and physical labor, making it interesting and engaging.
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Mya Tsai (Wood Products Processing)
March 6, 2025 | Author: emilyjun
Quality Control Wood Process Engineer – Resolute FP Canada Inc.
I had the pleasure of working with Resolute Forest Products and landed a job as QC Wood Process Engineer. The job required that I reside in Thunder Bay Ontario. The move from Vancouver to Thunder Bay is what anyone could expect…a big move. But with the help of the great HR team from Resolute, they got me settled in.
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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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