Natural Resources Conservation
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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Michael Nunn (Natural Resources Conservation)
July 9, 2024 | Author: Matthew
Water Quality and Conservation Co-op – City of Campbell River
I have been completing my second co-op term with the city of Campbell River as a part of their water department. So far during my term, I have developed a deep understanding of the intricacies and hurdles that are associated with working at a local government.
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Bridget Guo (Natural Resources Conservation)
July 9, 2024 | Author: Matthew
Research Co-op Student – UBC Forest Resources Management Department, FRESH Lab
For my final co-op work term, I joined the FRESH lab in the Forest Resources Management department at UBC as a Research Co-op Student. One of my current projects involves working with a Master’s student to create a raster-based model in R that predicts Hemlock dwarf mistletoe spread at a stand level.
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Kylie Clark (Natural Resources Conservation)
July 5, 2024 | Author: Matthew
Wildlife Husbandry Intern – Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary
This summer, I independently found an internship with Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary, a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of wildlife.
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Jessica Driver (Natural Resources Conservation)
July 5, 2024 | Author: Matthew
Wildfire Field Research Assistant – The University of British Columbia
As a Wildfire Field Research Assistant for UBC’s Centre for Wildfire Coexistence this summer, I have been working on a few different projects relating to wildfire data collection. Most recently, I have been collecting pre-fire data on rangeland in the Okanagan-Similkameen region.
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Julius Frauenheim (Natural Resources Conservation)
July 5, 2024 | Author: Matthew
Research Assistant – Carroll Allan’s Lab
This summer I’ve had the pleasure of working in Allan Carroll’s Forest Insect Disturbance Ecology lab as a research assistant. Thus far my work has consisted of going into the field in the lower mainland to collect beetles from different sites and sorting them afterwards.
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Jasmine Hathway (Natural Resources Conservation)
June 20, 2024 | Author: Matthew
Resource Technologist Co-op – BC Ministry of Forests
This summer, I’m delighted to return to my position as a Resource Technologist with the Ministry of Forests in Merritt, BC. Building on the valuable experience and enjoyment I found last year, I’ve eagerly chosen to continue contributing to the impactful work of the Wildfire Risk Reduction (WRR) program.
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Aidan Chan (Conservation)
February 8, 2024 | Author: Matthew
GIS Business Analyst; Korotu Technology I have been working as a GIS Business Analyst in Korotu Technology, a startup that seeks to provide stakeholders with technologies to fund, protect, and grow Nature-based solutions. For the last 4 out of 8 months in this internship, I was tasked to create a windthrow prediction model for Nova Scotia after being hit by a post-tropical storm. The remote position involved integrating data sources and literature review in my work, but in-person forestry workshops. This coop position let me understand how natural solutions are implemented on a provincial scale, as well as being adaptable under […]
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Kristen Robinson (Conservation)
February 6, 2024 | Author: Matthew
Climate Action Technician; Wildsight’s Youth Climate Corps During my third Co-op Term, I have been working with Wildsight’s Youth Climate Corps as a Climate Action Technician. This term I have been working on a Wildfire Risk Reduction Project in the Kimberley Nature park In Kimberley, BC. This project entails the thinning and clearing of fir, spruce and larch regeneration. The goal is to reduce the risk of having a high intensity fire in city limits. The site we are working on is also an important habitat area of the endangered Williamson’s sapsucker, so we are also trying to reduce the risk […]
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