Student Stories
You Belong at UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship: Jack Hounslow-Miller
November 13, 2024 | Author: UBC Forestry
Meet Jack Hounslow-Miller, a transfer student in the BSc. Natural Resources Conservation program (now the Bachelor’s in Natural Resources – Major in Conservation).
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Yuma Hashimoto (Bioeconomy Sciences & Technology)
October 16, 2024 | Author: emilyjun
Undergraduate Researcher – UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering
As an undergraduate researcher at Dr. Rojas’s lab in Bioproducts Institute, I have been working on the project that aims to turn wheat residues into textile fibers.
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Isabella Galat (Bioeconomy Sciences & Technology)
October 2, 2024 | Author: emilyjun
Summer Student Resource Assistant – BC Timber Sales
This summer I’ve had the pleasure of working as a Resource Assistant with BC Timber Sales based in Smithers. My role has exposed me to a breadth of studies and field work such as block layouts, silviculture planting and harvesting, riparian assessments, road assessments, and the economic valuation of wood harvests.
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Your time at UBC Forestry & Environmental Stewardship: The Ultimate Bucket List
September 18, 2024 | Author: Jon Szto
Bucket list of 8 things you should do during your time at the Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship according to a Forestry student.
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Ivan Chan (Forest Sciences)
September 13, 2024 | Author: emilyjun
Forest Technician Northern Interior Forest Operations – Forsite
I have been working on doing Individual Tree Inventory (ITI) most of the time during my work term. In this job, I have to measure every tree’s DBH, height, age and record any defects on the tree. I have learned a lot during my time there, including defining defects on trees and using vertex to measure tree height as referenced in the photo.
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Madeline Brinkmann (Bioeconomy Sciences & Technology)
September 12, 2024 | Author: emilyjun
Operations Assistant – Olympic Industries ULC
I have been working as an Operations Assistant at a commodities lumber trading company called Olympic Industries. I primarily oversaw all incoming payments to the company, matched them up to invoices and tracked when payments were due.
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From Classroom to Canopy: How MUFL Lessons Are Shaping the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Arboretum
August 29, 2024 | Author: UBC Forestry
Learn how graduate students from the Master of Urban Forestry Leadership program are applying their classroom knowledge to revamp the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Arboretum.
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Alexandra Hankins (Natural Resources Conservation)
August 23, 2024 | Author: Matthew
Environmental Student Consultant – Urban Systems
As an Environmental Student Consultant with Urban Systems in Kamloops, BC, I have been introduced to the world of consulting and a wide range of projects. I have a balanced schedule of office work and field work.
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Andy Chen (Wood Products Processing)
August 23, 2024 | Author: Matthew
Research Assistant – University of Victoria, Math and Statistics Faculty
I am currently a Research Assistant at the University of Victoria for my first co-op workterm. I am a research assistant for Dr. Xuekui Zhang in the math and statistics faculty where I am working on a project, Diagnostics of Viral Infections Using High-Throughput Genome Sequencing Data.
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Mary Englezos (Forest Sciences)
August 21, 2024 | Author: Matthew
Community Education Team Leader – Salmon Habitat Restoration Program (SHaRP)
For my first co-op work term this summer I have had the opportunity to be a part of the SHaRP team as a Community Education Team Leader. Throughout the summer, I have planned community events, day camps and booths to educate and engage community members about our environmental work to improve salmon habitats in the City of Surrey.
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