Student Stories

Junior Forestry Technician at Coastal Natural Resource Management Ltd. in North Vancouver, BC For the last 12 months, I have been working as a Junior Forest Technician for Coastal Natural Resource Management. I have been working across British Columbia working on forestry consulting projects on the coast and the northern interior. During the last year, I have completed forestry assessments, timber evaluations, stream inventories, road engineering and more. I was able to learn and build upon my skills which have been a valuable experience. I have enjoyed the coop program and it is a great opportunity for students to get practical […]

Sustainability Assistant with Solaires Enterprises Inc. in Victoria, BC For my third co-op term, I am continuing my remote position at Solaires, a cleantech company that specializes in solar energy–specifically solar cells to make solar energy more accessible. As the sustainability assistant, I play a role in increasing sustainability efforts in the company, help employee engagements, and implement company policies. This term, I assisted in the research of carbon offset projects for the company to help Solaires in the journey of becoming carbon net-zero. Carbon offset was always something that I learned in my studies and I got to experience it […]

Environmental Co-op with Teck Resources Limited in Hinton, AB This term I am working for Teck Resources Limited in their Coal Division as an Environmental Co-op Student at Cardinal River mine near Hinton, AB. Since 2020, the mine has been in closure meaning this once operational open-pit steelmaking coal mine is instead focused on reclamation. As a member of the Environmental team, I am heavily involved in the site’s reclamation projects and water management program. I spend the majority of my time working in the field, sampling, measuring and assessing surface water, soil, sediment, air quality, well depths, and dams. I […]

Forestry Field Technician with Apical Forestry in Grand Prairie, AB For my first co-op term I had the opportunity to work as part of the research crew at Apical Forestry. Through this job I have been able to not only travel across Alberta for work but also to see and be a part of the forestry procedures done from planting all the way to measuring tree planted in the early 2000s . My summer started with progeny planting of genetically modified trees to find the most suitable families of GMO trees to be planted in cut blocks.  Recently I have been […]