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Location: Tappen, BC Employer: Skimikin Seed Orchard Featured: Faith Manke Faith’s position was supported in part by PLT Canada’s Green Jobs in Green Spaces program, funded by the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy. Thompson Rivers University third-year Faith Manke spent her summer in 2018 working as a seed orchard labourer for the Skimikin Seed Orchard in British Columbia. The Kamloops local is in the Natural Resource Science program. “I would like to become a responsible Steward for the environment and be able…

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Location: Renous, NB Employer: University of New Brunswick Featured: Amber Frak and Rachel Moran Amber and Rachel’s positions were supported in part by PLT Canada’s Green Jobs in Green Spaces program, funded by the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy. University of New Brunswick Master of Science in Forestry candidate Kelly McLean hired two PLT Canada wildlife technicians, Amber Frak and Rachel Moran. McLean is trying to determine the forest harvest operations effects on New Brunswick forests’ distribution of American black…

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By: Mira Williamson, Project Learning Tree Canada Location: BC Parks Featured: Gillian Spencer, Community Engagement Specialist, BC Parks Foundation Gillian’s position was supported in part by PLT Canada’s Green Jobs in Green Spaces program, funded by the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy. This summer, the BC Parks Foundation launched their Healthy by Nature initiative with a physicians’ walk in British Columbia parks. Looking for a student to support in research, program planning, social media, and writing among other things, the…

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Mira Williamson Location: New Brunswick (various) Protective painter suits on, University of New Brunswick master’s student Douglas Munn and his wildlife technician Corey Robar scour the forest floors of New Brunswick for blacklegged ticks. Robar is finishing up his advanced diploma in fish and wildlife technology and diploma in forest technology at the Maritime College of Forest Technology. The Geary, NB native is assisting Munn collect data for his master’s project funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).…

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Mira Williamson Location: Trenton, ON Nestled near Prince Edward County, Trenton, ON is home to over 1,500 hectares of natural open space and 2,070 square kilometres of watershed regions managed by Lower Trent Conservation (LTC). One of 36 of Ontario’s Conservation Authorities, LTC is a community-based non-profit working to preserve the beautiful lands in the Trent River valley. Their goal is to ensure a healthy and environmentally diverse watershed; one that can be enjoyed by residents and visitors. The public…

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