Alumni and Student Profiles

Over the years, thousands of students have studied with us in undergraduate and/or graduate programs, on their way to pursuing a broad range of careers. Here is a small sampling of our students and alumni, and the types of activities and careers our degrees support. Additional Alumni & Friends information is available on the Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences website.

Academia

• Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies, Augustana (Glen Hvenegaard)
• Associate Professor of Environmental Science (Myrna Simpson)
• Assistant Professor of Ecohydrology, Thompson Rivers University (Kevin Bladon)

Consulting

• Ecological Consulting Entrepreneur (Glen Dunsworth)
• Forestry Consulting, Daishowa (Steve Luchkow)

Environmental Education and Collections

• Environmental Education Manager (Juanita Spence)
• Museum Curator (Tyler Cobb)

Government

• Environment Canada Ecologist (Darcy Henderson)
• Wildfire Support Technologist I Intern (Carleen Born)

Nature Publications / Communications

• Artist, Author and Nature Guides Illustrator (Ian Sheldon)

Oilsands Reclamation

• Senior Reclamation Specialist (Xiao Tan)

Parks and Protected Areas

• Science Coordinator (Joyce Gould)

Resource Management Executives

• Commissioner and CEO of the BC Oil and Gas Commission (Paul Jeakins)
• Alberta Sustainable Resource Development executive (Pat Guidera)

Soil Survey and Assessments

• Soil Scientist and Agrologist (Daniel Saurette)

Graduate Students - Past and Current

• Land Reclamation and Remediation (Tim Antil)
• Forest Biology and Management (Colin Bergeron)
• Forest Biology and Management (Damian Cirelli)
• Land Reclamation and Remediation (Anayansi Cohen Fernandez)
• Forest Biology and Management (Francesco Cortini)
• Land Reclamation and Remediation (Peggy Desserud)
• Conservation Biology (Krista Fink)
• Forest Biology and Management (David Galvez)
• Conservation Biology (Shawn Leroux)
• Forest Biology and Management (Michael Mbogga)
• Forest Biology and Management (Kevin Renkema)
• Land Reclamation and Remediation (Brenda Shaughnessy)
• Forest Biology and Management (Aurea Siemens)
• Conservation Biology (Shannon Stotyn)
• Conservation Biology (Ashley Ann Wick)
• Soil Science (Leslie Yasul)

Undergraduate Students

• Environmental and Conservation Science (Katryna Forsch)
• Forestry (Fran Ferster)
• Forestry (Kirk Hawthorn)
• Environmental and Conservation Science (Katie Morrison)
• Environmental and Conservation Science (Rebecca Reeves)