Career Opportunities

There are a wide range of career opportunities for graduates:

• environmental management (policy-making, consulting),
• industry (sustainable resource management and conservation, environmental assessment),
• government (conservation officer, environmental/pollution monitoring officer),
• research (effects of pollution, ecosystem rehabilitation), and
• graduate studies and careers in post secondary education.

Websites

• Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP) with Federal Government agencies (e.g., Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, DFO, Parks Canada, Environment Canada).
• Co-operative Education and Internship Program (Co-op)
• The ECO Canada (Environmental Careers Organization of Canada*) website provides information for students about careers in environmental science.
• BEAHR (Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources) is an organization that provides resources for aboriginals working in, or seeking to enter a career in the environmental industry.
• Churchill Northern Studies Centre (research and volunteering opportunities for students)
• Environmental jobs and careers
• GeographyJobs.ca – Search for jobs, get e-mail career alerts and upload your Resumé so employers can  find and hire you.
• Global Vision International (environmentally focused expeditions, internships, jobs and volunteering. NB: eligibility for job placements requires initial participation as a paying member of an expedition)

List of Job Openings

Hazardous Materials Group

• Project Technologist

Graduate Studies Opportunities

• GRAD POSITIONS IN CONSERVATION SEPT 2012

Ecoteer (Variable start dates)

Ecoteer can provide students with very cheap volunteering/work experience in ecotourism, conservation and humanitarian aid abroad. Ecoteer is unique and works by eliminating the middlemen, organisations which often charge large commission rates. Your students can become members for £10 annually and then contact our projects directly to organise their own voluntary work experience.

We have opportunities in over 50 countries in the following industries: Ecotourism, Conservation, Teaching, Organic farms, Community development, Humanitarian aid

We would particularly like to promote a new marine conservation project we have in Malaysia. The project is based on the Perhentian Islands where volunteers help with turtle conservation, scientific data collection, spreading awareness among tourists and coral reef surveys. The project is focused on protecting the whole island ecosystem as without a healthy rainforest the reefs and beaches will soon disappear no matter what we did to protect the reefs. The project has been running since 2005 and has eliminated turtle egg poaching. However this year the company who ran the project has ceased operating the project due to the recession. Ecoteer is now working with the local resort owners to keep the project alive to ensure the turtles and coral reefs are protected for future generations. We need as much help as possible to keep this project running.

Please visit for more information: http://www.ecoteer.com/placements/placements.php?func=view&placementid=273&orgID=1288

I personally started Ecoteer, after leaving university I was not able to afford the volunteer programs so decided to look for volunteer/work experience independently. I wanted to start a career in ecotourism so I wrote to hundreds of ecolodges looking for food and lodging in return for my work and the response was fantastic. I ended up working in Borneo, Sri Lanka and southern India and when I returned I wanted to help more students to have similar opportunities. Ecoteer has grown ever since and I have personally been able to use the experience gained to get work throughout the world, as a marine researcher in Borneo and marine manager for a marine conservation project in addition to the work with Ecoteer. Other volunteers have had a similar benefit, as I did, after volunteering at Ecoteer projects for example they have started their own charities, some work for big Non profits and others are now working for the projects they volunteered at. I started Ecoteer for students to gain experience in the conservation and aid industries and I would really appreciate it if you could promote Ecoteer and especially our turtle, coral reef project in Perhentian to your students. You can either forward this email to your students or we can send you our e-flier which you can email to your students. If your students volunteer with us it can only help them to gain future employment.

Please visit our website at www.ecoteer.com

Brandon Research Station (SUMMER 2012 START DATE)

Positions at the Brandon Research Station (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada) are advertised through the year. Look for summer 2012 jobs in January to March 2012. The list below was for positions for summer 2012. These positions may be eligible for course credit in the Environmental Science degree program. Please speak to Dr. Greenwood if this is relevant to you.

• Laboratory Technicians.
• Field Labourers.
• GIS Program.
• Animal Laboratory Technician.
• Animal Pasture Labourer.