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\n\nWhere did you grow up?<\/strong><\/p>\n I was born and raised in Brandon, Mb.<\/p>\n Why are you interested in Geology?<\/strong><\/p>\n I love rocks, sounds lame but, honestly someone can\u2019t look at rocks for 12hrs a day unless they like them. I love the story rocks tell, from there formation to their destruction. I also love the outdoors and 50 to 70% of my job allows me to be outside in the untouched wilderness.<\/p>\n How did you become interested in Geology?<\/strong><\/p>\n I started by taking Intro to Earth Science! Along with a few other sciences and it was the only class that I had any real interest in.<\/p>\n Personal journey-history?<\/strong><\/p>\n Getting my degree wasn\u2019t the easiest\u2026\u2026I dropped out of university 3 times before I actually ended up on getting my degree. I was never a smart kid in high school, I always needed extra help with math and just barely passed most my classes. So going into Uni I never really had any expectations for myself, but I treated it like it was a 8-5 job Mon-Fri, and I put in a lot of effort and it paid off! I was able to attend several geology conferences and a couple geology field trips.<\/p>\n Geology career opportunities?<\/strong><\/p>\n There are so many, you have to be willing to be away from home for anywhere from 1 to 3 weeks at a time, but there are so many jobs and they are all over the world. There are also jobs in many fields of geology, whether exploration, mining, environmental, etc.<\/p>\n Role of BU Geology?<\/strong><\/p>\n Being a part of BU Geology gave me the opportunity to represent the school at countless conferences across Canada. I was even able to attend a 2-week world class field trip in Ontario and Quebec. The conferences an field trip and the reason why I have such a broad network of amazing geologist! And that network is the reason I have my current job!<\/p>\n Anything else?<\/strong><\/p>\n If you are planning on attending BU for geology, make sure to go to conferences and to volunteer! You will meet so many long-time friends and experience so much!<\/p>\n Any sage advice for prospective high school students?<\/strong><\/p>\n Do it and do it now! The industry is booming and it will be for the next several years, get in now while things are on the up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exploration Geologist, Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd., Edmonton, AB Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Brandon, Mb. Why are you interested in Geology? I love rocks, sounds lame but, honestly someone can\u2019t look at rocks for 12hrs a day unless they like them. I love the story rocks tell, from there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":689,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-870","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":873,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/870\/revisions\/873"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/geology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}