June 9, 2016 10:02 am 1 Comment
Today showed just how quickly nature can work. Two days ago I inspected a road and found a bridge with a dam built a few meters downstream, backing the water level up to within 3 inches of the bridge deck. If the level rose any higher it could cause a catastrophic failure of the bridge, so this morning we went out with the appropriate permits to deal with it.
June 7, 2016 4:52 pm 1 Comment
After four years of writing essays during my time in university, I never would have believed I would be a summer blogger. What an exciting opportunity it is to share my summer experience of living in Vancouver and working as a Human Resource intern at Canfor with all of you readers.
My first week in Vancouver proved to be a bit stressful.
June 7, 2016 4:43 pm 1 Comment
As I was driving into Prince George I couldn’t help but feel a slight tinge of nervousness. I was back in the city a year earlier than expected, working an eight month co-op term at Canfor’s Northwood Pulp Mill. It was the first time I would be financially independent and living on my own; the first real job I would be working pertaining to my field;
June 7, 2016 4:34 pm Leave your thoughts
I would like to start off by thanking Canfor Pulp Innovations (CPI) and The Greenest Workforce for giving me the opportunity to blog about my experience working in the Canadian forest products industry. For my fellow readers who do not know who I am, allow me to re-introduce myself (Jay Z voice). I am a third-year co-op chemical engineering student at the University of British Columbia.
June 7, 2016 4:25 pm Leave your thoughts
I’ve always liked her attitude to life. Everyday an adventure, everyday an explorer. This internship is my first time working in a forestry industry. As a civil environmental engineering student, thought of working in forestry didn’t cross my mind. I mean, my previous work terms involved road construction. I dealt with soil, not trees. I made roads, not wood products.