Environment

Recruit Tomorrow's Talent

Co-operative Education is a partnership between the employer, SFU, and the student. The Co-op component of a student’s degree is integral to their formal education. Students return to SFU to study after a 4, 8, or 12 month Co-op experience.

WATCH: Maxxam Analytics General Manager (BC, Yukon & Manitoba), Rob Gilbert, on how SFU Science & Environment Co-op students come equipped with valuable skills.

Past Co-op
Work Terms

SAMPLE CO-OP POSITIONS

  • Naturalist 
  • Environment Research Assistant 
  • Planning Assistant 
  • Sustainability Coordinator 
  • GIS Technician 
  • Field Assistant 
  • Ecological Evaluator 
  • Tourism Counselor
  • Student Transportation Planner
  • Fish Habitat Student Biologist

 

  • Laboratory Support Technician
  • Education Program Intern
  • Plant Pathology Research Assistant 
  • Forest Economic Assistant
  • Geosciences Assistant
  • Emergency Management Programming Assistant

Sample Job Descriptions

What Our
Students
Study

AREAS OF STUDY

  • Applied Biology
  • Archaeology
  • Earth Systems
  • Environmetrics
  • Earth Sciences (Geology)
  • Global Environmental Systems

 

  • Human Geography
  • Physical Geography
  • Resource & Environmental Management (undergraduate & graduate)
  • Spatial Information Systems (GIS)
  • Sustainable Business
  • Water Science