Education

Yvette Rancourt

Yvette Rancourt

Master of Archival Studies and Library and Information Studies What were Yvette’s main responsibilities?   Yvette ran the Bamfield Marine Science Centre library by herself, and so her position involved an array of library duties—circulation, collection development, and cataloguing—as well as responsibilities related to the centre’s research and learning activities, including instructing classes on databases and […]

Nicole Kapphahn

Nicole Kapphahn

Master of Archival Studies and Library and Information Studies What were Nicole’s main responsibilities and most significant accomplishments? Nicole’s main responsibilities included managing the Special Collections Twitter account and various projects, and processing back-logged materials by using tools such as Access-to-Memory (AtoM).For one of her projects, she curated an 18thcentury French literature exhibition highlighting books […]

Crystal Ngai

Crystal Ngai

BA: Major in English Language, 2014 Where Did Crystal Work? Work Term 1-3 (12 Months): Support Analyst, UBC IT Work Term 4 and 5 (8 Months): Information Developer, SAP   What Were Crystal’s Responsibilities? UBC IT Crystal started her co-op journey as a Support Analyst at UBC IT, where she resolved technical issues for staff […]

Namomba Shaputu

Namomba Shaputu

BA: Major in Economics, Minor in Commerce Where Did Namomba Work? Work Term 1 and 2 (8 Months): Community Leader Intern, Vancity Work Term 3 (4 Months): Community Engagement Initiatives Co-op, UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) What Did Namomba Accomplish? Vancity Namomba designed a membership onboarding strategy, complete with a digital welcome kit […]

Viet Vu

Viet Vu

BA: Major in Economics (Honours), 2016 Where did Viet work? Work Term 1: Research Assistant, Vancouver School of Economics Work Term 2 and 3 (8 Months): Strategy Analyst, UBC IT   What were Viet’s responsibilities? Vancouver School of Economics To assist in a microeconomics research project, Viet developed an online auction simulation that simulated the […]

Cassandra Torres

Cassandra Torres

BA: Geography – Environment and Sustainability Where did Cassandra work?  Work Term 1 and 2 (8 months): Emergency Management Programs Assistant, UBC Safety & Risk Services What were Cassandra’s responsibilities and accomplishments? Cassandra supports the emergency management team in the administration, event logistics and delivery of emergency management training. “We have training throughout the whole […]

Amanda Domagala

Amanda Domagala

BA: Major in English, Minor in Creative Writing  Where did Amanda work? Work Term 1 and 2: UBC Thunderbirds Social Media Coordinator, UBC Athletics & Recreation What were Amanda’s main responsibilities and accomplishments? Amanda and her communications team cover about 26 UBC athletic teams. While watching the game, Amanda does real-time coverage on platforms like […]

Matthew Campos

Matthew Campos

BA: Human Geography Where did Matt work?  Work Term 1 and 2 (8 months): Development Student Assistant, GEERing Up! UBC Engineering & Science What did Matt accomplish? Matt is in charge of managing the sponsorship and fundraising cycles for GEERing Up. Additionally, he designs programs and initiatives that would be attractive to funders, including creative […]

Ayan Aman

Ayan Aman

BA: Major in Geography and Minor in International Relations Where did Ayan work?  Work Term 1 and 2 (8 months): Research and Knowledge Mobilization, Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI) What did Ayan accomplish? Main Tasks Ayan has been working on a few main projects during his work term with CIRDI. The first is […]

Maddy Stewart

Maddy Stewart

BA: Major in Geography Where did Maddy work?  Work Term 1 and 2 (8 months): Student Initiatives Engagement Co-op Student | UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) What did Maddy accomplish? Main Tasks At CCEL, Maddy’s main tasks were based on communicating with students at the Centre, including promoting events and workshops, and coordinating […]