During my time in the I-STEAM program, I worked with Dr. Carol Frost surveying invertebrate diversity within local stormwater management ponds to assess the effectiveness of enhancement measures made by the City of Edmonton. The experience was rewarding because I got to see my educational training be directly applied to a job and I got to see the benefit of its impacts unfold within my own city. I appreciate the opportunities presented by the program to undergraduate students, and I feel the program has also helped me prepare for graduate school.
This internship totally changed my undergraduate experience. I am lucky enough to be working in the same lab this semester, and actually was able to have my contract renewed to the end of January. I have made connections, and learned many important lab skills in the process. Without this internship, none of that would have been possible, nor would I have ever dreamed something like this would happen to me. Thank you I-Steam!