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| July 5, 2005 - Newswire 2005 Shell Conservation Interns http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2005/05/c8673.html |
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Attention Business/News/Environment Editors: 2005 Shell Conservation Interns TORONTO, July 5 /CNW/ - The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and Shell
Canada Limited are pleased to announce the 2005 Shell Conservation Interns.
Chosen from over 1000 applicants, the 17 Canadian students have begun their
stewardship and conservation management work at NCC sites across the country.
Created as a unique partnership between Shell and NCC, the Shell Conservation
Internship program provides exceptional field experience for students
interested in a career in conservation or the environment.
The 17 interns, from 12 universities and colleges, are doing vital
stewardship work for NCC properties across Canada that ranges from collecting
scientific data related to Semipalmated Sandpipers at the Johnson's Mills
Preserve in New Brunswick to radio-tracking Spiny Softshell turtles in
Québec's Lake Champlain, creating inventories of animal and plant species.
"I am really pleased to be a Shell Conservation Intern with the Nature
Conservancy of Canada," said Elizabeth Walsh, Interpreter at NCC's Johnson's
Mills Shorebird Interpretive Centre in New Brunswick. "I am especially proud
to be managing NCC's only Interpretive Centre. I love coming to work and
knowing that I am helping to protect the hundreds of thousands of shorebirds
we see here each day, on the beaches or in the air. I also get a chance to
meet people from all over the world who come to watch this natural phenomenon
found only on the shores of the Bay of Fundy."
"The Shell Conservation Interns play a vital part in the ongoing
conservation of our properties, by enhancing natural plant communities and
improving habitats," said John Lounds, president of the Nature Conservancy of
Canada. "But equally important is the experience they get, the kind of
experience that creates future environmental leaders."
The Shell Conservation Internship Program was launched in 2002. Shell
provides the funding and NCC provides the work at their ecologically
significant properties across the country. At the end of the summer, the
interns come to Shell's Calgary office for a workshop and field trip, to share
the results of their summer work and to talk about conservation challenges
with Shell and NCC staff.
"We're delighted with this partnership," said Tim Bancroft, vice-
president of sustainable development for Shell Canada. "It fits with our
commitment to sustainable development; it contributes to the preservation of
biodiversity across Canada, and it furthers the education of these quite
remarkable young people."
The 2005 Shell Conservations interns are:
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Student School Working at
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Donald Humphrey Memorial University Throughout Nova Scotia,
of Newfoundland based in Halifax
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Melanie Juurlink St.Francis Xavier Throughout Nova Scotia,
University based in Halifax
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Elizabeth Walsh Niagara College, Mount At Johnson's Mills, New
Allison University Brunswick
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Jean-Emmanuel Université de Québec In Lake Champlain,
Arsenault à Montréal region of Québec
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Alain Du Cap Concordia University In Richelieu River,
region of Québec
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Laura Mousseau University of Guelph In Guelph, Ontario
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Sarah Piett University of Guelph Throughout Western
Ontario
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Andrew Ryckman University of Guelph Throughout Eastern
Ontario
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James Temple Ryerson University In Toronto, Ontario
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Chris Milne Assiniboine Community Based in Brandon,
College Manitoba
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Mehan Wady University of Manitoba Based in Brandon,
Manitoba
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Digit Ash University of Throughout southern
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan, based in
Regina
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Joel Brimacombe University of Alberta Throughout southern
Saskatchewan, based in
Regina
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Sarah Gardner University of Alberta Throughout Aspen
Parkland region,
based in Edmonton, Alberta
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Morgan Hill University of Throughout Aspen Parkland
Saskatchewan region, based in Edmonton,
Alberta
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Brenden Anderson Lethbridge Community Elk Valley and Upper
College Columbia River areas,
British Columbia
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Ian Giesbrecht Simon Fraser University Throughout British
Columbia, based in
Victoria
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Interviews, tours and photos are available by contacting NCC.
Charity Landon
Major Gifts and Special Projects Officer
Nature Conservancy of Canada
(416) 932-3202
charity.landon@natureconservancy.ca
For further information: about Shell Canada and its commitment to
sustainable development, contact Janet Rowley, General Manager - Public
Affairs, Shell Canada Limited, (403) 691-3899; Web sites:
www.conservationinterns.ca, www.natureconservancy.ca, www.shell.ca
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