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I love to engage in volunteer work and thus have accumulated many on-going volunteer jobs over the past 3 years; most notably, assistant-coaching a Special Olympics alpine ski team, as well as being a Junior Ski Patrol with the Canadian Ski Patrol System for the past three years. I have a deep passion for the environment, coupled with a love of nature; hiking, biking and skiing are just some of the activities that I frequently enjoy. In the future, I hope to combine these interests with a career in ecology, in addition to performing humanitarian work (I would love to become involved with "doctors without borders"). |
| Amanda Annett A River Runs Through It - Phase IV
Division: | Engineering & Computing Sciences / None | Category: | Senior | Region: | Edmonton | City: | Edmonton, AB | School: | Jasper Place School | Abstract: | An analysis (by gas chromatography mass spectrometry) of concentrations of ethynylestradiol (EE2) - a persistent/dangerous endocrine disruptor from the contraceptive pill linked to the reproductive mutation of numerous aquatic species – in the N.Saskatchewan River. Samples were collected at various sites in order to evaluate danger posed to the aquatic ecosystem. Methods by which the problem could potentially be alleviated/abolished were also investigated. |
Awards | Value | The University of Western Ontario Scholarship Bronze Medallist - $1000 Entrance Scholarship Sponsor: University of Western Ontario | $1 000.00 | University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship Senior Bronze Medallist - $1000 Entrance Scholarship Sponsor: University of Ottawa | $1 000.00 | Bronze Medal - Earth & Environmental Sciences Senior Sponsor: Petro-Canada | $300.00 | Total | $2 300.00 | |