Job / Program Search Tools

This list compiles websites that biology students may find useful to look for job opportunities or professional schools.

Graduate School Information

• Graduate School Summary (Presentation to VIU Biology Club)

• Graduate Student Policy Handbook (UBC Zoology)

• Your Future: Guide for Potential Graduate Students (Canadian Association for Graduate Studies)

Federal Job Sites

• http://jobs-emplois.gc.ca/
• http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/
• http://www.youth.gc.ca/
• Parks Canada – http://www.pc.gc.ca/agen/empl/index_e.asp

BC Government Job Sites

• http://employment.gov.bc.ca/

College of Applied Biology (R.P.Bio.)

• http://www.cab-bc.org/

Environmental / Ecological Consulting Companies

• Rescan – http://www.rescan.com/
• Golder – http://www.golder.com/
• EBA Engineering (Nanaimo) – http://www.eba.ca/
• Seacor – http://www.seacorcanada.com/
• Jacques Whitford (Duncan) – http://www.jacqueswhitford.com
• Hemmera – http://www.hemmera.com/
• Burnside – http://www.rjburnside.com/index.aspx
• AMEC – http://www.amec.com/earthandenvironmental/index.asp?pageid=1000
• Streamline Consulting (Nanaimo) – http://streamline-env.com/
• M.C. Wright & Associates (Nanaimo) – http://mcwrightonline.com/
• Archipelago Marine Research – http://www.archipelago.ca/
• Madrone Environmental Services Ltd. (Duncan) – http://www.madrone.ca/index.htm
• Timberline Natural Resource Group – http://www.timberline.ca/
• Summit Environmental Consultants - http://www.summit-environmental.com
• Sylvis – http://www.sylvis.com/
• Cascade Environmental Resource Group - www.cascade-environmental.ca
• Nova Pacific Environmental - http://www.novapacific.net/

Job Search Engines

• Monster – http://www.monster.ca/
• Workopolis – http://www.workopolis.com/
• Eluta Canada – http://www.eluta.ca/
• Wowjobs – http://www.wowjobs.ca/
• BC Jobs – http://www.bcjobs.ca/

Other Career / Job Sites

• Pharmaceutical jobs – http://www.pharmajob.ca/
• Biotech jobs – http://www.petridish.ca/public/jobs.cfm
• Environmental Careers Organization – http://www.eco.ca/
• Environmental Career Opportunities – http://www.ecojobs.com/index.php
• Society for Conservation Biology – http://www.conbio.org/jobs/
• American Association for the Advancement of Science – http://aaas.sciencecareers.org/js.php
• Nature jobs – http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html
• Careers in Biology – http://www.biol.yorku.ca/careers/index.htm

Professional Schools

• UBC Medical School – http://www.med.ubc.ca/education/md_ugrad.htm
• UBC Dentistry School – http://www.dentistry.ubc.ca/
• UBC Physiotherapy – http://www.rehab.ubc.ca/home.htm
• UBC Pharmaceutical Science – http://www.pharmacy.ubc.ca/
• UBC Medical Genetics – http://www.medgen.ubc.ca/Home.htm
• U of Calgary, Veterinary Medicine – http://www.vet.ucalgary.ca/
• Western College of Veterinary Medicine (U. of Saskatchewan) – http://www.usask.ca/wcvm/
• U of Waterloo School of Optometry – http://www.optometry.uwaterloo.ca/