Alumni Spotlight: Kate O’Neill wins scholarship from the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC
Kate O’Neill, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science, Honours in Environmental Science from the University of Guelph in 2013, has earned a scholarship from The Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. Scholarships are awarded in recognition of outstanding commitment to academic pursuits in the field of freshwater fisheries.
“I have been conducting my Masters research on the Tsolum River in the Comox Valley, with the aim of identifying groundwater and surface water interactions using temperature loggers,” says O’Neill in a statement released by the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. “Identifying, protecting, and restoring critical thermal refugia for salmonids will be especially important in the face of our changing climate. I would like to continue to study ways in which we can mitigate changes that will adversely affect fish health.”
The scholarship will support O’Neill as she continues working towards her Masters in Ecological Restoration, a joint program between the British Columbia Institute of Technology and Simon Fraser University.
Other students selected for a scholarship were Mark Frisson of Vancouver Island University, Chenoa Flack of BCIT and Katie Zinn of University of British Columbia.