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Elanco Animal Health
Elanco Animal Health is a global research-based company who develops, manufactures and markets proprietary products to producers to improve the health of animals.
Contract Research Director
As Contract Research Director, I’ve learned just how diverse and varied the demand for microbiology services are in this industry.
Working with ARECA
The Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta (ACREA) recruits for a wide variety of positions at member associations throughout Alberta, and is always interested in hearing from candidates with relevant backgrounds.
ARECA Careers
The Agricultural Research and Extension Council of Alberta’s (ARECA) member associations work directly with producers to enhance their operations through applied research and extension. ARECA recruits for a wide variety of positions at member associations throughout Alberta. Visit the ARECA website for more information.
Soil Science Society of America Journal
The Soil Science Society of America Journal (SSSA Journal), published bimonthly, is the official publication of the Soil Science Society of America. The SSSA Journal publishes papers on original research, issue papers, reviews, comments and letters to the editor, and book reviews.
Soil Science Society of America Journal
DirectoryScience
DirectoryScience.com contains links to agriculture, electrical engineering, software for engineering, physics and astronomy, environmental health, social sciences, space, technology, forestry and more. DirectoryScience.com is designed to be your one-stop destination for anything you can think of that is about or related to science.
Podcast Episode 2: Bioenergy Researcher
 Soil to Sky: Bioenergy Researcher: Play Now
February 2008: We spoke with Tanya McDonald, a researcher at Olds College. She’s on the leading edge of biofuels and bioenergy research in Alberta and she told us about how she chose her career, what she does, and why she loves it. Listen now!
Eigen Factor Science Browser
Scholarly references join journals together in a vast network of citations. Eigenfactor uses the structure of the entire network (instead of purely local citation information) to evaluate the importance of each journal.
Beefbooster Inc.
Beefbooster Inc. is an Alberta-based research and genetics firm specializing in selectively-bred, high-quality cattle stock.
Monsanto Agriculture Scholarships
Rural graduating students from across the country who plan to pursue studies in agriculture or forestry will have the opportunity to earn a $1,500 entrance scholarship this summer by applying for a Monsanto Canada Opportunity Scholarship.
ECO Canada (Enviromental Careers Organization)
ECO Canada develops programs that meet both the demand of employers (recruitment and retention tools and human resource materials) and facilitates the supply of labour by providing practitioners and students with career resources, internships, and certification.
NuFarm Canada
Nufarm is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of agrochemicals with a reputation built on the development, manufacturing and supply of quality crop protection products throughout the world.
Nuffield Scholars Program
The objective of the Nuffield Canada Farming Scholarship is to develop leadership from within Canada’s rural industries, communities and from the practices of agriculture.
North American Weed Management Association
North American Weed Management Association (NAWMA) is a network of public and private professional weed managers who are involved in implementing any phase of a county, municipal, district, state, provincial or federal noxious weed law.
University of Lethbridge, Bachelor of Arts or Science, Agricultural Studies
Students enrolled in the Agricultural Studies programs are offered the opportunity to study agriculture in lab-extensive programs that provide excellent practical experience with special emphasis on issues, research, and courses related and relevant to agriculture.
University of Lethbridge, Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Biotechnology
Students enrolled in the Agricultural Biotechnology program are offered the opportunity to study agriculture in lab-extensive programs that provide excellent practical experience with special emphasis on issues, research, and courses related and relevant to agriculture.
Lethbridge Research Centre
The Lethbridge Research Centre is the largest agricultural research establishment within the Research Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The Lethbridge Research Centre’S (LRC) research is focused in the areas of environmental health, bioproducts and bioprocesses, food safety and nutrition, and sustainable production systems.
Toxicologist
Catherine Italiano lives and works in the city, but her job focuses on farms. As a toxicologist, she studies “livestock feed”; the food given to farm animals. Her job is to make sure the food is safe for animals, for any humans who eat meat, milk or eggs from those animals and for the environment.
Regulatory Affairs Specialist
AgrEvo Canada is an agricultural biotech company which produces plants “designed” with certain characteristics such as resistance to herbicides, insects, and disease. But the challenge in producing such plants is not only scientific. All these plants must pass the many safety and utility tests national governments set out to protect consumers, a process which requires a constant exchange of information between the company and the governments.
Environmental Field Technician
Jason Chiasson rarely sees the inside of an office; he’s too busy in the field, where the action is. As field technician for Geobac Technology Group, a company that specialises in decontaminating soil and groundwater, Jason’s job is supervising the team that cleans up environmental messes such as oil and gas spills.
Animal Care Technician
Catherine Bone never wanted a desk job. She’s happy every morning putting on heavy rubber boots to go to work, where she keeps 30 000 salmon healthy so that her company, Aqua Health, can test experimental vaccines on them.
Research and Development Veterinarian
Reproduction technology has always fascinated Daniel Bousquet. “It’s amazing to be able to create a new being, to manipulate life.” Trained as a veterinarian, he now works as Director of Research and Development for L’Alliance Boviteq, a small company specialising in bovine reproduction.
Research and Development Manager
Back in 1970s, greenhouse growers in British Columbia began to realise that some of the chemical pesticides they were using were dangerous. They called Agriculture Canada, who started looking for alternatives. Agriculture Canada handed the problem over to Don Elliott, an entomologist (insect scientist). Don is an expert in developing beneficials, insects that act as natural pesticides themselves by killing insects that eat commercially-grown plants and vegetables. They are possibly the most environmentally friendly pesticides on the planet!
Research and Development Lab Manager
David Cameron makes his living from yeast. He doesn’t bake bread or brew beer. He helps a company called Tembec Inc. use yeast to create alcohol from wood.
Research and Development Lab Assistant
A passion for plants, developed as a young girl working for relatives in a nursery, led Julie Brais to choose a biotechnology career. Today, she works as a research technician for Performance Plants, a company working on projects such as improving crops’ cold and frost resistance and genetically altering them to increase their yield.
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More Than You Think!
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WLT Distributors Inc. has been serving the North American and international feed industry for over 20 years with prompt, efficient service, quality products and competitive pricing. WLT provides suppliers with an efficient, cost effective means of marketing and distributing their products, including many innovative products for today’s livestock industry.
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Duties include filling packing slips with quality plant material and other shipping duties, requires a general knowledge of plant identification, shrubs, and perennials including watering, planting, pruning, and customer service. Depending on the nursery may require fork lift or tractor operation.
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