UNBC Masters student Hannah Sungaila is getting some help financing her degrees from the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
Sunguyla has been awarded $1500 dollars to put toward her Masters in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies.
“I’m doing a project on Coho and Chinook salmon. Basically, it’s a study of their physiology in different temperatures. How their body functions over a range of those temperatures and then I’m comparing that to the temperatures they actually prefer.”
Sunguyla says she’s grateful for the scholarship, saying extra funds are always welcome when going back to school. She’s one of just four students across the province to receive the scholarship this year.
The Fisheries Society of BC has given out 27 scholarships since 2008 to students studying fisheries related subjects.
Society spokesperson Sandra Noel says they’ve seen an uptick in applications for their scholarships in recent years.
“Particularly from students in Master’s Programs who are becoming more specialized to support fisheries management in BC. More people who are advocates for the fisheries resource that we’re trying to promote and maintain in the province – it’s a great thing.”
This isn’t the first time a UNBC student has won a scholarship from the society.
“Last year another UNBC student received a scholarship from us,” says Noel. “His name is Cale Babey and he’s in the Natural Resource Management program at UNBC. He actually got a job with us this year and our facility in Vanderhoof. He’s really demonstrated his passion for fisheries and we’re happy about that.”
Babey is at the Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative facility.
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