Pictured: Me with a fish cannon, releasing about 1000 chinook back into the river after their adipose fin has been clipped and they have a microchip inserted. They are hatchery born and bred fish, but spend majority of their lives in the wild as part of a chinook head recovery and replenish program.
My name is Katelyn Julseth, but I go by Katie! I’m a 2020 graduate of Thompson Rivers Univeristy’s (TRU) Bachelor of Education (BEd) focusing in Secondary STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education . I was born and raised in Terrace, BC and then moved to Kamloops to attend TRU for my Bachelor of Science (BSc). I completed my BSc in 2019 with a major in Cellular, Molecular, Microbiology (CMMB) with a minor in Psychology. Realized about 3/4 through my BSc that science didn’t spark the same joy it once had for me. Also, I realized I didn’t want to sit in a lab alone everyday! Without spoiling too much, I realized I loved the science behind learning. So, that’s the short version of how I ended up in teaching and loving every moment of it. For the full story click here!
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