I went back and forth trying to decide if I wanted to continue my education or apply to Environment Canada to be a meteorologist. Being a part of the cooperative education program helped me make decisions relating to my career path along the way as I got more exposure to the different options available to me.Īs a student, did you see yourself in your current career? What stayed the same and/or changed?Īfter my first cooperative education placement at the Centre for Earth Observation Science at the University of Manitoba, I actually planned to pursue graduate education and eventually a career in research and academia. The second was taking my first atmospheric science class in my geography program and realizing I could actually pursue this as a career. The first one was visiting the Winnipeg weather office (where I now work) at the beginning of my university program and seeing what an amazing environment and office it was. There were two experiences that helped me decide to pursue a career in meteorology. What experiences and activities helped you to map out your career pathway?
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Since weather is constantly changing, my job can be extremely challenging at times trying to figure out what will happen and how to best communicate that in my forecast.
It’s rewarding to be able to produce a product (in this case a forecast) that I know is directly impacting Canadians, particularly if there is the potential for adverse weather conditions. The great thing about my job is that the weather is constantly changing, so my day always looks a bit different. I also get the opportunity to produce marine forecasts for the eastern Arctic and Manitoba Lakes and the air quality forecasts for the eastern prairies. In my position, I produce the weather forecasts for a broad area of Canada Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, and eastern Nunavut. I work for the Meteorological Service of Canada as a meteorologist in the Prairie and Arctic Storm Prediction Center. What do you find most rewarding? What are your greatest challenges within this profession?
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