Employment and Career Opportunities

April 2021 Currently Seeking - 2 Year Postdoctoral Fellow in Recreation Ecology

We are looking for a two-year postdoctoral fellow to lead phase 2 of the Recreation Ecology in Yellowstone to Yukon project. This is a joint position between UNBC and Y2Y and will be based primarily in Canmore, AB with time spent also at the UNBC campus. Read more about it here: UNBC Y2Y PDF Job Ad 2021

What Can You Do With an ORTM Degree?

The Nature-Based Tourism degree and Wildland Conservation and Recreation Major will prepare you for a fantastic career and an awesome lifestyle in Canada or overseas. Our Faculty and students have worked here in BC, across Canada, and around the world. Conservation, outdoor recreation, and nature-based tourism offer amazingly diverse employment opportunities in pretty cool places. Moreover, these fields are filled with people passionate about the issues they are working on and solutions they are contributing to

Students and graduates work in a variety of sectors including Federal, provincial or state, and municipal governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), quasi-public agencies such as YMCA and Girl Scouts, industry or employee services, arts and culture, events, as well as university or college teaching, and private commercial business operations. Employment in recreation, parks and tourism is as broad and diverse as your interests and passions, and fulfills some basic human needs and desires. In addition to non-profits (e.g. Yellowstone to Yukon, WWF) and private businesses (Fairmont Hotels, mountain resorts, etc…) students and alumni have worked with BC Parks, Parks Canada, and various government ministries (e.g. Ministry of Environment, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development; BC Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture). Some job titles include:

Outdoor Instructor, Guide, Educator, Coach (e.g. climbing, biathlon, backcountry skiing, fly fishing, mountaineering, cycle)
Bear, whale and other wildlife viewing guide
Sales Manager (e.g. ski hill, zip line, climbing company…)
Recreation Director for a city, town, or private company (e.g. hotel like Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge)
Tourism Destination marketing and communications managers
Economic Development Officer
Nature-based tourism and adventure photographers and filmmakers
Environmental and Experiential Educator
Park Interpreter
Environmental and/or social research consultant
Park Operator
Recreation technician
Park Warden, Area Supervisor