Katie Burles

Position
Instructor
Department
University Sciences and Math
Institution
College of the Rockies

Short Biography

Katie is a Geography Instructor at the College of the Rockies (COTR), Cranbrook, BC. Her formal education includes a Bachelor of Arts in geography from Thompson Rivers University (2008), Master of Science in geography from University of Lethbridge (2010), and the Provincial Instructors Diploma Program through Vancouver Community College (2017). Before joining the College of the Rockies science faculty, Katie worked as an environmental consultant, public servant, and program manager of a not-for-profit organization. In these roles, she worked on a variety of snow science, fluvial geomorphology, watershed balance, surficial geology, and watershed governance and planning projects. Conducting field-based research and monitoring has provided her with many opportunities to explore remote areas of the Yukon, BC, and Alberta during all four seasons. This only fuels her desire to spend more time in the outdoors and show her students and young sons the wonders of the natural world.

Courses Taught/Teaching

2015- Current: GEOG 101 - Introduction to Physical Geography (lecture and lab)
2015 - 2019: GEOL 105 - Introduction to Physical Geology (lecture and lab)
2015- 2019: GEOL 106 - Historical Geology (lecture and lab)
2015-Current: GEOG 210 - Geography of BC
2015- Current: GEOL 220 - Natural Hazards (lecture and lab)
2021- Current: ENSC 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science (lab)

Email Address
kburles@cotr.bc.ca

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atmospheric science, climate change, climatology, earth system science, environmental geoscience, historical geology, hydrology, introductory geoscience, meteorology, physical geology

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