Analyzing seal teeth for environmental reconstruction might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but for Jenn Wilkins it’s a dream come true.
Heading into the fourth year of her bachelor of arts degree, the bioarchaeology major discovered her interest in seals after taking a volunteer position at the Ocean Sciences Centre in Logy Bay. The television series Bones helped further deepen her interest in forensic and biological archaeology.
“The program (Bones) is quite inaccurate when you know more about archaeology, but it did show me a way of doing both humanities and science,” said Ms. Wilkins, who has received a coveted Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award.
“I explored Memorial’s calendar and found biolarchaeology. Right away I knew it was where I wanted to be.”
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