For Olivia Andres, an Indigenous student from Saskatoon, SK, a research project proved to be a bit ‘picky’. She spent the summer months picking up manure left by the famous wild horses of Sable Island.
“In less glamourous terms, it was just chasing horses for poop for a month,” Andres is quoted in Sasktoday.ca. “It was a good time though, and super cool to get to do that.”
The fifth-year biology major at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) is a member of Sweetgrass First Nation and has familial ties to Birch Narrows Dene Nation. She is also finishing a minor in Indigenous Studies in the College of Arts and Science.