A great website: Zeno's Forensic Site, with complete list of career opportunities in forensic science! 

In the States

Oct 5th 2003 Update (thanks to Jamie for the email and the information)

I'm a junior forensics major (concentration in forensic examiner) at West Virginia University. We have a forensics program here that was started with help from the FBI. There's also a concentration in forensic biology and chemistry. We have a biometrics program too. You can go to www.wvu.edu/~forensic for more info. If you have any questions you can email me back. Thanks, Jamie

In British Columbia, Canada: 

UBC

As the largest university in BC, interestingly, UBC does not offer complete forensic training programs. However, UBC does offer courses affiliated with forensic techniques, distributes in Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Sciences. Also UBC Faculty of Science provides the link to local schools offering the program as one of the career options for students in science. The program is offered by Justice Institute of B.C and BCIT.

Jokes from AMS (UBC's student union): 

" SFU: Simon Fraser University, our cross town competition. What do they have that we don't? Bagpipes, more concrete than the Atlantic City harbour, and a forensic entomologist. What do we have that they don't? Everything else, including sunshine."

And, did I mention that I am a UBC student? 

UBC courses, research, projects and labs affiliated with forensic investigation:

Forensic Psychology:

•  Yullie Lab: Dr. John Yullie's Forensic Psychology research. also listed a forensic psychology course.
•  As a Graduate Program if you are planning to get a M.A.
• Division of Forensic Psychiatry

Forensic Anthropology:

• Simulating Craniofacial Growth: This is a computer-science thesis about computer remodeling and reconstructing skulls. Except for the part that looks pretty much like Finite element analysis to me, the other part about the skulls is pretty cool.

Forensic Pathology:

• Career opportunity listed for post-grads from Pathology department.

Forensic Odontology: (dentistry, teeth, etc.)

• Dr. David Sweet's page. Great links too! 
• Bureau of Legal Dentistry (BOLD): lead by Dr. David Sweets and located in AMPEL lab in UBC, BOLD is North America's first research facility dedicated exclusively to forensic dentistry.

Forensic Medicine: 

• BC Whiplash Initiative

Chemistry:

• Department of Chemistry tells you that the career is out there.

Comupter Science:

• UBC Certificate: Internet & Technology Security. Ever wonder how Sara hacks into victim's computer system and recovers data and addresses effortlessly? Now it's your turn!

(so much for UBC.. TO BE CONTINUED... )

SFU

Out "Cross-town counterpart". So the name of the entomologist is Dr. Gail Anderson; here is her brief intro from SFU's site: 

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Forensic entomologist Gail Anderson was recently named one of the five leading international innovators in the field of crime and punishment by Time Magazine. She heads up Canada's first laboratory dedicated to forensic entomology, here at SFU, and developed the world's first flesh-eating insect database to assist in homicide investigations.

She has assisted police in over 130 homicide investigations and can help pinpoint time of death and whether a body has been moved. She has also worked with archaeologists where human remains have been found and used her research results to catch poachers of protected species.

Anderson teaches a first-year biology course at SFU, as well as several graduate courses. 

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Despite the UBC/SFU rivalry, I do admire Dr. Anderson because of her innovation and, the fact that she is a female in the male-dominant field. 

(more to come... stay tooned!) 

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