A grant to McMaster University’s Let’s Talk Science! partnership supported students from at four Hamilton elementary schools to care for and hatch Atlantic salmon eggs in their classrooms over the winter, and then to re-introduce the fish into the Lake Ontario watershed.  Once a keystone species, these fish were eradicated from the lake in the late 1800s.  This program enables children to learn about the vital role they can play in protecting the environment.

 

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Ralph E. Ingraham Fund

Originally from North Sydney N.S., Ralph Elliott Ingraham grew up in Guelph and became a bank teller at the age of 15. With his experience, he was assigned to the Pay Office in London, England during the First World War, but soon requested a transfer to the Royal Field Artillery, spending 33 months in France until seriously wounded.

He eventually made his way to Hamilton, married Jane Alexander and worked for 27 years in the hardware wholesaling business with Wood, Alexander and James. He then worked another 27 years as an investment counselor with Dominion Securities.

Excerpt from 1992-1993 Annual Report