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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United Nations Association, Hamilton & District Bursary Award Fund

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Organization, the Hamilton & District Branch of the UN Association of Canada endowed an annual bursary for a McMaster University graduate student to undertake field training in remote areas of study among other cultures.

It is hoped that such direct experience will influence the recipients' future commitment to proactive support of United Nations goals in their professional and person lives.

Excerpt from 1994-1995 Annual Report