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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Women's Trust Fund

A local group of women joined forces and established the Women's Trust of Hamilton, Burlington and District - the first local women's foundation in Canada. The Women's Trust is a partner of the Canadian Women's Foundation and a member of the National Network of Women's Funds (U.S.), a group that has expanded from four to 60 in the last decade.

The Women's Trust has established a fund with the Hamilton Community Foundation and the proceeds of this fund are used to support women and their children.