Huron University College Scotia Bank Scholars

Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) Community Education staff partnered for a second year with Huron’s Scotia Bank Scholars. It offers an intensive high school English credit to exceptional students from across the watershed who have been identified as facing barriers to post-secondary education. The theme for this year’s program was water.

On the first day of the course, students visited Fanshawe Conservation Area where they learned about the UTRCA’s core missions and challenges. The class enjoyed a tour of the Watershed Conservation Centre and the Fanshawe dam before participating in activities that combined conservation science with the art of communicating that knowledge to a larger public. The following day, UTRCA staff visited Huron College where they led students on a walk of the Medway Creek and met one-on-one with students to assist with topic choice and thesis development for their final projects. On the final day of the course, UTRCA staff returned to Huron to attend a ‘Pitch Fair’ where students showcased their research and working thesis.