Canadian Foodgrains Bank initiative offers insight into the lives of small-scale farmers in countries without food security
WINNIPEG — “Has anyone heard of a country called Burkina Faso?” Roberta Gramlich asked the Grade 7 students meeting in the Linden Meadows school library. No one moved or made a sound for five seconds, until a female student timidly raised her hand. “In Asia?” Gramlich smiled and didn’t seem troubled by the incorrect guess, […] Read moreTag Archives Education — page 2
VIDEO: Urban agriculture class opens eyes
MORINVILLE, Alta. — Most of the students in the urban agriculture program at Morinville Community High School know urban, but few know anything about agriculture. Teacher Neil Korotash knows the Grade 10 and 11 students in his urban agriculture class likely won’t turn into farmers after taking a semester-long course on food and agriculture, but […] Read more
Small-town college offers big city education
MUENSTER, Sask. — St. Peter’s College has been open for almost 100 years and its rural feel is still attracting students making the transition to city life. The college, barely visible from the highway that passes the small village of Muenster, is set amidst 500 acres of mixed forest and organic farmland. Built in 1921 […] Read more
Student eager for knowledge, skills to succeed
Agricultural machinery technician | Agronomy student learns how to grow crops and to keep equipment running
Next time your clutch is slipping, ask Katelyn Duncan about it. The young farmer has wanted to learn the mechanical side of agriculture for years. Now she can tear down an engine and put it back together with no missing pieces. When it’s running, she can visualize and hear its moving parts, understanding how they […] Read more
Teaching in a digital age
Will books become extinct? | Study shows many students rely on the internet for information
SASKATOON — It was on a bus trip with his daughter’s Grade 6, 7 and 8 schoolmates that Jay Wilson got the urge to conduct his latest survey. The University of Saskatchewan education professor noticed only one was reading a book out of the 50 kids on the two-hour bus ride. The rest spent their […] Read moreLethbridge College expands rural reach
Just in time for the start of a new semester, Lethbridge College has opened its fifth rural campus. Vulcan, about 75 kilometres north of Lethbridge, will be offering college courses using video conferencing as well as direct instruction. The town joins the ranks of rural college campuses in Fort Macleod, Claresholm, Pincher Creek and Crowsnest […] Read more
Additional financial support will assist Canadians pursuing international ag fellowship
An international program designed for Canadians with a career in agriculture has received new funding support. Glacier Media, a Canadian owner of print and online publications, which includes The Western Producer, has committed $15,000 per year. Three Canadians are selected annually for the prestigious Nuffield scholarship, founded by Britain’s Lord Nuffield in 1947. Eight countries […] Read more
Farming provided skills for work on the mound
Jonathan Harpestad calls it self-reliance. His mother, Heidi, calls it maturing. But they both agree that the sports academy he has attended in Okotoks, Alta., since age 16 has taught him more than baseball skills. In his two years at the school, the Eston, Sask., youth has improved his pitching while taking academic courses and learning to […] Read more
Taking education beyond academics yields benefits for family
Lynette Dyck home schools four of her children on the family farm outside of Swift Current, Sask. And in conversation with Dyck, it is likely that her three-year-old will probably make that five in a few years. She believes that educating a child at home, surrounded by family, yields net benefits that extend beyond academics […] Read more
Students optimistic on prospects
Three agriculture students from the University of Manitoba were in a cheerful mood recently as they attending Keystone Agricultural Producers’ annual convention. “There are so many jobs out there,” sad Jessi Good, a second year agriculture diploma student, during a coffee break. The students got a chance to learn more about an industry that offers […] Read more
