ISH is participating in the Verna J. Kirkness Foundation visit in April-May 2020 of Indigenous youth to campus. Some of them will spend their days in the lab with our staff and students participating in bio-control activities.

I don’t know if we have this grant yet, but I applied for two summer student wage subsidies with the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association “Green Jobs Initiative”. I described one student as a KPU Horticulture student and the second as a high school student who would work with and be mentored by the KPU student for a biocontrol in turf project. I specified that we would be looking for an Indigenous youth through our association with the Verna Kirkness Indigenous Student program and also promote the job with our two current high school volunteers who are both new Canadians and visible minorities.