By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Indigenous students in southern Ontario are raising Atlantic salmon eggs in classroom tanks, reviving a species lost for over a year and reconnecting with their culture in the process. Each January, classrooms welcome about a hundred tiny Atlantic salmon eggs nestled inside \u201cfish condos.\u201d Over the next few months, students in Grades 5 through 8 watch the eggs come to life as they learn about native biodiversity, ecosystem health and stewardship. When it\u2019s time to release the young salmon into restoration streams such as Duffins Creek, the day becomes a ceremony \u2014 students lay tobacco and berries on birch bark to honour the fish\u2019s return to local waters. \u201cThroughout the program kids built relationships with the salmon. They help raise… <\/p>\n
By Sonal Gupta, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Indigenous students in southern Ontario are raising Atlantic salmon eggs in classroom tanks, reviving a species lost for over a year and reconnecting with their culture in the process. Each January, classrooms welcome about a hundred tiny Atlantic salmon eggs nestled inside \u201cfish condos.\u201d Over the next few months, students in Grades 5 through 8 watch the eggs come to life as they learn about native biodiversity, ecosystem health and stewardship. When it\u2019s time to release the young salmon into restoration streams such as Duffins Creek, the day becomes a ceremony \u2014 students lay tobacco and berries on birch bark to honour the fish\u2019s return to local waters. \u201cThroughout the program kids built relationships with the salmon. They help raise... <\/p>\n