Walpole Island school opens fish hatchery
Dr. Trevor Pitcher, director of the University of Windsor's Freshwater Restoration Ecology Centre, shows students a juvenile sturgeon at the opening of the Giigoonyig Enjintaawgiwaad hatchery at Anishinaabeg Kinomaagewgamig Immersion School on Walpole Island First Nation on Friday. (MICHAEL WILKINS/University of Windsor)
BKEJWANONG, Ont. — A new fish hatchery opened Friday at an Anishinaabemowin immersion school on Walpole Island First Nation, bringing together Indigenous language, ecological stewardship and hands-on science in a single classroom.