Externship and Career Experiential Learning (ExCEL) Visit

Ready to step outside the classroom and into the field? Join us for an interactive afternoon at the Conservation Halton Foundation, where you’ll discover how science, planning, and restoration work together to protect our local watersheds and ecosystems.

This is more than just a tour—it’s your chance to connect with professionals, explore real-world environmental solutions, and see how today’s conservation efforts are building a more sustainable future.

Agenda

11:30am-12pm - Meet at the Science Teaching Complex, check in and get your seat on the bus. Departure will be at 12:00 PM sharp.

1pm - 4pm

• 1:00 – Welcome & Overview (Kim Barrett)
• 1:10 – All the ‘ologies’ (Lesley Matich)
• 1:30 – Watershed Management Planning (Ilona Feldmann)
• 1:50 – Source Water Protection (Mardi Bergen)
• 2:10 – Break & Networking
• 2:40 – Restoration in Watersheds (Amanda Draves)
• 3:00 – Flood Forecasting Overview (Ben)
• 3:20 – Tour of the Climate Station & LID Gardens

4pm - Return to Science Teaching Complex.