Huron Expositor, 2017-05-31, Page 9Gateway
in Goderich
11Ik Centre of excellence
Air in rural health
Kathleen Smith
Postmedia Network
Gateway Centre of Excellence in
Rural -Health hosted an open
house reception last week to offi-
cially announce relocation from
Seaforth to Goderich.
Originally formed and housed in
Seaforth, there were a group of
people who banded together
because of the need for more infor-
mation on rural health, how our
environment impacts our health
and why rural people are suffering
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Kathleen Smith/Goderich Signal Star
Warden Jim Ginn (centre) executes the official ribbon cutting at Gateway's
new office in Goderich. The six students who will conduct different research
projects over the coming months, a representative from Libro, and President Dr.
Agnes Kluz (to the right of Warden Ginn) joined him.
from certain diseases.
The Gateway office is now
located on Kingston Street, above
the Libro building.
Coffee, crops and donuts
Once again this year, the Sau-
geen and Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authorities will be
offering the Coffee, Crops and
Donuts workshop series for local
fanners.
Over 300 farmers attended the
workshops last year to learn
about soil conservation meas-
ures. The workshops are taught
by farmers, for farmers, with the
aim of sharing experiences and
methods in implementing best
management practices on a vari-
ety of farms.
Each session features a local
farmer speaking about their
practices and sharing what
they've learned about various
soil conservation measures. Eve-
ryone is then free to ask ques-
tions and discuss issues. These
events provide landowners with
an opportunity to see best man-
agement practices in action,
problem -solve and talk shop
with their neighbours over an
extended coffee break.
"It's been a terrific program
and we're very pleased to be able
to offer it again for the farm com-
munity," stated Luke Charbon-
neau, Chair of Saugeen Conser-
vation. "There are some excellent
practices happening out there in
the agricultural community and
these workshops provide an
opportunity to champion these
initiatives."
"We are pleased to be partner-
ing with Maitland Conservation
again on this endeavour", contin-
ued Charbonneau. "Maitland
Conservation has been working
with farm communities for many
years and it's great to benefit
from their years of experience."
Tori Waugh, Saugeen Conser-
vation's Agricultural Outreach
Coordinator has been working
with the farm community to
choose relevant topics for this
year's sessions including cover
crop seeding equipment modifi-
cations, using biosolids to
improve soil structure, erosion
control structures, switchgrass
management and more.
An interesting aspect of the
Coffee, Crops and Donuts work-
shop
orkshop series is that all the materi-
als, resources and technical
expertise is provided and shared
unreservedly by local farmers,
businesses, and organizations.
This year a greater diversity of
professionals from the agricul-
tural industry will be speaking at
Coffee, Crops & Donuts work-
shops. In addition, CEU credits
will be provided at each work-
shop for Certified Crop
Advisors.
The next Coffee, Crops and
Donuts Workshop will be held
on June 13th from 9:00 am to
11:00 am, at Gerard Grubb's, 585
Elora Street, Mildmay. The topic
is Cover Crop Seeding Equip-
ment Modifications with Deb
Campbell, Agronomy Advan-
tage. All Coffee, Crops and
Donuts workshops are free of
charge. Everyone is welcome.
Support for this project was
provided through the Ontario
Soil and Crop Improvement
Association from the GLASI Edu-
cation and Outreach Compo-
nent funded by the Ontario Min-
istry of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs and Agriculture and
Agri -Food Canada through
Growing Forward 2, a federal -
provincial -territorial initiative.
Interested landowners can
register online at coffeecropsdo-
nuts.eventbrite.com. For more
information visit Saugeen
Conservation's
Several notable members of the
community attended the recep-
tion, including Warden Jim Ginn,
the six students that are employed
with Gateway and will conduct
research during the summer, a
representative from Libro and
Gateway President Dr. Agnes
Kluz.
"We are so incredibly fortunate
to be residing here in this particu-
lar space in Goderich. This space
creates an open and warm environ-
ment where students and Chairs
and mentors can come together
and create and innovate,"
explained Agnes Kluz, President of
Gateway.
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John Bauman/Goderich Signal Star
(Left to right): Dan Kerr, Anne -Marie Thomson, Wayne Lyons, Dr. Agnes Kluz,
Gwen Devereaux, Jimmy Trieu and MP Ben Lobb.
Gateway's mission is to improve
the health and quality of life of
rural residents through research,
education and knowledge
transition.
This summer, Gateway will
employ five university graduates
and one high school student. Each
student will create a particular
health research project relevant to
our local area and their field of
study.
This year, a study of substance
use and youth addiction in local
communities, a study on the bene-
fits of exercise in treating patients
with mental health problems as
well as research into best practices
in rural hospices are innovative
areas of study.
Traditionally there is not a signif-
icant amount of medical research
conducted in rural communities
and Gateway is an organization
that will work with community
partners to improve the health sta-
tus and quality of life in rural
residents.
"We look forward to spending
many more moments in this space
with our students, creating oppor-
tunities for research to benefit our
community members. That is the
number one goal: to benefit our
community members," explained
Kluz.
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