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CHSS students build doghouses for northern dogs in Aboriginal communities

MEDIA RELEASE

For Immediate Release
January 13, 2015

GUELPH, Ontario – College Heights Secondary School (CHSS) students are building 30 doghouses over the next few weeks that will be shipped to Northern Ontario Aboriginal communities in a unique partnership with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Habitat for Humanity and the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB).

The Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) students in grades 11 and 12 have received free supplies from IFAW donation funding, have set up an assembly line and will build the doghouses as part of their final exam.

Charles Benyair, SHSM/Technological Education Leader says “We’re very excited about this project as it will benefit our students and the communities involved immediately”.

As one of the world’s largest animal welfare organizations, the IFAW provides education, assistance with dog by-laws, annual vet clinics and when necessary, rehoming for First Nation communities who have many large, resourceful and free-ranging dogs.

“These dogs are not strays”, says Jan Hannah, the IFAW lead for the Northern dogs Project. “They do live outside and doghouses are just one way we can help these dogs cope with the long, hard winter”.

“Building the doghouses will be a way for the students to see the connection to the north, Aboriginal people and the animals, too,” says Benyair.

“Not only is this part of their final SHSM exam, but it will give students a sense of pride knowing their work is being used due to their generosity”.

For more information:

Maggie McFadzen, Communications Officer
519-822-4420 ext.725
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Mark Weidmark, Administrative Officer – Communications
519-822-4420 ext.544
[email protected]
 

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