The Great Lakes are five lakes in North America that are all freshwater lakes. This freshwater makes up 20 per cent of the world’s surface freshwater.

Four of these lakes are located in Ontario Canada: Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior. Lake Michigan is the only great lake that is entirely in the United States of America. These lakes are extremely important for aquatic life, ecosystems, drinking water, irrigation, as well as transportation. Invasive species, pollution, habitat destruction, as well as climate change are having significant impacts on these lakes.

This initiative is to highlight these issues, potential career opportunities associated with the Great Lakes, as well as to give hands-on opportunities to high school students in the aquatic and terrestrial fieldwork that is performed in and around these lakes.

What are vaccines? How do they work? Why do we need them? In this symposium, we will learn from academic and industry professionals about vaccines and immunizations.

Not only will we learn about the influence of vaccines on a personal level, we will also understand the roles they play in our community, and why they are especially important in the COVID-19 pandemic. Are you curious about the making of vaccines? Are you interested in public health? Join us as we bust all myths around vaccines and learn about the science of immunization.

Discover the miracles of science and the basis of what makes you what you are in this exciting workshop! You will be extracting DNA from fruits.