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Ridgetown dairy farming students have online learning options

Shelia Pearson
Ridgetown dairy farming students have online learning options

Published Aug 10, 2023  •  Last updated Aug 10, 2023  •  2 minute read

Dairy herdsperson apprenticeship program, University of Guelph, Ridgetown campus, hybrid option
McKenna Morrison, 19, who works at a Thedford-area dairy farm operation, while enrolled in the dairy herdsperson apprenticeship program at the Univesity of Guelph, Ridgetown campus, appreciates she will now have options to take some of the schooling online thanks to more than $300,000 in provincial funding to add a hybrid component to the program. She is seen here outside the school’s dairy barn on Wednesday following the announcement. PHOTO Ellwood Shreve/Postmedia jpg, CD, apsmc

RIDGETOWN – The University of Guelph, Ridgetown campus is getting about $300,000 to provide a hybrid, distance education option when training students from across Ontario to fill jobs in the dairy industry.

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The funding was announced Aug. 9 by Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development in partnership with the Dairy Farmers of Ontario and the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus to expand its dairy herdsperson apprenticeship program.

The funding will enable the DHA program to offer a hybrid distance education option by

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