A love of animals and travel drew Ian Sewell (Class of ’16 and ‘18) to the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus from the Island of Jamaica with an eye on vet school, but an introductory aquaculture course saw him ultimately change his focus from the land to the sea.

Since 2016, the Cooke Aquaculture Scholarship has been providing support to undergraduate aquaculture students who will become the next generation of aquaculture industry expertise.

After a lost Barley Ring was turned into the Alumni office nearly three years ago, its miraculously now back on the hand of its proud owner. And the fit couldn’t be better!

Salmon were on-reared at the Faculty of Agriculture from smolt to a sexually mature stage and then released.