Fleming College

City of Kawartha Lakes ON (March 24, 2017) – A Fleming College Urban Forestry Technician (UFT) student has received the prestigious Prince of Wales Forest Leadership Award.

Reginald Eddy, in semester five of UFT, was one of two Canadian students to receive the award, which includes a $12,000 bursary and the opportunity to travel on exchange to the United Kingdom to complete a forest internship.

The award, handed out through the Canadian Institute of Forestry, is offered to recent graduates or any student studying forestry in Canada at the diploma, undergraduate degree or master’s degree level. Eddy has made history as the first diploma student to have ever been selected for the award.

“Having the opportunity to work in United Kingdom is something I can barely imagine. Forestry management practices are very well developed in European countries and there is much for me to learn from this experience. I am looking forward most, to being emerged in such a culturally significant part of the world.”

“This is an incredible achievement for Reg, for our program and for Fleming College. We are so proud of him,” said Tom Mikel, Coordinator of Fleming’s Forestry and Urban Forestry Technician programs.

The Urban Forestry Technician Co-op program is offered at Fleming’s Frost Campus within the School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences. Fleming’s UFT program was designed as a unique diploma-degree program in partnership with the University of New Brunswick (UNB). Students spend two years at Fleming and two years at UNB and graduate with both a diploma and a degree in just four years.

About The Prince of Wales Forest Leadership Award
The Prince of Wales Forest Leadership Award recognizes students and recent graduates who have actively engaged in forestry or natural resource management and have demonstrated a passion for the environment and a desire to solve complex problems. Every year, a total of four winners, two from Canada and two from the United Kingdom, will take part in the international forestry student exchange program during the summer of 2017. Participating students will work at meaningful employment in their partner country, which will offer a broad range of interdisciplinary forest experience in policy, planning and field work. The program connects future forestry leaders with all of the resources required for success.

About Fleming College
Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and Heritage, Business, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, General Arts and Sciences, Health and Wellness, Justice and Community Development, Skilled Trades and Technology, and Continuing Education. Fleming College has more than 5,900 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and 71,000 alumni.

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Media, for more information please contact:
Laura Copeland
Communications Officer
laura.copeland@flemingcollege.ca
705.749.5530 x 1370