Kainai Nation offers livestock certificate program

Kainai Nation offers livestock certificate program

The program, launched in 2021, offers everything from livestock handling 
to nutrition to mature students

The program is a year in length and teaches students about livestock production systems, handling, pasture and grazing management, as well as nutrition, feeding, health and disease, among other things. It covers livestock such as cattle, bison and horses.


Tom Harrison, a rancher from north of Regina, talks to students about his operation through the Adopt a Rancher program. Photo: Shirley Bartz

Program connects students to ranchers

To Shirley Bartz, getting students involved with agriculture is one of the most important things she does. “It is extremely important to have kids aware of and active in and kind of personally invested in the ranching process,” Bartz says. Bartz is the education co-ordinator for the Prairie Conservation Action Plan and helps operate their […] Read more


“I really like the connections and the people part of the business.”– Julie Mortenson.

Bringing cattle to the classroom

Julie Mortenson’s ‘Classroom Cattle’ program encourages students to ‘adopt’ a calf from her family’s ranch and watch it grow

Julie Mortenson grew up in the heart of cattle country. Today, she’s found a way to share some of that experience with students who don’t have the chance to spend time on farms and ranches. Originally from north of Grand Prairie, Alta., Mortenson spent her childhood on the land as she helped on her parent’s […] Read more