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Innovative Program at Kemptville Makes Headlines

January 6, 2010

Kemptville Campus is in the news today. Katrina Merkies, who heads the equine department, is featured in the Ottawa Citizen. The article looks at an innovative program that teaches leadership skills through horse behaviour. The equine therapy program is being expanded to reach at-risk youth, with plans to eventually include other groups ranging from abuse survivors to children with attention deficit disorder and people with post-traumatic stress disorder.