The Ontario government will invest $750,000 to assist Science North to create a 6,000 square foot travelling exhibit featuring the work of world-renowned scientist Dr. Jane Goodall.
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Northern Ontario's most popular tourist attraction got the good news earlier last week as the provincial government invested $11 million in northern Ontario to create jobs and improve quality of life.
Dan Newman, minister of northern development and mines and chair of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, announced the $11 million in funding to 27 partners throughout the north.
The travelling exhibit is expected to anchor the 2002 summer tourism experience at Science North.
The exhibit will be entitled Discovering Chimpanzees: The Remarkable World of Jane Goodall. Goodall has spent much of her life living with and studying chimpanzees around the world.
The exhibit will make its world debut May 6 at Science North, followed by a five-year North American tour. Eight science centres and museums in North America have already committed to rental periods for the exhibit.
"This opens a whole new industry in northern Ontario," said Science North director of business development Guy Labine. "Through this project, we export our brainpower and retain some of our brightest and most talented individuals in a variety of different fields.
The total value of the project is $1.6 million and the tour is expected to attract 1.5 million people.
Science North is also producing an Imax film called Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees, which will bring to life the chimpanzees of the Gombe Forest in Tanzania on a giant five-storey screen.
Goodall will be in attendance when the film and exhibit premieres in Sudbury May 6.
While in Sudbury, Goodall will present a public lecture at the Fraser Auditorium on May 5. For ticket information for the gala or lecture, phone 705-523-4629.
Another $750,000 was invested in the Rainbow Routes Association to purchase equipment, construct several buildings and bridges and to revitalize existing trails.
Much of this work will be done in the City of Greater Sudbury. The total cost of this project is $1.99 million.
