Experience water like you never have before! join us for a 4-day experiential learning adventure in the Bow Valley Watershed. Earn 3 credits in a Locally Developed Course (LDC2492) while developing your moving water canoeing and leadship skills and investigating the impacts of water.
REGISTER!PURPOSE
To build moving water canoeing skills, aquatic ecosystem health assessment skills, and leadership skills in a context of critical thinking. These hands-on learning experiences are particularly important as we strive to better educate youth for their own safety and as ambassadors of precious natural resources, systems, and spaces.
DELIVERY & LOCATION
Online course work at the student's home school will be delivered using an online course management system. Immersion in the 4-day course will take place at the Canadian Rockies Outdoor Learning Centre in Bow Valley Provincial Park and surrounding waterways.
ACTIVITIES & OUTCOMES
Moving water canoeing skills, trip planning, hazard awareness and mitigation, lake and river naviation skills, aquatic monitoring and water quality testing, leadership skills, and team building. Earn a Paddle Canada certificate in Introduction to Moving Water Tandem
Prerequisite: Students must have completed Water Experience 15 credits and equivalent introductory paddling certifications for flatwater paddling.
