RANGE OF SERVICES
Ghost
River Rediscovery is an approved outdoor education service provider
with the Calgary Board of Education.
We are accredited by the Alberta Camping Association and maintain
business and guiding permits in Kananaskis Country, Banff National
Park and a variety of provincial parks and wilderness areas in the
Province of Alberta. Customized programs are available for schools,
youth centers, and various other organizations. Prices will vary
depending on the activities selected and the level of planning and
facilitation required. Consultations are available to work creatively
on a program that meets your needs.
GRR RSP Program provides the following
range of services:
- Customized camps: summer
and winter camps for children, youth and adults
- Day Hiking: summer and winter
trips for different ability levels and learning goals
- Backpacking: we can help with
trip planning, preparation and provide experienced, qualified
leaders.
- Canoeing: we can organize,
outfit and guide wilderness canoe expeditions
- Summer and winter wilderness
living and survival: fire-making, shelter-building etc.
- Bear awareness: living and
traveling safely and respectfully in bear country
- Ancestral technologies and
crafts: hide tanning, drum-making, traditional weapons, clothing
and tools, birch-bark canoe building etc.
- Aboriginal awareness: history,
traditions and lifeways. Teachings of the Drum, talking circles,
the medicine wheel, cultural practices, teachings of the Elders,
traditional teaching stories, tipi living, etc.
- Ethnobotany: using plants
for food, medicine and crafts
- Wilderness rites of passage:
coming of age traditions, creating alternative graduation celebrations
- Initiative and challenge
exercises: activities to help groups explore their true potential
in a hands-on way
- Cross-cultural education:
activities to explore the world between cultures, songs, stories
and traditions from the four directions
- Environmental education: experiential
activities to explore our relationship with the natural world
- Looking Within: activities
to explore the world within and to find one’s true gifts
and place in the circle
- Professional Development:
we offer a range of training including outdoor leadership, wilderness
first aid, experiential education and facilitation skills
Programs and activities can be carried out at a variety
of field sites. Camps/day programs for up to 30 people at a time
can be arranged at our road-accessible wilderness camp in the Ghost
River area (approx. 50 minutes from Calgary). We can arrange food,
cooks, guides, and facilitation services as required.
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