What's On this Week: Skills and More
Hello Shining Waters! We have a whole week of awesome opportunities for learning and development including our first of two Listening sessions for volunteers as part of our Reconciliation Journey.
For a complete list of all upcoming webinars and sessions, please check the David Huestis Learning Centre and/ or the Scouter Guide.
Here is what's on: (all times listed are in Eastern)
Week 3: Skills Night for Scouters
Tuesday October 12th, 8 pm and 10 pm
This week we are stretching our Scouter skills beyond cooking food. Bring your mug, and let's have some fun learning about water and its impact on the food we eat. Surprisingly- fresh water is a non-renewable resource, so we must use it efficiently wherever possible. Let's take time to review how Scouting makes an impact on our local communities, and how we can further develop supporting others who experience food insecurity.
Week 4: Skills Night for Scouters
Wednesday October 13th 8 pm and 10 pm
Proper lighting is important for keeping communities safe through the night with increased visibility for bikers, runners, drivers and more! But with too much lighting, our planet can become polluted with what’s known as light pollution. Imagine a Scouting meeting or camp without lights and how a simple headlamp makes these activities so much easier! Discover how to Scout in the dark and rely on your other senses. You may even learn a thing or two that can reduce your light consumption in your day-to-day.
Listening and Feedback Sessions: Our Reconciliation Journey
Thursday October 14th, 1:30 pm
Scout’s Canada’s Listening Sessions are a new practise being implemented to provide a safe space for membership to have meaningful conversations about Reconciliation. Listening to membership is imperative, this is our journey and we want to co-create it together!
These crucial conversations will serve as an opportunity for our Diversity Team to listen to your views, questions, concerns, and ideas that will help us determine the right directions to take during this on-going journey. At the same time, these conversations also contribute to our mission of helping develop well-rounded youth by empowering youth to speak-up, think critically and see the value in being socially aware.
Paperwork!
Sunday October 17, 6:30 to 8 pm
Your how-to session on all the paperwork necessary for the adventures that our sections plan and execute. From how to navigate BP&P, to how and why we use Adventure Application Forms (AAFs) and Emergency Response Plans (ERPs), to how we identify and mitigate the risks involved in each activity.
We are hosting a session for all Scouters to hopefully ease some of the angst that this paperwork and assessment brings. We'll have other Volunteers from around Canada joining us as well, so it will be great to see many faces from far and wide!
Scoutstracker event link: https://scoutstracker.ca/commissioners/view?event=11-3882-750834579-cf6747d3399ee3d9f6b0#loadingpage
