The Open Outdoors program is designed to ignite a love of the outdoors by offering accessible skill building activities to empower equity deserving communities to be comfortable in the outdoors. Equity deserving communities are those historically under-resourced and under-represented in outdoor education and includes Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, and disabled communities. In addition to these groups, the program also aims to engage Indigenous youth and families recognizing the specific historical colonial inequities tied to land access and the outdoors that has led to Indigenous underrepresentation in outdoor education. Skill instruction will vary based on the location and time of year, but could include canoeing, fire building, orienteering, outdoor cooking, and more. We encourage participation from individuals or families/extended families, but please note that youth must be 16 years old to participate without adult supervision
Saturday, March 29 at Toronto Island – 12:15 pm to 4:00 pm
Join us to experience outdoor cooking and fire building in the great outdoors! Learn how to build a fire and cook tasty snacks using a variety of outdoor cooking methods. (all equipment will be provided).
Ferry to Toronto Island from Jack Layton Ferry terminal - Ferry tickets will be provided!
For all registered participants: more information on where to meet your group and ferry timing will be provided prior to March 29th – keep an eye on your email inbox for more information.
* The Toronto Islands are not a fully accessible site. We have several accommodations in place to make our program more accessible and are continually working to improve in this area. If you have questions about how you can participate, please feel free to reach out to us.
