Welcome to GetKidsPaddling.ca
Get Kids Paddling is a grassroots organization created to support Canadian youth in the discovery and exploration of Canada through paddling.
Why GKP?
Keeping Canadian Backcountry Wilderness Culture Afloat…
For seven years, Get Kids Paddling has been committed to supporting the growth and development of paddling experiences for Canadian youth.
What began as a conversation amongst a few paddling instructors about the best way to build and grow opportunities for the next generation of Canadian paddlers has now grown to a network of more than 450 strong.
Today, paddling programs for youth face more challenges with respect to planning, resources and managing risk. There has never been a better time for this unique, national undertaking to get kids paddling.
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Canoeing and kayaking are integral parts of our Canadian heritage.
Get Kids Paddling is an organization that is committed to supporting the growth and design of programs that can introduce and ignite a passion for paddling and backcountry tripping among our youth.
In addition to working with outdoor education programs in schools, Get Kids Paddling partners with community-based groups who might also be facing the same restrictions and difficulties with respect to sustainable programming.
To get involved, and learn more about how you can support, and connect with Get Kids Paddling, click below.
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Get Kids Paddling Responds
Hello again! It is certainly a summer like no other I’ve experienced! The Climate Crisis is increasingly apparent and the need to organize critical. Covid-19 is still with us and there are numerous other unsettling issues. Where Get Kids Paddling fits in all this is a question for each of us to answer. With over 80% of …
Beautiful & Messy : Outdoor Education
Dear friends- our most-recent blog post update, which may have arrived to you via email newsletter should have directed you to this post and article by Morten Asfeldt. Please forgive our second attempt to share this post and great piece of writing with you: Most readers of this blog can give solid reasons to answer …
Why Get Kids Paddling?
Most readers of this blog can give solid reasons to answer the question, Why Get Kids Paddling. Yet when faced by the powers that be, we have not produced the evidence to support what we intuitively know. Many thanks to Morten Asfeldt for sharing the following article that has been submitted to Pathways: The Ontario Journal …