Dave Goldman – Page 2 – Get Kids Paddling

17 August 2021

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 our 4 million plus youngsters living in urban environments, how can we hope for them to appreciate the outdoors?

In Ontario, the Nicholas Mills trial over the drowning of Jeremiah Perry has still not been resolved. We are advised that on September 3, 2021, the judge will either deliver a verdict or ask questions of the lawyers. If the latter, the decision will come several weeks later. On July 9, 2021 the following Canadian Press article on the trial was published.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/07/09/crown-to-begin-closing-arguments-in-case-of-teacher-charged-in-teens-drowning.html

In June, Get Kids Paddling developed the following response to the drowning and trial. We welcome your comments.

https://getkidspaddling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GKP_Response-Jeremiah_Perry_Incident-Nicholas_Mills_Trial_20210708.pdf

Finally for now, Paddle Canada has made the following offer.

https://www.paddlecanada.com/youth-paddling-grant

Best wishes.
Dave Goldman, Chair
Get Kids Paddling

4 June 2021

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 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 of Outdoor Education, Spring 2021 Issue.

A Beautiful Messy Process : Outdoor Education in Canada

We hope that it and other supportive articles we plan to share, will help us build that evidence and those arguments. Please share your thoughts with us in the Comments section below. And please share with us any articles, evidence or arguments that you think will help.

3 June 2021

Why Get Kids Paddling?

Many thanks to Morten Asfeldt for sharing the following article that has been submitted to Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, Spring 2021 Issue.

A Beautiful Messy Process : Outdoor Education in Canada

26 April 202126 April 2021

Get Kids Paddling – Two Questions and a Reminder

As we get into the 2021 year, we hope to keep you more informed about what we are doing. We will also be seeking your input.

So – Reminder first –

On Tuesday, April 27 at 7 pm, Cadets Canada will be making a presentation to Get Kids Paddling. (Details below.)

You are invited to tune into the presentation and stay afterwards to audit the initial 2021 planning meeting of the GKP Steering Committee, if you wish.

To sign up, contact us at getkidspaddlingon@gmail.com.

And – Two questions that we’d like feedback on:

Do you know of any programs or activities that are helping families prepare for canoeing or kayaking trips? We are wondering if there is an unmet need in that sector.

Secondly, we are trying to identify robust school paddling programs. With the pandemic taking place we don’t expect there is much activity now, but if you know of programs that have been outstanding and are likely to be so in the future, we want to hear about them.

To respond – getkidspaddlingon@gmail.com