Welcome to the Get Kids Padding Resource Hub.
Here, you’ll find a growing collection of resources that has been built over years of supporting and growing our passionate community.
Don’t see what you’re looking for? Please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Get Kids Paddling is launching an initiative to develop The National Registry of Paddling Programs for Youth. The aim is to locate and highlight all paddling programs for youth taking place across Canada, including those within schools and communities. By putting this information into one place that is publicly accessible, opportunities for networking, creating dialogue and sharing best practices will be created, supporting our ongoing mission to Get Kids Paddling. We are looking for school-based paddling programs across Canada to complete a short survey.
The data gathered will be used to build our National Registry.
If you are interested in participating, please click HERE to fill out the survey.
Podcasts
Trip Planning Resources
- Four-day Canoe Trip Equipment List
- Four-day Canoe Trip Menu
- Eleven-day Canoe Trip Menu
- Canoe Tripping Recipes
- List of Paddling Resources in Ontario
- Massassauga Park 4-day Canoe Route | 2016
- Temagami 15-day Canoe Route | 2016
Health & Safety Resources
- Swim Guidelines | Boy Scouts of Canada | 2018
- Swimming Guidelines & Swimming Tests | Girl Guides Canada | 2018
- Outward Bound Canada Swimming Policy | 2018
- Ontario Lifesaving Society Drowning Report Infographic | 2018
- Project Canoe Risk Management & Safety Standards | 2018
- Project Canoe Risk Management Plan – Swimming | 2018
- Encountering a Black Bear | 2018
- Water Safety Orders for Cadets | 2018
- Bluewater District School Board, Canoeing and Swimming Procedures | 2017
- BICO Cold Card | 2017
- What to do When it Rains | 2017
Teaching / Instructional / Guide Resources & Forms
- Lifesaving Society | Lifeguarding Course for Teachers
- Acknowledgement of Risk Form
- Contract of Student Expectations
- Emergency Student Information Form
- The Boundless School, Policies & Guidelines
Publications, Reports, Media Releases & Letters
- Another Brick in the Wall | Paddling Magazine
- An Open Letter of Support for School Run Backcountry Trips | COEO, 2018
- Deloitte Review and Assessment of Ontario School Board Policies and Procedures (Presentation) | 2018
- Deloitte Review and Assessment of Ontario School Board Policies and Procedures (Report) | 2018
- Get Kids Paddling Recommendations to the Ministry of Education | 2018
- Expanding Paddling Opportunities for Youth, Survey Results | 2017
- Leadership Scenarios | 2018
- Ontario Ministry of Education Letter to School Boards re: Open Water Activities | 2018
- Recommendations to Revise OPHEA Guidelines | 2016
- Sanitizing Adventure | Adventure Kayak Magazine, 2018
- The “Why” of it All | 2018