TRACKS Youth Program
TRACKS is an educational program based on Michi Saagiig Anishnaabeg territory. We are hosted by Trent University within the Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences Program (IESS), and operates in partnership with founding partner organization Kawartha World Issues Centre and the First Peoples House of Learning.

TRACKS offers a variety of programming including school workshops, camp programs and the Oshkwazin Trailblazer Program.
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School Programs
TRACKS offers a variety of school workshops throughout the year for your classroom! These workshops are for Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth of all ages. All of our programming is fun, hand-on, experiential, and braids multiple worldviews and scientific principles.

Through our programming, TRACKS aims to:

  • Create an awareness that Indigenous ecological knowledge is essential to comprehensive scientific approaches to environmental issues.
  • Provide youth with culturally rich, science-based outdoor education.
  • Help students understand the interconnectedness of all living things.
  • Introduce youth to diverse knowledge systems and fields of study
  • Connect youth with strong, motivated and dynamic mentors.
  • Encourage youth to think about math and science skills as valuable skills in achieving their future goals.
Manoomin Coding Connections Game

Manoomin Coding Connections Game

In this workshop, students will learn about coding, Anishinaabemowin, and Indigenous science! Students will use code and Anishinaabemowin to build a map for a small ozobot robot to follow. As the ozobot robot travels through the map, students will encounter different beings and learn about the relationships these beings have with Manoomin (wild rice).

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Hawk and Hare Unplugged Coding Game

Hawk and Hare Unplugged Coding Game

Waaboz (hare) is looking for food, and Mshikekek (cooper’s hawk) is hunting for Waaboz. During this unplugged coding activity, students will work in teams to collect food and safely return home while learning about reciprocity, ecosystem balance, and sustainability . They’ll have to adapt to a series of obstacles that Waaboz and Mshikekek encounter in real life and listen to their teammate's coding commands!

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Toppling Towers

Toppling Towers

Book this workshop for a collaborative game all about the key components of a healthy ecosystem. Learn about what Indigenous Knowledge has to do with the balance of critical environments, all while engaging in a fun game with your class.

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River Race

River Race

In this workshop students will have the opportunity to see what it's like to be salmon, eels and sturgeon during spawning season in the Lake Ontario tributaries. This game engages with Traditional Ecological Knowledge and discusses some of the histories of this territory. Access to a large space, like a gymnasium, is necessary for this workshop.

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Camp Programs
TRACKS Camp Programs are offered on PA Days, March Break and throughout the summer season. We collaborate with the Camp Kawartha Environment Centre and host our camps from our shared tipi space at their location. We also host camps in Curve Lake, Hiawatha, Alderville and Missisauga's of Scugog Island First Nation upon request.

All of our camp programs are targeted to youth ages 6-12 and braid multiple worldviews and scientific principles.

Camps are offered based on capacity. The best way to stay updated on our camp offerings is to sign up for email list!
Sign up your camper to join TRACKS for our P.A. Day Camps this year! TRACKS P.A. Day Camps are dynamic, fun, land-based youth programming that braids multiple knowledges by centering Indigenous ways of knowing and being.

CAMP DETAILS:
When: June 7th and 28th, 2024. Camps are from 8:30am - 3:30pm. Register for one or both camp days!
  • *We will offer 30 minutes of additional care before camp (8:00-8:30am) and after camp (3:30pm-4:00pm) as requested
Where: First Peoples House of Learning Gathering Space, Trent University and nearby nature areas.

Who: Our camps are open to both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Youth ages 6-12 years old.

Price: Sliding scale between $10-$40 per camper per day

REGISTRATION POLICIES:
Please read the following before filling out the Camper Information Form.

Registration: By submitting the Camper Information Form, you are adding your camper to a registration queue. Once you submit this form, please check your email (including your Spam folder) for an auto-response. If you do not receive this auto-response, please reach out to us as there may have been a typo in your form and we will not be able to reach you to confirm your registration. You are not considered registered for TRACKS Camp until you receive another confirmation email from us. We will send this confirmation email as soon as we can.

Pricing and subsidy: This camp day is priced on a sliding scale between $10 and $40 per camper per day to ensure financial accessibility. We hope that this will be accessible for most but please indicate in the form below if this baseline price is limiting and we will be able to provide a full subsidy (this requires a separate Subsidy Application Form).

Waitlist: Campers are registered on a first-come, first-served basis. You may register for both P.A. Day camps, but in order to ensure that as many youth as possible can experience TRACKS camp, your camper may be registered for just 1 day. Our capacity is always fluctuating, but typically we are able to host 25 campers per camp. We want everyone to be able to experience a TRACKS camp and we do our best to accommodate everyone! TRACKS is dedicated to creating spaces for Indigenous youth, so we will prioritize spaces for Indigenous campers.
  • If you have been registered for the waitlist: You will receive an email confirming this, and if a spot opens up for your camper we will reach out to you. We may continue to fill waitlist spots until the week before camp. 
  • If your plans for June change at any point in the coming months: Please let us know as soon as possible so that we can reach out to our waitlist. If we do not receive your registration forms and payment within one week of camp (or we do not receive communication about when we will receive these) then your camper's spot will be given up to someone on the waitlist.
Please email camps@tracksprogram.ca with any questions, concerns or special requests.




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Youth Programs
There are many ways that TRACKS is involved in community education outside of our School Programs (workshops, etc.) and Camp Programs (PA Days, March Break and Summer Camps). These offerings are encapsultated under our Youth Programs.

One of the main Youth Programs we offer is our Oshkwazin Trailblazer Program. Click the button below to learn more about it!

Stay tuned to this part of the website as we update our Youth Program offerings.

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Trent University (IESS)

Trent University (IESS)

TRACKS is hosted by Trent University within the Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences Program (IESS).

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Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC)

Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC)

TRACKS is supported by the Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC). KWIC is a charitable Global Education and Resource Centre which promotes dialogue and understanding of world issues to enable people to engage in positive social and environmental change.

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First Peoples House of Learning (FPHL)

First Peoples House of Learning (FPHL)

TRACKS operates in partnership with the First Peoples House of Learning at Trent University.

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Actua

Actua

​TRACKS is a proud member of Actua. Actua provides training, resources and support to its national network of members located at universities and colleges across Canada in the delivery of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education outreach programming.

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