This all day, hands on session will provide participants with the opportunity to learn about the following:

• Shelter Making / Use

  • Summer – using the materials from the land; tent 

  • Winter: Quinzhee, Snow Trench, Igloo (dependent upon snow conditions)

• Fire starting (see fire teaching option for details)

• Water purification

  • Store bought options

  • Using the land and what's at hand to make water safer

• Plant Identification and Use

  • How to identify poisonous plants and to recognize and consume edible ones

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• “Plan before you go out” teachings

  • How to avoid unnecessary hardship if you get lost

    • What to bring and what to leave behind

    • The psychology of bush survival and stress management techniques

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• Basic Search and Rescue techniques

  • How to build and use distress signals

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• Compass and Map skills

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• Knife and axe safety

Duration: minimum 6 hours