Explore the wild. Learn in and from community. Gain academic and life skills.
Headwaters is a four credit interdisciplinary environmental leadership program for Grade 12 students from any Guelph high school. Students go on a wilderness trip, plan and teach a program for Grade 3 and engage in community-based projects.
Check out the page done by Headwaters Winter 2016
“I feel so much more aware of my actions. Everything I do and eat, I wonder: where did this come from, where is it going, how much energy, how much pollution?”
Course fee
There is a course fee of around $800 for Headwaters to pay for our trips and our off site location. No student is denied the opportunity to take Headwaters due to financial reasons. There is a bursary available.
Program
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PAD 4OK — Outdoor Activities
Sew mukluks (Semester 2) or carve paddles (Semester 1)
- Go winter camping or canoe tripping for 6 days
- Lead activities
- Bike to learning sites
- Overnight solo
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CGR 4MK — Environment and Resource Management
- Roleplay on logging in Algonquin
- Explore urban agriculture and grow a garden
- Cook a locavore meal
- Map our watershed
- Experience what our community is doing to move to a post-carbon world
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ENG 4UK University English (pre-requisite: ENG 3U) or ENG 4CK
- Study significant works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry selected to facilitate consideration of environmental themes
- Research and present “voices” of individuals in our historical and current community
- Gain the critical analysis skills you need for post-secondary
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IDP 4UK or IDP 4OK Interdisciplinary Studies
- Conduct interviews with community members for a “Voices” publication
- Teach during the grade 3 Rubber Boots program
- Facilitate a sustainable living skills workshop
- Record your experience through a program journal