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Scouts Canada is a Canadian Scouting association that, in affiliation with the French-language Association des Scouts du Canada, is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Scouts Canada provides programmes for young people, male and female, ages 5 to 26.
[edit] Program [edit] Program sectionsScouts Canada has five program sections:
Programs are open to males and females. [edit] Special programs
[edit] Short-term programs
The SCOUTSabout program aims to fulfill Scouting's mission with those children who are not members of a Scouting organization.[3] SCOUTSabout is implemented in 3-month long modules, often after school, to appeal to those families who do not want or can not commit to year-round activities.[3][4] Theme based, the focus is on structured play and learning by doing without uniforms, badge programs and ceremonies.[3][4] SCOUTSabout is for children between 5 and 10 years old.[3][4]
Extreme Adventure offers the opportunity for young people aged from 14 to 17, to plan and participate in a variety of short-term adventure-based activities.[4] Example activities are: hiking, long-term camping and travelling abroad to participate in humanitarian projects.[4] The program seeks to realise Scouting's mission with non-members.[3] There is no uniform and are no ceremonies associated with this program.[3] It is designed to include development of leadership skills and self-esteem and the particiaption in community projects that is also offered through the ordinary programs.[3] Extreme Adventure is based on the Venturer Amory Adventure Award concept.[3] [edit] Major awardsScouts Canada has several major awards:
[edit] Badge programThe Scout emblem incorporates the maple leaf of the flag of Canada with two sticks to create a stylized campfire. Main articles: Scouts Canada Cub Badges and Scouts Canada Scout Badges [edit] CampsScouts Canada operates about 200 Scout camps across Canada.[5] Well-known camps include Impeesa Extreme, Haliburton Scout Reserve, Camp Byng and Tamaracouta Scout Reserve. The Tamaracouta Scout Reserve is the oldest continually operating Scout camp in the world. [edit] HistoryIn the spring of 1908, just months after the book Scouting for Boys was published in England, Scouting came to Canada. Robert Baden-Powell wrote to Earl Grey, then Governor General of Canada, in 1910 to ask him to organize Scouting in Canada. Scouting was carried on as part of The Boy Scouts Association Overseas Department until The Canadian General Council of the Boy Scout Association was incorporated by an Act of the Canadian Parliament on June 12, 1914. The Canadian General Council continued to be a branch of the Boy Scout Association until October 30, 1946, when it became an independent member of the Boy Scout World Conference, now the World Organization of the Scout Movement. A subsequent amendment to the Act of Parliament changed the name to Boy Scouts of Canada. In 1976 the Scouts Canada logo was introduced and the organization, by its By-laws, adopted the name Scouts Canada. In 2007 The Boy Scouts of Canada legally changed its name to Scouts Canada.[6] In 1972, Scouts Canada began accepting female members as part of its Rover Section. This was expanded in 1984 to include the Venturer Section. In 1992, co-ed Scouting was an option for all program sections and became policy for all sections in 1998. [edit] Organization Scouts Canada is divided into twenty Councils, formerly called Regions, each representing a whole province or large part thereof. Each Council is headed by a Council Commissioner appointed by the Executive Commissioner (the top staff member reporting to the Board of Governors). Councils are divided into Areas, formerly called Districts, each headed by an Area Commissioner appointed by the Council Commissioner.[7] Scouts Canada has two affiliated Scout associations: Canada is the only country with more than one Scouting association separately recognized by WOSM. Scouts Canada and Association des Scouts du Canada are divided by language. A number of other countries also have more than one Scouting association that may form a national federation to receive joint WOSM membership. Scouts Canada and Association des Scouts du Canada send a joint delegation to meetings of the World Organization of the Scout Movement; this is coordinated through the Committee on Cooperation. Every Governor General since Earl Grey has been either the Chief Scout for Canada (prior to 1946) or Chief Scout of Canada (after 1946). [edit] Jamborees[edit] Canadian Scout Jamboree The Canadian Scout Jamboree or CJ is a jamboree run by Scouts Canada for members of the Scout and Venturer sections. The Jamboree is well known on the international Scouting scene, and will usually have several groups from other countries attending, most notable from the United States. The CJ that would normally have been held in 2005 was cancelled shortly after CJ'01 due to concerns about volunteer burnout. In 2004, CJ'07 was announced. CJ'07 was the first CJ held at a Scout camp. [edit] List of Jamborees
[edit] World Jamborees held in Canada
[edit] New InitiativesScouts Canada has begun a process of continuing to grow with the goal of doubling it's membership by 2014 [8]. This process includes more direct program support to front line leaders building on such things as a partnership with Robert Bateman's Get to Know Program [9], a program help line [10], an award winning Climate Change program [11] and a variety of camping programs across the country [12][13][14]. This also includes new programs, such as Schools and Scouting - a program that uses Scouting's methods in a school setting. During Scouts Canada's Leadership Summit in October, it was announced that a million dollars will be focused at supporting membership growth [15]. [edit] IssuesIn 1998, the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association of Canada (BPSAC) was established in Canada, rejecting the modernization of the Scout method by WOSM and Scouts Canada in 1968.[16] Scouts Canada challenged the association and successfully argued that the word "Scout", in the context of a youth organization, is a trademark held by Scouts Canada. Following this decision the B-PSAC reformed as the Baden-Powell Service Association Federation of Canada. The B-PSA Federation of Canada, a member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts, now has Councils in British Columbia[17], Ontario[18] and New Brunswick. [edit] See also[edit] References
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