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... a weekend-long program of outdoor fun and adventure, offering, through the powerful tool of discovery-based learning, an opportunity for youth to discover within themselves - "their own person."

The weekend is a real adventure similar to televison's Survivor, but with a vastly different result - everyone survives, everyone thrives, and has fun. We've combined the "best practices" of many fields - psychology, sociology, game theory, anthropology, leadership training, outdoor adventure training eg. Outward Bound and simulation gaming to create a lively role-playing game in which youth play medieval characters seeking to graduate into knighthood. Participants engage in challenging games that are seamlessly blended into a weekend long adventure, the goal of which is to find the hidden treaure.

The Results!

They arrive at the final event, Sunday afternoon, with a set of new skills which easily and immediately transfer to everyday life. These results are rarely seen in other youth programs. The direct short term results are seen largely within their own peer group - self respect, an enhanced appreciation for others, authentic communication and the initiative needed to operate in today's world.

Results in relating to adults begin to show up about three months later. A year later, youth who have participated, even those who have done nothing else to enhance their results, can be seen to be resilient, articulate, and to be enjoying the challenges which life sends their way.

Who can come?
All youth ages 10-19 can easily fit into the mix, those who are thriving already, those who are struggling, those with some disabilities, those from all cultures and religions are all welcome.

Our Mission

YCLC Canada Inc. works to help community-based groups bring a YCLC to youth in their community. Our short term goal is to deliver the YCLC program in French by training more French-speaking facilitators. Our long term goal is to spread the YCLC across Canada with service clubs and government organizations as long term partners. We welcome adult members of the community, who are interested in seeing that this generation of youth prosper, to help us deliver future YCLC’s .