Learning & Growing
Experiential Education

Outdoor Education

When our senior students navigate the raging rapids of the Madawaska River or paddle their way through British Columbia’s Kyuquot Sound, they’re relying on skills - and elements of character - they’ve been developing since Grade 7 or Grade 9.
Twice a year, every grade spends a week together off-campus. These fall and winter Outdoor Education experiences - which become more challenging as students progress through the school - encourage them to find new depths of perseverance, to take risks and to adapt to their changing environment. Along the way, they learn the value of teamwork and establish enduring friendships.

New Grade 7 and 9 students start off their Greenwood experience by building bonds with peers at Camp Winnebagoe.  Other Outdoor Education destinations include:

  • Camp Tamakwa
  • Camp Mini-Yo-We
  • Camp Cedar Ridge
  • Camp Medeba
  • Madawaska Kanu Centre
  • Quadra Island, British Columbia
  • Costa Rica (optional trip for Grade 12 students)
In Grade 12, the focus of the Fall Outdoor Education experience turns to leadership. Students have the option to act as mentors for younger students at Camp Winnebagoe or Camp Tamakwa, or to earn their whitewater and wilderness first aid certifications at the Madawaska Kanu Centre.
“I really pushed myself on my Temagami canoe trip. [My biggest challenge was] probably getting in the water, because I have a pretty big fear of water. But I found I actually CAN do anything I put my mind towards. I just felt so proud of myself.”

Ailis McKeag (‘19)

Greenwood College School

443 Mount Pleasant Road
Toronto, ON M4S 2L8
Tel: 416 482 9811
We acknowledge with gratitude the Ancestral lands upon which our main campus is situated. These lands are the Ancestral territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinabek and the Wendake. The shared responsibility of this land is honoured in the Dish with One Spoon Treaty and as settlers, we strive to care for the land, the waters, and all creatures in the spirit of peace. We are responsible for respecting and supporting the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. When away from this campus we vow to be respectful to the land by protecting and honouring it. We will create relationships with the people and the land we may visit by understanding the territories we enter and the nations who inhabit them.
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