Camp Components

Meet your camp team! Spend the morning getting to know each other through team-building activities and icebreakers. In the afternoon, head to Stanley Park to learn about Vancouver’s diverse ecosystems and explore the beautiful coastline that surrounds the park.

Hike with guides at Sea to Sky Gondola to study mountain ecology, glacial history, and climate impacts. Use quadrats, tally sheets, and apps to record species diversity in alpine or forest zones. A guide will share Indigenous stories and teachings on land stewardship.

Participate in service learning via a shoreline cleanup, collecting data on litter and inputting it into citizen-science database. Behind-the-scenes tour of select PSEC labs. Learn from scientists about their microplastic, kelp, and eDNA studies.

Boat-based exploration of marine habitats (kelp forests, seal colonies, coastal geology) with species identification and data collection. Use kits to sample and test water quality. Observe and document life forms in tide-pool ecosystem.

Create ecosystem maps tracing mountains to ocean, highlighting environmental challenges and solutions. Prepare group presentations for the final public showcase.

At the end of the summer, all participants come together to make short presentations on what they’ve learned to peers, parents and community members.