New Outdoor Education & Indigenous Centre

After six years of good fiscal management and meeting educational priorities, the Trillium Lakes District School Board, (TLDSB) announced recently that the Board's new Outdoor Education & Indigenous Centre will begin construction on its own property in Minden later this Spring.The new, three thousand square foot centre is expected to cost $1.2 million dollars which will come out of the Board's capital reserves and be used by students from kindergarten to Grade 12. Set on the Board's own 90-plus acres, beside Archie Stouffer Elementary School, the centre will provide Leadership and teambuilding, environmental learning, including orienteering, mapping, flora/fauna identification, and ecology, physical education like skiing, snowshoeing, and hiking, Indigenous teachings from Elders and Knowledge Keepers and activities such as collecting maple sap, studying animal tracks, and exploring the Canadian shield.CanoeFM spoke with Wes Hahn, TLDSB Director recently to learn more about next steps. Hahn says now that the Ministry has approved the plan, tenders will go out and construction won't be too far behind. He hopes to get shovels in the ground as soon as the snow melts.