DDSB Outdoor Ed

01/16/2026

Check out Linda’s new action song and video about the Salmon Life Cycle!

A made for kids song that highlights the life stages of the Salmon Life Cycle.

01/22/2025

First Get Kids Paddling webinar of 2025 - Wednesday, January 29th at 7:30pm EST

Featuring 3 incredible speakers: Max Finkelstein and Aditi Tupe, from the Rideau Roundtable (Ontario) and Priscilla Haskin of Haskin Canoe (Alberta), speaking about Voyageur Canoe Programs for Youth.

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTdC7APuB36p2DMbRT3M4-_D0tfuredJPKPlxXXvzZKJ3wxQ/viewform

More GKP webinars: https://getkidspaddling.ca/webinars-2/

2025 Webinars Information on upcoming webinars will be continuously updated as it becomes available. January 29, 2025 Max Finkelstein and Aditi Tupe – Rideau Roundtable (Ontario) Based in the Ottawa area and involved with voyageur canoe tours and an interesting new partnership with the local libra...

11/16/2024

DDSB high school teachers visited Nonquon Environmental Education Centre to paddle the Nonquon River as part of the annual OSSTF PD Day programming.

11/16/2024

Duffins Creek Environmental Centre hosted the inaugural DDSB High School Orienteering Meet on Thursday, November 14. Competitors explored the land racing to visit all of the control stations as quickly as possible.

05/10/2024

Elementary students from across the board participated in the annual Watershed Festival at Duffins Creek Environnemental Centre.

04/23/2024

D. A. Wilson grade 9 geography students with a garter snake at the Pheasant Pen.

04/20/2024

"It is wrong to coerce people into opinions, but it is your duty to impel them into experiences."

- Kurt Hahn (Cofounded Outward Bound with Marina Ewald.)

04/10/2024

Grade 2 students from John Dryden PS spying on some nesting Canada Geese (aka Cobra Chickens) as spring comes to the Nonquon River wetland.