SPFGA Outdoor Woman's Program - Overnight Camping

The Sherwood Park Fish and Game Association Outdoor Women’s Program was developed to provide enriching educational experiences and engaging activities, all within a supportive and inclusive environment. Our goal is to empower women by offering a diverse range of activities, fostering a deep connection with nature, while cultivating skills that contribute to conservation efforts and the enjoyment of outdoor pursuits.

This program will consist of a series of sessions through the spring, summer, and fall of 2024, each focused on providing a direct hands-on experience with a different aspect of Canada's rich cultural heritage of hunting, angling, trapping and the shooting sports.

This overnight camping session will be led by Colleen and Dale Kiselyk, owners and instructors of Nature Alive Adventures. Colleen and Dale will introduce session participants to bushcraft skills, animal tracking, knife skills and carving, ropes and knots, and uses of plants. If Beaver County hasn't declared a fire ban, participants will be taught fire lighting methods and campfire cooking. In the evening, expect socializing and enjoying the campfire and nature crafting.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own survival kits, cool gadgets, and favourite survival kit items. SPFGA will lend participants knives and ferro rods. Participants will stay in tents behind the clubhouse that are provided by the SPFGA but you can bring your own tent if you prefer.

Minimum Attendance Age

If a youth is attending without adult accompaniment, they must be 15 years of age or older. If the youth is accompanied by an adult however, there really isn’t a minimum age. As long as they are old enough to make it through this session's activities and do so safely, they are absolutely welcome to attend.

Session Leader Biographies

Dale and Colleen have been teaching bushcraft, survival, winter camping trips, animal hide tanning, trapline tours, and leading canoe trips and courses throughout Alberta since 2011. Dale and Colleen have enjoyed great success in Alberta, and their influence is now reaching out around the globe through their successful YouTube Channel, social media, and flagship trips and courses that have attracted participants internationally.

Colleen Kiselyk: Lover of the outdoors – even in our cold Canadian winters! Explorer of the small unnoticed places and spaces. Mother of five, stepmom of two, mother-in law of four, grandmother of four, wife to one and a slave to six cats. Stricken with wanderlust, overcome by curiosity, chronically distracted, a voracious reader, passionate canoeist, and hopelessly optimistic.

Colleen is a Let’s talk Science Teacher Leader, Outdoor Council of Canada Instructor Trainer, Paddle Canada Canoe Instructor, Swim Canada Coach, Lifesaving Society Swim Instructor. graduate gtudies at Acadia University for Masters of Outdoor Learning and a schoolteacher for over 30 years.

Dale Kiselyk is a tracker and pursuer of animals, paddler of rivers and lakes, explorer of forests. He is a father of seven, climber of mountains, an outdoor fanatic, and obsessed with bushcraft.

Dale possesses the Animal Tracker Level III with Tracker Evaluation North America, Paddle Canada Canoe Instructor and Instructor Trainer, Outdoor Council of Canada Instructor Trainer, Search & Rescue Fundamentals, swift water technician, team leader, Man Tracker Level I, Wilderness Living Skills Instructor; certified by the one and only Mors Kochanski, Kamana Naturalist Training, resident, and registered trapper and trapline manager, and hunting guide.

FAQs

What items/equipment should be brought?

Attendees should bring the following:

• Warm clothing for expected weather. Extra warm clothing for evening and raingear.
• Personal items and toiletries
• Water bottle.
• Sleeping bag, sleeping clothes, pillow, therma-rest/air mattress or cot to sleep on. Cots and air mattresses are available for rent if you don’t have your own. Please email memberservices@spfga.ca if you would like to rent a cot or air mattress.
• We have 4-6 person tents for registrants to camp in, however if you want to sleep in your own tent, you are welcome to bring your own tent to sleep in.

Optional outdoor items to bring: survival kit items, campfire gadgets, etc.

Will meals be provided?

Yes, meals are included in the course fee. You are also welcome to bring your favourite snacks or drinks.

What happens if there's bad weather?

Unless the weather poses safety conditions, this event will proceed.

Is an SPFGA membership required in order to register?

No, these sessions are open to both members and non-members.

Refund Policy

We will refund registration fees if an event is cancelled. Outside of that, individual refunds will not be provided. Please ensure your availability prior to booking. Individuals who cannot make the event may transfer their registration to another individual.