REGIONAL COORDINATION:

This project will be spearheaded by the CNYC through the CRA Youth Department. The Youth Department will be responsible for the overall coordination including securing funding in order to proceed with project.  The Youth Department also will be responsible to assuming the training and operating costs.  The Youth Department will be responsible in distributing the application forms and ensure that interview sessions are coordinating in a timely manner.  The Youth Department will also coordinate the travel itinerary for trainee to and from Outward Bound base camp in Burk’s Fall Ontario.

The Regional Youth Department will work with Local Youth Departments to promote and advertise the program as part of the recruitment campaign.   Interested Youth must fill out an applications form and applicants referred must meet Outward Bound criteria for eligibility.  Following the reception of all forms, Outward Bound will interview applicants by telephone and or schedule face-to-face interviews upon request.  Enrolment into an Outward Bound course is not automatic.

LOCAL COORDINATION

Each Local Youth Departments will be responsible to recruit and refer potential trainees from each the Cree communities.  This will include assisting the CRA Youth Department in coordinating interview sessions with potential trainees and Outward Bound and to ensure candidates report to their designated interview sessions on a timely manner.

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS:

This Leadership and Life Skills Development program will have a limited space and only ten (10) participants will be selected for the whole program.  Priority will be given to communities to select one (1) candidate from each Cree Community including Washaw Sibi.  Should a community be unable to select a participant then another community may chose to select more than one (1) participant. 

AGE GROUP:

In order to be eligible to participate in the course, the target age group that will be given priority is between the ages of fifteen (15) to twenty (21) years.

PRE-SELECTION

Enrolment requirements will include filling out all necessary forms as well as the medical form.  Enrolment in the course is confirmed only when Outward Bound receives and approves all the completed forms including a medical form.  Students are not considered good candidates if they;

1. Have an established pattern of violent behaviour
2. Are unwilling or not interested in attending the course;
3. Have a current and compelling substance abuse problem;
4. Have persistent, severe learning difficulties;
5. Are on medication and are unwilling to take it as prescribed;
6. Have experienced a recent and significant personal crisis.

The criteria above, along with the information provided in the application package will be used by referral sources in the communities to pre-select youth who they consider to be good candidates.  For the pre-selection a conference call with all referral sources and Outward Bound will be called to provide information and a time to ask questions about the experience and pre-selection requirements. 

FINAL SELECTION:

Upon receiving all referrals from the communities, Outward Bound will arrange to interview the students by telephone.  The students will be interviewed to determine about their readiness to attend the program.  In order to better assess the students readiness, Outward Bound may decide to interview certain students face-to-face at a place to be arranged by the Regional Youth Department.  The travels cost for the face-to-face interviews will be absorbed by the respective community.