ALIVE Outdoors

05/26/2026

Please sign and share this widely. The decision to close the Toronto Outdoor Education Centres simply makes no sense.

STOP the Closing of the Toronto Outdoor Education Centres

05/06/2026

We keep hearing that young people are struggling to find engaging summer jobs, so we are sharing this great opportunity.

Our friends at YMCA WANAKITA are looking for a reliable Summer Office Admin Support Clerk. This position works out of the Wanakita Office handling phone calls, emails, walk ins. They would help out at the Tuck Shop, run lists and messages, organize office supplies etc. They can live onsite, or commute daily should they have an opportunity to live in Haliburton.

We have the full job posting, so reach out to [email protected] if you want to learn more. Ideal start date is May 19th - September 3rd. Pay is $20/hour. Great learning opportunity for someone!!

04/15/2026

Our friends at The Outside Group are having another amazing sample sale... Starts tomorrow - April 16th @ 3pm.

Greetings to friends, family, and those of you who genuinely love seeing us a couple of times a year to stock up on the season to come!
Spring is in the air and that means we need to make room for the new samples arriving any day now... The Outside Group is happy to announce our “Spring is in the Air Sale”!
Come fill your boots with the best deals of the season from brands like Smartwool, Icebreaker Merino, FlyLow Gear, MSR, Therm-a-rest and much more!
Dates:
April 16: 3pm - 8pm
April 17: 3pm - 9pm
April 18: 11am - 5pm
Location:
64-750 Oakdale Rd
North York, ON, M3N 2Z4
After a long, cold winter, spring can’t come soon enough and what better opportunity to kit yourself out for those spring/summer runs, hikes, and outdoor adventures!
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Looking forward to seeing you starting at 3pm on April 16!

06/01/2025

We have a high need of instructors the 2nd week of school. We are looking for canoe trippers, and also instructors for programs that are running in camp. Join the ALIVE Instructor team for one week-- or more!! Application at this link: https://www.aliveoutdoors.com/instructors/

05/21/2025

We have been receiving messages from families who are looking for photos from our Spring 2025 programs. We post photos from all our programs at this link. https://www.aliveoutdoors.com/photos/

We have a bunch of programs coming up over the next several weeks, and all photos will be added here! In the meantime, you can check out pics from our March Break Bhutan trip, and the programs that have already happened for Trinity College, St. Michael's College, Hillfield Strathallan College and the Royal St. George's College Vancouver Island trip. Thanks!

Photo albums from our past programs. Sharing photos from programs helps us spread the experience back home so you can share them together.

08/26/2024

As people start to wind down their summer and look ahead to this next school year we wanted to highlight an incredible opportunity.

Six schools that we work with are offering the opportunity to their student community to travel to the Kingdom of Bhutan with us during March Break 2025. If you are a student in high school at Branksome Hall, Toronto, Havergal College, Pickering College, Newmarket Ontario, RSGC - Royal St. George's College, St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School and The York School, and you are interested in embarking on a journey that will stay with you forever, please reach out to the person responsible at your school for Global Learning programs. The deadline to enrol in this once in a lifetime experience is the end of September.

More info here: https://www.aliveoutdoors.com/bhutan/

ALIVE Outdoors - Seek Adventure, New Perspectives & Beauty in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan

07/17/2024

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05/08/2024

For 22 years we have had the privilege of working with SMC to deliver their Annual Spring Leadership Training Camp. The students in grade 9-12 from St. Michael's College School apply to be leaders, mentors and role models at the ALIVE/SMC programs next fall and winter. They spend 3 days every May focused on deepening their leadership skills and learning how to be strong, engaging, empathetic and welcoming mentors. One of the themes the grade 12 Sr. Leaders choose for this year's program was continuity, and the importance of not just showing up as a leader when you feel like it, but remembering who you want to be, and how you want to show up in the world every day. Remember what some of your Sr. Leaders said at the final fire about the importance of listening and remembering that many memorable moments are rooted in small, caring gestures like learning someone's name. Thank you to all involved!

We started the day off by getting to know each other through a series of group challenges in Belleview park. Next, our instructor told us to walk. The only instructions were to be conscious of our senses and to “go slow.” I had no destination in mind. The spice store caught my attention while my...