BC Schools Advisory Team
The YouthSafe Outdoors: BC Schools Advisory Team is a diverse group of people with a common interest in helping BC youth learn to be safe, active, lifelong learners. The Advisory Team reflects the perspective of the many individuals and organizations needed to enhance off-site experience safety in BC schools. As a group, they seek to combat fear with facts and to help lower the barriers, real and perceived, to schools taking students off-site. The team includes people with backgrounds in a variety of disciplines, including classroom and field instruction, school administration, school district administration, policy development and governance, physical education, outdoor education, risk management, legal liability, search and rescue prevention, recreation, and leadership development.
The undersigned organizations have participated in the review of this resource and recommend it for consideration as part of the planning process for school off-site activities. In a resource of this scope, reflecting law and practice that is constantly evolving, our recommendation cannot be construed as a specific endorsement of every point covered in the resource, but we believe that the use of this guide along with other available resources will aid schools and school districts in their aims for continuous improvement of student safety for off-site activities.
The following individuals (listed alphabetically) participated on the YSO BC Schools Advisory Team:
|
Simon Adams |
BC Camping Association |
| Janice Butler | School Protection Program (SPP) |
| Judith Clark | BC School Trustees Association (BCSTA) |
| Doug Detwiller | Sprockids, School District No. 46 (Sunshine Coast) |
| Larry Guthrie | School District No. 36 (Surrey) |
| Janet Hoefer | School Protection Program (SPP) |
| Randy Hoffman | School District No. 22 (Vernon) |
|
Andrew Humphries |
TREK Outdoor Education Program, SD No. 39 (Vancouver) |
|
Bob Janzen |
BC School District Secretary-Treasurers' Association (BCSDSTA) |
| Cyndie Jones | Provincial Emergency Program (PEP): AdventureSmart |
| Robert Lawrence | BC School Safety Association (BCSSA) |
| Peter Malloy | School District No. 23 (Central Okanagan) |
| Jim McAllister | Provincial Emergency Program (PEP): AdventureSmart |
| Don McBeath | BC Principals' and Vice Principals' Association (BCPVPA) |
| Ed McGuigan | School Protection Program (SPP) |
| Collette O’Reilly | BC School Safety Association (BCSSA) |
| Marlinna Stringer | BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils (BCCPAC) |
| Stan Watchorn | BC School Superintendents Association (BCSSA) |
| Sharon White | BC Ministry of Tourism, Sports and the Arts – Sport Branch |
| Glenn Young | BC Teachers’ Federation, Physical Education BC, SD No. 36 (Surrey) |
