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Course Code:
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ADTP
125
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Credits:
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2
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Calendar Description:
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A course designed as an introduction to the activity of canoeing and to develop students skill and knowledge to a flat water instructor's level. Topics include the history of canoeing in Canada, canoe and paddle construction and design, equipment essentials (usage and maintenance), tandem and solo paddling techniques, water safety, rescues, trip preparation and instructional techniques.
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Date First Offered:
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2008-02-01
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Hours:
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Total Hours:
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40
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Lecture Hours:
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6
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Field Experience Hours:
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34
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Total Weeks:
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1
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This course is offered online:
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No
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Pre-Requisites:
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None
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Non-Course Pre-Requisites:
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None
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Co-Requisites:
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None
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Rearticulation Submission:
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No
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Course Content:
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- Introduction
- The safety rules for canoeing
- The risk management plan
- The variety of paddling strokes
- Trip Preparation and Planning
- Preparing a route plan for an over-night canoe trip
- Developing a schedule for an over-night canoe trip
- Developing an emergency situation management plan for the trip
- Completing a back-country destination/itinerary form containing all relevant information regarding the trip (date, location, route, expected time of return)
- Compile a guide's checklist of essential equipment and information
- Prepare menu plans for the trip
- Basic Tandem Paddler
- Identify the parts of a canoe
- The different types of paddles, the parts of a paddle, and how to select a paddle
- Different types of personal floatation devices (PFD's) and explain how they should fit
- Safety protocols in canoes and list essential safety equipment
- Appropriate clothing for canoeing
- How to transport canoes on a vehicle
- How to waterproof and store gear
- Hazards specific to lake and ocean paddling
- Launch, embark and disembark from shore or dock
- Correct paddling positions and canoe trim
- Multiple carries (2 and 4 person)
- Change ends safely and correctly in deep water
- Tandem canoe strokes in the bow and stem, including: forward; reverse; draw, pry and sweeps (forward and reverse)
- Canoe-over-canoe rescue
- Rafting up to rescue swimmers
- Paddling in a straight line
- Basic turns and side slip
- Basic Solo Paddles
- Solo paddling positions, stance and trim in different water situations
- Launch, embark and disembark from shore or dock
- Correct paddling positions and canoe trim
- Solo carries
- Solo canoe strokes including: forward, reverse, draw (underwater recovery), pry, sweeps (forward and reverse) and "J"
- Solo canoe-over-canoe rescue, re-enter and empty a swamped canoe
- Paddling a swamped canoe solo
- Paddling solo in a straight line
- Performing solo basic turns and sideslip
- Advanced Tandem Paddler
- How to perform canoe repairs and what should be included in a repair kit
- Different rope types and their advantages and disadvantages
- The following knots: reef or square; round turn and two half hitches; trucker's hitch
- Canoe equipment variations and standards
- Water hazards and proper techniques to deal with the hazards
- Side slip and running side slip
- Tight inside and outside circles with and without momentum
- Tandem self rescue
- Canoe Camping Skills
- Suitable camping area
- Set up, maintain, and break camp
- Trip meals
- Environmentally sound camping methods
- Guiding Skills
- Canoeing pre-trip safety talk
- Effective communication with the "client group" and co-leaders during lead days
- Leadership and promote cooperative decision-making with the group's safety and satisfaction as the primary goal
Interpretation to the "client group"
- Safety procedures
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Learning Outcomes:
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Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Competently paddle both solo and tandem canoes in moderate wind and wave conditions.
- Perform a variety of rescues in the flat water environment.
- Describe the history of canoeing in Canada and understand the important transportation role the canoe played for
both First Nations and early explorers.
- Design a canoeing course and teach all aspects of theory and technical skills through well designed
progressions.
- Plan and implement overnight lake canoeing trips including food and equipment preparation, route planning,
camping skills, camping etiquette, and group management.
- Explain and demonstrate risk management and safety considerations and procedures for such a trip.
- Training and Delivery Standard Set by: Recreational Canoeing Association of British Columbia or the Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association.
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Grading System:
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Letters
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Passing Grade:
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B (70%)
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Grading Weight:
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Final Exam:
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20 %
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Field Experience:
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60 %
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Participation:
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20 %
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Nature of Participation:
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Evaluation on students canoe progress
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Percentage of Individual Work:
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60
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Percentage of Group Work:
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40
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Course Offered in Other Programs:
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No
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Text Books:
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Optional - NA, Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association (CRCA) Binder
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