MANUAL

CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 16
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SKILLS
• Camping
• Trail
• Scoutcraft
• Emergency Aid
• Paddling
• Winter Skills
• Vertical Skills
• Sailing
• Aquatics
Canadian Rover Scout Award
Scouts of the World Award
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SKILLS
As Rover Scouts develop their plans for adventures, they will also develop a list of
skills that they will need to complete an outing successfully. After learning those skills
and completing the outing, the review will give them an opportunity to talk about the
skills they have gained. As part of The Canadian Path, Scouts Canada has developed
a comprehensive Outdoor Adventure Skills program. Through a review of an outing,
Rover Scouts will realize that they have completed some Outdoor Adventure Skills.
Outdoor Adventure Skills begin with Beaver Scouts and continue through to Rover
Scouts. Each of the nine Outdoor Adventure Skills is divided into nine stages. Outdoor
Adventure Skills should be seen as tools to support the Plan-Do-Review cycle.
Completion of each stage is recognized with a badge that is worn on the uniform sleeve.
More information is available in Chapter 6: “Outdoor Adventure Skills” (pp. 81–84);
competencies and requirements for the Outdoor Adventure Skills are available at
Canadianpath.ca.
TOP SECTION AWARD: THE CANADIAN ROVER SCOUT AWARD
The Canadian Rover Scout Award is the pinnacle award for both the Rover Scout
Section as well as for the five Scouts Canada Sections.
Requirements of the Canadian Rover Scout Award:
• Complete the personal progression PDP: at least three cycles. The Rover Scout and his
or her mentor agree that the Rover Scout has made sustained effort towards personal
development and has demonstrated that he or she has learned from the process.
• Complete a total 32 stages (cumulative) of the Outdoor Adventure Skills
• Rover Scouts are required to complete 80 volunteer service hours. These hours
do not have to be completed within Scouting and do not have to be completed
as part of one activity or event. Although volunteer service activities completed
as part of the Section’s program do count towards this requirement, Rover
Scouts should be encouraged to find their own opportunities to give back to the
community in a way that has special meaning to them.
• Complete the Scouts of the World Award, or another service project. With the
approval of the Crew Leadership Team, the Rover Scout will complete a challenging
project that matters on a personal level and that will benefit a community (local,
national or international), using the Plan-Do-Review framework. The Canadian
Rover Scout project may be completed in conjunction with or in support of a
project for another organization.
SCOUTS OF THE WORLD AWARD
The Scouts of the World program is a program created by the World Organization
of the Scout Movement (WOSM) to engage Scouting members in the fields of
the environment, development and peace, and generate positive change in our
communities and internationally.
Rovers will first undertake the discovery phase, where they will select a topic and
gain an intricate understanding of the causes and effects of the chosen issue. At the
end of the discovery phase, they will have the chance to create an action plan. They
might decide to conduct an awareness campaign for an issue, or take on a community
development project. They might even be interested in completing an international
development project in another country.
This project can be completed individually, or as a member of a team. Should a
Rover Scout have had the opportunity to take part in a Scouts of the World (SOTW)
project as a Venturer Scout, he or she has the opportunity as a Rover Scout to use that
experience to take on an even more challenging project or role.
Requirements
• Participate in a discovery.
• Learn about development projects and search out opportunities to make
a difference.
• Select and explore a particular issue (peace, development or environment)
that is of interest to the Rover Scout or team.
• Create an action plan to make an impact along that theme.
• Complete a volunteer service project (the project should require about 80 hours of
service, as a guideline).
• This may be done alone or as a group, possibly including Venturer Scouts or even
younger Sections. There is also the possibility of inviting colleagues at work or
classmates at school to join the project.
• Share the results of the project This could take the form of a formal report,
a presentation, a video or a photo essay. The project should be
shared with younger Sections.
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