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- Working with someone knowledgeable in your
personal interest, set your own list of acceptable
standards.
- Work on your personal interest project for a period of not
less than 12 months.
- Show that genuine effort and progress has been made.
- Demonstrate proficiency in the interest on which you have
been working.
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- Select a Service Skill and complete the
required training, either with your Company or individually. Then
with your Company or individually, select a service project which
uses your new skill and complete at least twenty-five (25) hours
of service in that project.
OR
- Select a number of service projects and
complete at least fifty (50) hours of combined
service.
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- After researching at least two (2) of the
following, creatively share what you learned with others (i.e.
Company, Scout Troop, Youth group)
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- personal health, nutrition and hygiene needed to keep in good
condition
- effects of drugs, including nicotine and alcohol
- the long term effects of high protein, high fat diets,
excessive use of salt and sugar, and artificial sweeteners and
such preservatives as monosodium glutamate, sodium nitrate and
nitrite
- understand the need for physical conditioning.
- In season, play regularly on a team for at least two (2)
sports (one winter, one summer), such as hockey, rugby, soccer,
baseball, basketball, football, water polo, lacrosse, floor
hockey, volleyball - or one (1) team sport and one (1) solo sport
such as swimming, gym program, track & field, etc. Understand
and be able to interpret the rules and regulations of the chosen
sport,
OR
Plan a personal active program of at least one (1) year's
duration involving two individual sports such as tennis, golf,
bowling, curling, boxing, judo, karate, kayaking, swimming,
cycling, skiing (water or snow), ice or roller skating, aquatics
(canoeing, sailing, rowing). Understand and be able to interpret
the rules and regulations of the chosen sport,
OR
With a friend or another Venturer, physically prepare for and
take part in an outdoor expedition of at least three (3) days
duration and forty-eight (48) kilometers by bicycle or canoe.
Share your physical fitness program with your company.
- Along with the Company Executive, set up and have the Company
participate in an inter-company sports activity. This could be a
team or an individual challenge, such as table tennis,
basketball, bowling, curling, soccer, tennis, baseball.
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- Select two (2) occupations which are of
interest to you and for each:
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- Visit a location where people in these occupations are
employed.
- Discuss the occupation with at least two (2) people presently
employed in each occupation to discover its purpose and other
points of interest to you.
- Investigate the training required for each occupation in
terms of:
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- Various locations where training is available (if more than
one).
- The course of study required.
- The subjects taken.
- Cost of tuition
- Cost of living accommodation and travel if the source of
training is away from home.
- Sources of financial assistance, if available (student loans,
scholarships, bursaries).
- Approximate starting salary.
LI>Investigate present and future opportunities for employment
in each of these occupations.
- LI>Following your investigation,
share your findings with your Company.
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- Complete at least one (1) activity within
each Area (Social, Cultural, Spiritual) which interests
you.
- With your Advisor, determine what you wish to discover, where
you will look for answers, and just how you plan to make an
investigation into each topic.
- Upon completion, make a presentation to your Company on one
(1) topic. The presentation should include the purpose of your
activity, the work you did on it, and your conclusions. The
presentation should be creative, possibly including photos,
slides, tapes, movies, or a guest speaker.
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Section 1 - Discovery |
- Complete any two (2) of the following in this
section:
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- Visit a place of interest involving an overnight stay and at
least a total of twenty-four (24) kilometers walking; OR
sixty-four (64) kilometers cycling; OR one hundred and
ninety-four kilometers by car, train, or bus; OR at an
equivalent level by means of your own choosing.
- Participate in the planning and organizing of an overnight of
the Company's choosing to a Venturer Company at least eighty (80)
kilometers away from your headquarters. Participate in the
organization and execution of a joint activity with the Venturer
Company visited.
- Over a winter, spring, summer or autumn season, practice an
outdoor hobby (no sports), e.g. photography, sketching, bird
watching, leaf collecting, and make a report or visual
presentation of at least fifteen (15) minutes to the Company
describing the hobby.
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Challenge |
- Working in small groups or as a Company,
complete any two (2) of the following:
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- Plan, organize and participate in an overnight hiking,
canoeing, or cycling camping expedition to explore and map a
trail, stream, etc., On return, present your findings to the
Company.
- Plan, organize and participate in an overnight camping
expedition utilizing lightweight or a minimum of equipment to a
point of interest chosen by the Company. Use transportation
available to the Company. On return, present your learnings to
the Company.
- Build and furnish an igloo or winter shelter and live in and
around the shelter for twenty-four (24) hours. Hike, snowshoe or
ski at least 1.6 km each way into an area in which the igloo or
shelter is to be located, carrying or sledding all necessary
equipment. On return, present your learnings to the Company.
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- Complete one (1) of the two:
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- Select a campsite, pitch and erect a tent and stow gear.
Select and set up a food presentation area; plan, cook and serve
a camp meal; gather and chop or saw wood if appropriate; remain
in this location over two (2) nights; leave a clean campsite.
Upon return, describe to others how you were environmentally
friendly.
- Assemble, describe and display winter and summer survival
kits and explain their use. Develop the skill of identifying and
gathering edible roots and berries, and constructing winter and
summer shelters with a minimum number of tools. Describe and
explain what to do if lost in the wilderness.
- Complete any one (1) of the following:
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- Name the main parts of a hand and felling Axe, explain the
care of axes and how to replace an Axe handle. Name the parts and
care of a hunting knife or pocket knife. Demonstrate ability in
the uses of axes and knives in the construction of a natural
shelter.
- Construct a home or camp weather station consisting of a
reliable thermometer correctly mounted away from the direct sun;
a homemade rain gauge, a homemade anemometer, or wind gauge. Take
daily observation of cloud formations, precipitation, temperature
and wind for sixty (60) days.
- Demonstrate the tying and practical and use of ten (10)
knots, bends, lashings or whippings by making a model of a simple
camp tower or bridge.
- Complete any one (1) of the following:
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- Be able to describe and identify ten (10) birds, their eggs
and nesting habits. Birds selected should be native to your own
province or region.
- Be able to identify ten (10) animals (excluding domestic
animals), the size of their litters and the means of feeding
their young. Animals selected should be native to your own
province or region.
- Be able to describe and identify ten (10) species of trees
and their bark, leaves and fruit (where applicable) in your own
province or region, and commercial usage, if any.
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Conservation |
- Investigate a make a presentation to the
Company on any two (2)of the following subjects. The presentation
must be of at least ten (10) minutes duration and can be
illustrated by any means of your choosing. A group of Venturers
can investigate and make a joint presentation; However, it would
then have to be of at least twenty (20) minutes duration and
should be illustrated.
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- Animal conservation or plant conservation
- Air conservation
- Water or sea conservation
- Soil conservation
- Mineral conservation
- Ecology
- Govermental conservation measures
- Volunteer conservation groups
- What any industry or company is doing about conservation
- A subject of your own choosing which deals with any aspect of
conservation or ecology.
NOTE: You might want to submit your findings in some kind of
presentation to an organization, whether government, business or
community association that has a direct interest in your field of
study.
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The Venturer Award is presented
to a Venturer upon the decision of the Venturer Company executive
and the advisor, having satisfied themselves that the
Venturer:
- Has earned all six of the Activity Awards.
- Has taken an approved course of leadership training, such as
one of the following:
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- Scouter-in-Training course - Scouts Canada
- Ministry or Department of Education leadership course
- YM/YWCA leadership training course
- Church Councilor's' course
- Junior Achievement Program, or equivalent alternative
- Has successfully acted as a member of the executive for one
(1) term, or as a project chairman for at least one event.
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The Outdoorsman Award is particularly
demanding. It is awarded to a Venturer upon the decision of the
Venturer Company executive and the advisor, having satisfied
themselves that the Venturer has completed the requirements in
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| Section 1 - Discovery |
Complete the first plus any other two (2) in
this section. Projects may be carried out in groups. In each case
participate in the preparation of a written, sketched, taped or
photo log of the trip.
- Visit a place of interest on foot involving
an overnight stay and at least a total of 32 km walking,
OR 64 km cycling, OR 320 km by car, train or bus
OR a similar trip at equivalent level by means of the
Venturer's own choosing.
- In ten (10) hours walk 32 km, OR cycle 120 km,
OR swim 1.5 km non-stop, OR jog/run 4.5 km non-stop
OR complete an endurance test at equivalent level of the
above of your own design.
- Visit a place of interest on foot involving a total of 16 km
walking, OR involving a total of 40 km by cycling,
OR involving a total of 240 km by car, train or bus
OR a similar trip at equivalent level by means of the
Venturer's own choosing.
- Particiapte in the planning, organizing and carrying out of a
Company overnight trip to a Venturer Company in another District
or Region. Participate in the organization and execution of a
joint activity with the Venturer Company visited and participate
in the preparation of a log covering the event.
- Over a winter, spring, summer or autumn season, practice an
outdoor interest such as: plant collection, photography,
forestry, meteorology, sketching, bird watching, leaf collection,
survival training, animal tracking, or another interest of your
choice. Study a stream or lake and state what condition it is in
and what, if any, proposals are needed to correct bad situations.
Make a report or visual presentation to the Company describing
the study.
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Activities |
Complete one (1) of the first two projects,
AND both the third and fourth projects. Projects must be
carried out in groups of three to five Venturers.
- Utilizing a minimum of survival equipment,
camp forty-eight (48) hours in a bush or wilderness area
involving hiking a minimum of 3 km each way. On return, prepare a
report to the Company.
- Build and furnish an igloo or winter shelter and live in and
around the shelter for thirty-six (36) hours. Hike, snowshoe or
ski into the area in which the igloo or shelter is to be located,
carrying or sledding all necessary equipment. On return, prepare
a report to the Company.
- Plan, organize and participate in an overnight back-pack
hiking trip or canoe or cycle trip with your Company, to explore
and map a trail, stream or similar area of interest not before
visited by the Venturers. On return, prepare a report to the
Company.
- Plan, organize and participate in an overnight camping
expedition, utilizing lightweight or minimum amount of equipment
and minimum rations to a point of interest chosen by the Company
utilizing transportation available to the Company. On return,
make a presentation about the trip to the Company.
- Some experimenting should be done
before making this trip in order to determine the minimum
requirements for survival equipment.
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Knowledge |
- Complete all of this section.
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- Select a campsite and setup a no-trace camp. Meals may be
individual or group, using minimum pots, pans and dishes.
Understand and explain reasons for selecting the site. Why was
the camp considered a "no-trace" one? Was "no-noise"
included?
- Participate in a number of overnight camps to a total of
forty (40) days, at least seven (7) of which must be consecutive.
A maximum of ten (10) days (which must be in temporary shelter)
may be undertaken with your family or another group outside of
the Company. Give evidence of having practiced an outdoor
interest on at least two (2) of your camping trips.
- Assemble, display and describe winter and summer survival
kits and explain their use. Know how to identify and gather
edible roots and berries and construct a summer and winter
shelter with a minimum number of tools. Explain what to do if you
become lost in the wilderness.
- Optional: Explain the theory and
snaring, skinning and cooking wild game.
- Complete any three (3) of the following:
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- Name the main parts of a hand and felling Axe, explain the
care of axes and replace an Axe handle in a camp environment.
Name the parts and care of a hunting knife or pocket knife.
Demonstrate practical ability in the use of axes and knives in
the cutting of deadfall and the carving of wood figurines.
Demonstrate how to sharpen a knife and an Axe.
- Plan, purchase, prepare and serve for a group of at least
three (3) Venturers on a weekend camp, and also build, start and
maintain the fire used for cooking; or show that you know how to
use and take care of a backpacking stove.
- Maintain a weather log for a period of sixty (60) days,
noting cloud formations, wind strength and direction,
precipitation and barometer pressures. Be able to explain warm
and cold fronts and the cloud formations associated with each
front.
OR
Construct a device for measuring wind strength and barometric
pressure. At a camp, try to forecast the weather on a day-to-day
basis.
- Demonstrate the tying and practical use of ten (10) knots or
bends, four lashings and one whipping. Explain the construction
of a simple camp tower and bridge and construct either the bridge
or tower.
- With the aid of a compass, carry out a journey over a 5 km
cross-country course using written instructions requiring a
minimum of fifteen (15) separate changes of direction. Complete
accuracy is required, and the whole journey must not take more
than sixty (60) minutes.
OR
Journey for one full day with only a map. Keep compass in pack
and use only if necessary. If you use the compass, the trip
doesn't count.
- Practise survival camping for a weekend, eating off the
land.
- Complete any two (2) of the following:
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- Aquire a new outdoor skill, e.g. if you can't swim, learn to
swim. Similarly, learn to sail, canoe, climb, fly model
airplanes, go-cart, photograph wild birds or animals.
- Demonstrate ability to deal with first aid situations which
might arise in an outdoor situation (approximate level - St. John
Ambulance Standard Certificate) or demonstrate ability to deal
with water safety situations arising from water activities
(Bronze Medallion or Red Cross Leader Patrol).
- Be able to describe and identify fifteen (15) birds, their
eggs and nesting habits. Birds selected must be native to your
province or region, or to be selected through personal
experience.
- Be able to describe and identify fifteen (15) animals -
excluding domestic animals - the size of their litters and the
means of feeding their young. Animals selected must be native to
your province or region, or to be selected through personal
experience.
- Be able to describe and identify fifteen species of trees,
moss or lichens and their leaves and fruit where applicable, and
identify their commercial use, if any. You should select trees
you have personally observed.
- Descibe and identify five (5) major constellations and name
their principal stars. Demonstrate one method of determining
direction by the stars on a night hike for each compass
direction. Demonstrate a method of telling time by the sun and
directions by the sun
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Investigate and give a report to the Company
on any one (1) of the following subjects. The report must be at
least twenty (20) minutes long and may be illustrated by any
means of your own choice. A group of Venturers can investigate
and make a report, but this report would have to be at least
thirty (30) minutes long and would need to be illustrated.
- Animal conservation or plant
conservation
- Air conservation
- Water or sea conservation
- Soil conservation
- Mineral conservation
- Ecology
- Governmental conservation measures
- Volunteer conservation groups
- What any industry or company is doing about conservation
- Any subject of your own choice dealing with some aspect of
conservation or ecology.
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This award is for participation in adventurous
outdoor activities that involve careful advance planning, the use
of camping skills and an interest in historical investigation. It
is granted to the members on the decision of the Venturer
Advisor.
In a group setting, members must participate in at least two (2)
of the three (3) required activities. Requirements must be
completed in any twelve (12) month period.
- Hike no less than 120 km on an historic or backwoods trail,
taking a minimum of five (5) days to complete the trip. Camp en
route carrying all camping equipment and rations. On the hike
complete a conservation project such as trail or campsite
improvement.
- Cycle to and visit a point of historical interest at least
160 km round trip. Camp overnight on the trip and carry all
camping equipment and rations on the bike. Return to base point
by bike.
OR
- Canoe to and visit a point of historical interest at least 60
km round trip. Camp overnight on the trip and carry all camping
equipment and rations on the bike. Return to base point by
canoe.
- Complete a total of at least thirty-six (36) hours of hiking,
snowshoeing, or skiing in winter snow conditions, camping
overnight, and practicing winter survival skills. All equipment
and rations are to be carried or sledded (no snowmobiling).
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To be eligible for the Queen's Venturer Award
you must choose and complete to the satisfaction of the Company
and the Advisor, one (1) of the alternatives set out in Section
"A", and ALL of the requirements set out in Section
"B".
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| Section A |
- Hold the Venturer Award, or demonstrate the
equivalent skills and knowledge. Qualifications earned while
attaining these awards may be counted in the next
section.
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| Section B |
- Be a currently registered member of Scouts
Canada.
- Hold a current St. John Ambulance or Canadian Red Cross
Society Standard First Aid Certificate.
- Hold the World Conservation Award.
- Hold an award for service skill (i.e. Bronze Medallion, YMCA
Life Saving Certificate, Canadian Ski Patrol Certificate,
Mountain Rescue Certificate, Search & Rescue, Power
Squadron). Equivalent alternatives such as being qualified as a
youth camp counselor, or as a staff member at a camp for
handicapped children, or having the qualifications to operate a
children's traffic safety program, or a program of alcohol and
drug education will also qualify.
- Complete a minimum of fifty (50) hours of service of your
choice for which you receive no monetary reward. NOTE: The
service time given toward earning the Service
Activity Award or the Duke of Edinburgh's Award (Silver
level) may be applied to this total requirement.
- Act as an Activity Leader or Scouter-in-Training at no less
than eight (8) meetings or activities of a Beaver Colony, Cub
Pack, or Scout Troop. Where there is no Colony, Pack or Troop, a
Boy's or Girl's Club, 4H Club, YM/YWCA or similar youth club or
organization may be substituted. Twelve hours service at a
Beaver, Cub or Scout camp actively working with youth may be
substituted.
- Demonstrate leadership in a peer environment by being
involved with a decision making body (i.e. Youth Forums, Student
Council, other groups)
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