(DRAFT Version) Open to all registered volunteers
“Lighting the way: Sharing experience and guiding others”
A great day of workshops, displays, vendors, badge trading, and networking.
Central Ontario Scouters’ Conference 2026
Hosted at Camp Samac, 275 Conlin Rd E, Oshawa, Ontario
Visit our Facebook Page: – 2026 Camp Samac Scouter’s Conference
Registration $30 includes lunch
Vendor/Sponsorship Package (PDF)
Vendor/Sponsor Registration Link
Schedule:
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- 7:45 – 8:25 Registration Check-in
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- 8:30 – 8:55 Opening Rally, introductions and setting the pace for the day
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- 9:00-9:50 Workshop period (4 session’s simulations)
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- 9:55-10:30 Rotation, coffee station, Trade Show, vendors, networking
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- 10:30–11:20 Workshop period (4 session’s simulations)
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- 11:20–12:10 Workshop period (4 session’s simulations)
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- 12:10-1:20 Luncheon and Trade Show, networking
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- 1:20–2:10 Workshop period (4 session’s simulations)
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- 2:20–3:10 Workshop period (4 session’s simulations)
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- 3:20–4:10 Workshop period (4 session’s simulations)
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- 4:15–4:30 Wrap Up, Key Note
- 4:45 Happy Hours
Facilities:
Council Hall Annex: Opening and Closing, Coffee Station, Lunch, & Trade show
Council Hall Fireside Room: Breakout room
Council Hall Range Reception: Breakout room
Cubland: Breakout room
Cubland: Breakout room
Proposed Workshop Titles:
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- Honours and Awards
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- Menu Planning & Cooking
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- What’s in my patrol box?
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- Recruiting Scouters, Youth
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- Light weight tripping
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- International Travel Scouting
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- Risk Management, Insurance and Safety
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- Crafters Corner
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- Building a Scouts Own appropriate for your youth
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- Songs for Colony, Pack
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- Teaching outdoor skills to Scout age youth
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- Intro to Scouters Playbook (administration)
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- Selecting tents, sleeping bags, etc
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- Budgeting & fundraising for your group
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- Samac Nature Centre program orientation & “What is SCENES anyway?”
Proposed Exhibits:
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- Tributes Community Centre – group events
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- OPG
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- Sail – outdoor resources
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- Conservation Authority
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- Scouts Canada HSR Haliburton Scout Reserve
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- Fire Dept – Fire Safety Programs
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- Nova’s Ark
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- Michael’s Craft Centre
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- Superstore – cooking clinics
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- Scouts Canada Woodland Trails & Camp Samac
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- Ripley’s Aquarium
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- Canadian Tire
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- Canoe Museum – Peterborough
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- UOIT STEM Programs
Accommodations: Bring your own tent or bunk beds available at Camp Samac Cubland – $30 for two nights
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- Friday night “Commissioner’s Round Table” with those staying over
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- Cracker Barrel (Cubland)
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- Saturday evening dinner out at a local restaurant (One Eyed Jack’s)
Lunch & coffee station
Offering soup, sandwich, salad & sweets table (included in your registration),
Coffee, tea, water, camp juice available all day
Volunteer:
Contact Rajesh Aggarwal, 647-939-3327, [email protected]
Rajesh Aggarwal, Brian Wick, Rebecca Lormand, Dena Rogers, Janice Lee
Volunteer Roles