All junior programs are intended as a bridge between camper and leader. A variety of elements from the camper experience are still present in this introductory leadership program, although additional learning and responsibilities are added. Campers will begin developing self-awareness to understand their own strengths and struggles. Participants will also be encouraged to act as role models at the camp on a daily basis. Additionally, campers will participate in placements to help teach skills or facilitate activities for younger campers.

Senior programs aim to prepare participants for leadership in all areas of their lives. Senior programs focus on planning, delivery, and evaluation of programs, camp or community initiatives, and the out-trip. Skills are practiced during placements around camp, working with cabins or support departments, and on the canoe trip.

The Leadership Selection Process allows us to assign trips to campers based on their interest and our availability. Here's how it works:

1. Take some time before Leadership Selection opens to chat with your participant about which trips they are interested in for summer 2026.
2. Leadership Selection will be open from October 13–15. You can submit your choices at any point during this time. It does not matter when you submit your choices. Submitting early does not increase your chances of getting your top choice. Each participant will select their top three program choices and list them in order of interest.  
3. Once the selection process closes on October 15 at 11:59 pm, we will randomly assign a number to every participant that has applied for the Leadership Selection. 
4. Our team will work down the master Leadership Selection list chronologically and award programs based on availability. 
5. If the program your participant has listed as their first choice is full, we move on to their second choice, and then their third choice.  
6. Please make sure to add three choices for your participant. Selecting only one trip does not increase your participant’s odds of getting on that trip. If their first choice is full and they did not select a second or third choice, they will not get put on any other trips during the initial process.  
7. Participants are added to a waitlist for each of the program choices they are not awarded a spot in. If you are not awarded any of your three programs, you are added to the top of the waitlists for your indicated programs. 
8. The Contact Centre will start reaching out to families regarding Leadership Selection results via email on October 20. Once your participant has been awarded a program, you will have 48 hours to accept or decline. 
9. If a space becomes available, the Contact Centre team will work their way down the waitlist to fill all leadership programs. 
10. All final offers will be sent out and should be accepted by November 6. If there are any open spots left after this time, they will be opened to the public during early registration on November 11 at 10am.

NOTE: For participants applying for Senior Leadership programs this year, we ask that you sign up for a phone interview time below. The interview window will be from October 6–9. Due to the nature of our Senior Leadership program and the intensity of some of our trips, we are using this interview to gauge tripping and leadership experience to determine suitability for our more senior programs.