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RNS Board of Directors - Slate of Nominees
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The Board of Directors of Recreation Nova Scotia (RNS) is pleased to announce the Slate of Candidates for the 2022-2023 Board of Directors. Nominations will take place at the AGM on October 21, 2022, 8:30 am-9:30 am at the Delta Hotel in Dartmouth. Nominations can still be taken from the floor that day if a candidate completes all of the required application documents and has submitted them to RNS.
Download the pdf October 21 2022 RNS AGM Candidate Slate(821 KB) .
For more information go to Board Nominations.
South Shore Art on the Trail
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Nova Scotia Outdoor Network
In 2018, Britt Vegsund, the Active Living Coordinator for the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg at the time, embarked on a mission to bring exciting art to the trails of Lunenburg County. The goal was to encourage outdoor physical activity and invite more people to connect with nature and their communities via the trail networks.
pdf Read about the project(812 KB) and where its evolution three years later.
Project Branch Out
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In the Summer of 2021, Fawn Logan-Young, a Youth Ambassador with Parks Canada, delivered an initiative called ‘Project Branch Out’. The program was designed to offer unique experiences for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) youth in camping, hiking, and paddle sports. Project Branch Out offered these guided sessions for free, partnering with various leaders and organizations to deliver the activities.
Read as Fawn reflects on the project itself and what lessons may apply to other recreation practitioners looking to engage youth in the outdoors.
Project Branch Out
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In the Summer of 2021 Fawn Logan-Young, a Youth Ambassador with Parks Canada delivered an initiative called ‘Project Branch Out’. The program was designed to offer unique experiences for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) youth in camping, hiking, and paddle sports. Project Branch Out offered these guided sessions for free, partnering with various leaders and organizations to deliver the activities. Read the full story.
We'd love to hear from you: As part of NS Outdoor Network’s work to connect the outdoor sector in Nova Scotia, we are collecting stories and data to both highlight and celebrate the work helping people connect with nature. Our aim in communicating these stories is to share the impact of the outdoor projects and initiatives, to help amplify the good work taking place, and to allow these stories to educate and inform other practitioners. If you have a story to share please email
Press Release: RNS Announces the Anti-Racism Charter in Recreation Initiative
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Date: March 25, 2022, NOVA SCOTIA
Recreation Nova Scotia
1600 Bedford Hwy, Suite 201
Bedford, NS B4A 1E8
902-789-9052
For Immediate Release
Online Training to become a Certified Leader with Girls on Boards
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Girls on Boards is a non-profit organization, that started in Wolfville, Nova Scotia but now expanding across Canada. We offer body-positive, recreation empowerment programs for youth in stand-up paddle boarding, skateboarding and snowboarding.
We've created an immersive online training program that we would love to offer to leaders on your team so they can bring these programs to your community.
We've proven this concept is simple yet effective in engaging the community, inspiring youth with activity and body positive movement and also aligns with many municipal recreation programs plus most of our programs fill very quickly so we know they are popular!