Connecting with Courage

Get in touch with your inner voice and build your self-confidence this summer

Build your self-esteem, boost your confidence and make friends on a life-changing adventure in Algonquin Park or Alberta’s Rocky Mountains!

In this transformative program, you’ll embark on a canoeing or backpacking adventure with empathetic and compassionate wilderness instructors who provide participants with unwavering support and inspiring leadership.

Thanks to the Maddie Project for making this scholarship possible!

Thanks to the generosity of the Maddie Project, young people (ages 14-16) can participate in the Connecting with Courage program at no cost.

In keeping with the essence of the Maddie Project, this program offers transformative adventures that help youth re-discover their confidence, and develop self-esteem — key social-emotional skills needed to navigate the challenges of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood.

In a dynamic environment fostered by supportive instructors, they’ll connect with like-minded peers and use the power of nature to strengthen themselves.

About the Maddie Project

The Maddie Project is a community effort to support youth struggling with depression and other mental health challenges. Through community collaboration and events, the project aims to raise awareness of youth mental health and provide them and their families with access to unfettered support.

The project was founded in April 2015 in memory of Madeline Grace German Coulter. To date, it has engaged millions of people in active conversations about youth mental health and raised nearly $3.5 million to support Outward Bound Canada and other organizations working to improve youth mental health in Canada.

To learn more about the project and how you can get involved, visit themaddieproject.ca.

Ontario Wilderness Flatwater Canoeing Connecting with Courage

Rocky Mountains Connecting with Courage

Thanks to the Maddie Project for making this scholarship possible!

About the Maddie Project