Episodes

How to care for your tent...or your Scout group's tent, as the case may be. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) Ken and Colin discuss how to care for a tent, and why it's impo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

Let's learn a little bit about the history and operations of one of the most amazing Scout Camps in Canada. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) This is an encore presentation of last week's episode; we published the audio for Episode 33 by mistake, and although we corrected this --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

Let's learn a little bit about the history and operations of one of the most amazing Scout Camps in Canada. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) Mark Little, the Council Commissioner for <a href="http://ch --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

We discuss the Ernest Poole Scout Camp near Edmonton, Alberta, and the possibility that it will be sold off to the LDS Church in the near future. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) Ken and Colin sit down to discuss the Ernest Poole Scout --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

In which we sit down and discuss Scouts Canada's Program Quality Standards, and how these can be used to evaluate a Scout Group's performance over the course of a year. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) Regan Coyne, one of the Area Support Managers </st --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

Step up your camp cooking game! Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) Ken and Colin discuss dutch ovens, double boilers, and how to bake a cake at a Scout camp. Shout-Outs As always, a big thank you to the folks at <a href=" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

Philmont Scout Ranch might just be the crown jewel of American Scouting adventures. Let's learn a bit more about it. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) Brian joins us again to talk about Philmont Scout Ranch</stron --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

Eric brings in a few of the different medical kits that his Medical Venturer company members use in the course of their activities. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) Eric, from the Northern Lights Medical V --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

Scouting offers a very unique opportunity for modern youth to disconnect from their always online, device-driven lives. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) Trevor Nimegeers wrote an <a href="https://www.li --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

How should Scouters approach the use of social media, both as a means of showcasing their Scout group and as a means of communicating with Scouts? Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) We take a look at <a href="http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2016/06/15/youth-protection-and-texti --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

Scouts Canada recently changed their youth/leader ratio requirements for the Beaver Scout, Cub Scout, and Scout sections Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) Scouts Canada recently changed their policy on youth-leader ratio. You can find out some information about what the ratios --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

This is an encore presentation of an episode from a year ago: should the Scout Uniform be worn as a Halloween costume? Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) This episode is a bit more off the cuff, so here's a list of topics discussed: <a href="http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/200 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

In which the possibility of a youth in Scouts Canada using Minecraft to satisfy a requirement for the Tech badge is discussed. Also, Scouting Stuff is coming to Anchor.fm. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) This is a short episode, much of which is actually an excerpt from the other podcast that <str --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

As the podcast turns one, we turn our attention to Jamboree On The Air/Jamboree On The Internet. Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Android | TuneIn Radio | Stitcher Podcast Topic(s) What is JOTA-JOTI? Well, according to the official website: “Jamboree-On-The-Air and Jamboree-On-Th --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

Why, exactly, does Scouting use the fleur-de-lis as its symbol?

2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the Wolf Cubs movement. So, let's talk about Cubs for a bit. Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on Android | Like Us on Facebook | Follow Us on Twitter Podcast Topic(s) The first edition of The Wolf Cub Handbook was printed in December of 1916; this year marks the 100th anniversary of Cub Scouts. Lord Robert Baden-Powell created the Cu --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

What is the Wood Badge? What does it signify, and how do different Scouting organizations train their leaders in it? Subscribe on iTunes | Subscribe on Google Play | Subscribe on Android | Like Us on Facebook | Follow Us on Twitter Podcast Topics Ken and Brian discuss the Wood Badge </strong --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scoutingstuffpodcast/message

Eagle Scout is the higest rank that a Boy Scout can achieve in the United States. So what does it take to become an Eagle Scout?

The Queen's Venturer Award is the capstone award for Venturer Scouts, and can almost be thought of as the Canadian analog of the Eagle Scout rank.

Medical Venturers (MedVents) is one of the Vocational Scouting programs offered by Scouts Canada, which is focused on advanced first aid and medical training.

Whether it's called Swim-Up or Advancement, how do we celebrate when youth progress through the Scouting movement?

Colin phones in from all the way across Canada to discuss advancement and summer Scouting programs.

It was Emergency Preparedness Week last week...which, at least for our Canadian crew, has been given a very pointed example in the Fort McMurray fires.

To help other people at all times; it's part of the Scout Promise.