Discover the intertidal life of the Gulf Islands, and get your feet wet with techniques for connecting students to the life on our shores.
Walk the Millard Learning Centre’s coastal forest and learn how to engage your students’ senses with tactile forest activities. We have been doing innovative forest education for 20+ years.
Energize your lesson plans with original hands-on activities games and experiments involving solar and wind renewable energy technologies.
Harvest plants for tea, and exchange teaching techniques for connecting students with people, plants, and pollinators.
Galiano Island is easily accessible via BC Ferries, from either Tsawwassen (Vancouver) or Swartz Bay (Victoria.) If you’re bringing a car from the Vancouver side, you’ll want to reserve your spot on the ferry in advance. More sailing information
Camping at the Millard Learning Centre is included during the workshop. The campsite is tent-only (on well-defined tent pads), but has access to the Millard Learning Centre classroom building which has flush toilets, showers, and places to charge devices.
If you require camping gear we can provide it for a small fee. If you would like to sleep off-site, Galiano Island has many other accommodations available.
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The meals included for the duration of the Camp will be simple, plant-based and served buffet-style. Let us know if you have dietary restrictions.
Registration: Purchase one or multiple tickets to register. Tickets include Millard Learning Centre camping fees and meals for the duration of the workshop (Fri Aug 11-Sun Aug 13 2023).
Discounts: Speak with your Pro-D representative to see how you can get workshop costs covered by your district. Early Bird Sale on until April 30, 2023. Receive an additional 10% discount when you register three or more people. Enter this coupon code at the checkout to receive the group discount : Pr0DGroup3+
Thursday night camping (Optional fee): Come a day early before the workshop begins to have extra time to explore Galiano. Camp fees are $30/person to sleep over on Thursday, August 10th. Please note food is NOT served on Thursday.
Camping equipment rentals (Optional fee): We have everything you need from tents, sleeping bags, sleeping mats and headlamps available for rent. Gear combo rental available for $30+PST.
Tickets are fully refundable up to 2 weeks before the Camp. Ticket proceeds will be forfeited for cancellations within 2 weeks of the workshop unless the cancellation is due to COVID-19 reasons at which point we will defer your ticket proceeds to Teacher Pro-D Camp 2024 If we need to cancel the Camp on our end, we will refund you fully.
Contact Education staff for more camp details or if you prefer cheque or other payment methods for camp registration.
Office (Monday – Friday 9:30AM-4PM): 250-539-2424 bookings@galianoconservancy.ca