Outdoor education is one of the most crucial pillars at my high school. There are two outdoor trips each year when we will be traveling across Canada. These trips have encouraged me to take on new challenges, risks, and tries in nature, including but not limited to kayaking in the open ocean, canoeing for ten days, or doing the "polar bear dips" every morning in December.  Also, they have brought me closer to nature and wildlife species and apply what I have learned into my leadership initiatives back in school.