Keynote to BC Summer Camps Association, January 2018
I was invited to set the tone for the 2018 conference; the focus of the conference was to prepare for the 2018 summer camp season in the context of SOGI 123. This is what I did and said: BC Summer Camps are world-renowned, creating memories that will last a lifetime for young people. Will they be good or bad memories? When Joel Harnest, Education and Training Coordinator for Qmunity, first spoke to me about this conference in November 2017, I assumed it was to co-facilitate a couple of diversity workshops. Something I’ve done with him many times. But then he asked if I would consider delivering a keynote presentation at the upcoming Annual BC Summer Camps Association General Meeting at the end of January 2018. That was a much weightier task. I wondered how I might make my life experience, training and research relevant to your group. I immediately thought of my sons; I’ll explain in a minute. First, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to share some thoughts and reflectio...