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From YouTube: OCTOBER 19 2021 Statements Janet Routledge
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
burnaby
north,
mr
speaker,
three
years
ago,
I
spoke
in
this
chamber
about
an
alternative
education
program
called
take
a
hike.
Take
a
hike
is
a
full-time
mental
health
and
emotional
well-being
program
embedded
in
our
public
education
system.
It
uses
the
outdoors
and
adventure-based
learning
to
engage
vulnerable
youth
since
then
take
a
hike
has
expanded.
It
offers
three
more
programs
on
vancouver
island,
in
addition
to
the
five
already
operating
in
the
lower
mainland
youth
served
by
take
a
hike
already
face.
Challenges
such
as
mental
health,
complications,
addictions
and
trauma
covet.
A
19
has
only
made
it
worse
for
them,
so
the
supports
they
can
access
now
will
determine
their
resiliency
and
put
them
on
a
path
to
social
and
academic
success
with
long-term
impacts
for
their
future.
As
take
a
hike
continues
to
expand,
they
are
doing
more
to
embrace
equality,
diversity
and
inclusion.
While
take
a
hike
welcomes
all
youth.
They
are
committed
to
truth
and
reconciliation.
A
They
work
with
indigenous
consultants
to
develop
curriculum
that
unites
indigenous
ways
of
knowing
and
learning
with.
Take
a
hike's
theory
of
change
and
attachment
in
a
trauma-informed
setting.
Take
a
hike
is
one
of
the
few
programs
in
bc
that
embeds
full-time
registered
mental
health
clinicians
to
provide
prevention
and
early
intervention
support.
A
Approximately
90
percent
of
their
students
graduate
and
according
to
a
social
return
on
investment
study
for
every
dollar
spent
on
take
a
hike
society
will
recognize
a
return
of
more
than
five
times
that
much.
I
wish
I
had
time
to
tell
some
of
the
stories
of
students
who
triumphed
over
their
adversity.