Coach/Advocates for Black Students (CABS) staff offer free camps for Black students across the Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB), including:
- March Break Camp Leadership Camp
- Summer STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Math) Camp, in partnership with engineering departments from Ontario universities.
- CABS Multi-Sport Camp
Learn more about our camps below.
CABS Camps
In July 2022, the Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB) partnered with Ontario Tech University and Queen’s University for a specialized STEM camp for Black youth. During the two-week-long camp, over 150 DCDSB elementary students in Grades 7 and 8 and secondary students in Grades 9 and 10 built and created structures, such as structurally sound bridges, learned to code and use robotics, and created bottle rockets.
Prior to the two-week camp, Grade 11 & 12 students were hired through a Focus on Youth (FOY) initiative. The Coach/Advocates collaborated with the Women's Multicultural Centre where 10 FOY students were taught financial literacy, leadership training and much more. These 10 students were then selected to be student leaders for the STEM camp for the following two weeks.
Watch the video below: