Your Guide to the Training Program
Use the Learners Program Guide to find out how the Recreation North Training Program works and to understand your responsibilities as a participant.
Please note that we have two new policies. Effective September 2025,
- Participation in conference calls is required. However, if life gets in the way, ask your trainer for an alternate activity.
- Learners registered in a certificate stream are asked to let us know if they cannot participate for a while. If we don't hear from you for a few months, you will be enrolled to make space for others.
Updated: August 2026
3. The Program
3.1. Format
The Training Program is delivered remotely (online). The best part about learning this way is that you don't have to leave home and you can balance learning with work and family responsibilities.
The Training Program connects recreation leaders from across the Yukon, NWT, and Nunavut. Occasionally, someone the provinces joins. Training is facilitated by trainers from one of the three territories who understand the realities of working or volunteering in community recreation in the North.
Training can be customized for a region or offered in-person by one of the territorial recreation and parks association.
Online Learning
Since the pandemic, learning remotely or online is familiar to most people. However, it can take time to become comfortable with different types of technology.
Learning remotely develops digital literacy skills. Digital literacy is increasingly important for many types of learning including certificate and degree programs offered by colleges and universities.
In the North, there may be challenges accessing and using the Internet. We know that online learning can be slower and some videos or files may seem impossible to open. Therefore, we developed the training with these challenges in mind.
The platform for our training is Moodle, a Learning Management System (LMS). Once you register, you get a user name that lets you log in to this platform or Learning Space . You'll need a computer connected to the Internet for learning. A phone may be helpful if you have difficulty joining a conference call.
Learning involves logging in, navigating the Learning Space, and engaging with content and other learners. During conference calls, ideas and questions are shared. This helps everyone learn!
For more information about our Learning Space, check out Online Learning; an Introduction or watch one of our videos.