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CampOUT!
  • About CampOUT!
    • Land Acknowledgement
    • Our Mission and Vision
    • CampOUT! Community Advisory Committee
    • Community Agreements
    • What’s in a word?
    • Sponsors and Community Partners
  • Come to Camp
    • Camper Applications
    • Waivers
    • A Day at Camp
    • Packing List
    • Travel Reimbursement
  • Volunteer at Camp
    • Cabin Leader Applications
    • Community Mentor Applications
    • Care Team Applications
    • Community Advisory Committee
    • Request for Proposals
  • Memories
    • 2017 Stewardship Event
  • Resources
    • The Social Change Model of Leadership
    • Criminal Record Check
    • Leadership Training Program
  • FAQs
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
  • 2023 CampOUT! Updates

    It was wonderful to reopen for in-person camps in July 2022! We were happy to be able to honour the 2020 applications and 2021 online participants, including those who had since aged out of the camp age range. Campers were ages 16 – 23. Thank you for your patience as we navigated a good way […] Read More

  • Pandemic Pivots

    Typically, the camp is held on Gambier Island, and holds meeting year round on the shared territories of  xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Watuth), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations. But, we pivoted to make sure youth were supported during COVID-19 while keeping their communities and elders safe. Through engaging virtual workshops and activities, youth made new friends, connected with resources, […] Read More

  • Resources

    Check out these incredible resources from our community partners, organizers, and educators!  Read More

Welcome to CampOUT!

UBC CampOUT! is a leadership and learning summer camp for queer, trans, Two-Spirit, questioning, and allied youth from across BC & the Yukon. Since 2009, our supporters have made it possible for us to offer transformative, strengths-based leadership development opportunities for over 800 LGBTQ2+ youth. CampOUT! brings us together to learn about decolonizing, anti-racist and disability justice approaches to education and leadership from each other and from mentors in community. CampOUT! participants gain social and life skills, inspiration, and beautiful networks of support! We are committed to removing financial barriers so all interested individuals can experience the outdoors, gain leadership skills, grow awareness of social issues, and access critical health literacy resources, and ask campers for a nominal fee to hold their place. We prioritize work with Indigenous, rural, and under resourced communities and youth.

Typically, the camp is held at Chá7elkwnech, Camp Fircom on Gambier Island, Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) territory. Year round we operate at The University of British Columbia – Vancouver Campus on the shared territories of  xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Watuth), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations.

In the last two years we pivoted planning and training to support youth during COVID-19 while keeping our communities and elders safe. We were so grateful to be back together on Gambier again in 2022.

In affiliation with the University of British Columbia, the camp provides opportunities for youth to develop leadership skills, build self-esteem, foster hope and resilience, and connect with resources to support health and well-being (physical, mental, social, sexual, educational, and spiritual). Participants return to their home communities with new skills, resources, and friendships. CampOUT! provides a supportive space for LGBTQ2S+ youth to celebrate and be celebrated for who they are. 

CampOUT! is housed in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. The Faculty of Education provides CampOUT! with a supportive institutional infrastructure, operational resources, and numerous opportunities to collaborate with and build new relationships across communities. By supporting CampOUT!, UBC is helping to fulfill the University’s commitment to fostering safer learning spaces and strengthening community outreach across the Faculty and campus.

Our annual program operating funds are raised each year by our wider community of supporters. CampOUT! is grateful to be supported by many individual donors and organizations across Canada.

The project is guided by the CampOUT!’s Community Advisory Committee, which is represented by key community organizations, UBC staff and faculty, and camp alumni. Our advising partners make us stronger and keep us relevant, connected, and adaptable to the ever-changing needs of BC’s youth.

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UBC CampOUT!
Vancouver Campus
Faculty of Education Neville Scarfe Room 2127A (Ground Floor)
2125 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel 604.822.8298 or 1.877.678.CAMP (2267)
Email campout.director@ubc.ca
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