Scott Hennigar
Instructor
Phone: (902) 585.1724
Email: scott.hennigar@acadiau.ca
Office: School of Kinesiology, Rm 385e
Teaching Labs
- Intro to Camping
- Intro to Snowshoeing
- Intro to Mountain Biking
- Intro to Cross Country Skiing
- Intro to Canoe Tripping
- Intro to Adventure Programming
- Intro to Sea Kayaking
- Intro to Orientation
- Intro to Winter Camping
- Outdoor Leadership 1 & 2
- Winter Survival
- Advanced Survival
- Advanced Wilderness Navigation
- Wilderness Canoe Tripping
- Bike Touring Leadership
- Advanced Skills and Standards - Challenge Course
- Sea Kayaking Tripping
Teaching Courses
- Adventure Programming
- Adventure Education
- Outdoor Recreation Management
Scholarly Interests and Expertise
- Adventure program design and delivery
- Outdoor Leadership
- Teaching methods for remote wilderness situations
- Wilderness survival
- Risk management
- Primitive technology
- Mentoring
Community Service
- Advisor and mentor to Annapolis Valley Regional School Board's At Risk Youth program
- Advisor and mentor to the Nova Scotia Youth Facility alternative learning program
Did You Know?
- Has attended seven wilderness survival courses at the Tracker School in USA
- Has been mentored by survival expert Tom Brown Jr.
- Works with world renown challenge course expert Rich Klajnscek at Seafox Consulting
- Has attended a bicycle training camp with Chris Carmichael Training Systems (Lance Armstrong's Coach)
- Collects outdoor tools, including knives, axes, and primitive weapons
- Has acquired and restored five antique cedar canvas canoes including three Chestnuts, a Harold Gates and a Tremblay
- Has worked on international disaster relief programs with the American and Canadian Red Cross
- Has never had an indoor job in his life!