Kinsmen Leisure Centre and Emerald Hills Leisure Centre 

Strathcona County is pleased to offer a variety of aquatic programs for every age and ability, including an array of recreational swims, structured swim lessons, specialty programs and aquatic fitness opportunities.

For more information, contact:

Swimming and Water Safety Program Team
780-464-8236
swimming@strathcona.ca

Gallery@501 - Visual Arts Education Programs

Gallery@501 offers learning programs for schools that enable students and teachers to explore exhibitions by contemporary local, regional and national artists through guided visits and studio art-making sessions.

Explore: Gallery@501 school programs provide students with an opportunity to engage in guided observation, discuss ideas and concepts related to the artwork on display and create connections with their personal experiences.

Learn: Our educator-guided programs are complemented with hands-on art studio projects that further explore themes encountered in exhibitions and teach about art processes and materials. All guided exhibition tours and art activities are designed (and can be further tailored) to enhance core competencies of the Alberta school curriculum for kindergarten through Grade 12.

Inspire: Hands-on art projects are an opportunity to inspire communication, creative thinking and problem-solving in ways that are accessible to students of all abilities. 

For more information, contact:

780-410-8575
culture.programs@strathcona.ca. 

Smeltzer House - Pottery Programs

Our pottery programs are designed to offer a challenging and creative educational experience to your students. Freedom of expression and imaginative use of materials is encouraged.

We'll provide a unique experience that students wouldn't normally get in school - working in a real pottery studio setting at the Clay Hut. Clay programs are offered for preschool through Grade 6. Choose from a variety of projects including coil, pinch and slab pots, clay sculptures and plaques. Seasonal and special projects are available upon request.

For more information, contact:

780-464-2023
culture.programs@strathcona.ca. 

Festival Place - field trips

Participation in the performing arts fosters self-expression and personal growth. Students build self-esteem, strengthen social and emotional skills, communicate with confidence, and learn the value of teamwork—all while having fun! Our programs welcome students of all experience levels and can take place at Festival Place or in your school

For more information, contact:

780-410-8566
culture.programs@strathcona.ca

Learn more: Visual and Performing Arts School Field Trips

Millennium Place welcomes group and school visits. Engage in floor hockey, gym sports, swimming, skating, walking, running, fitness and more! A unique recreation opportunity awaits your students. Whether it's a structured lesson or a drop-in activity, make recreation fun by trying something new. We will create a custom opportunity that's right for your students. Millennium Place is your one-stop location for fun activities and great food. We can provide lunches, snacks or any type of catering you require for your class or group function.

Millennium Place Group Visits Brochure (3.2 MB)

For more information, contact:

Facility Booking Support
780-416-7252
MPbooking@strathcona.ca

The Strathcona Wilderness Centre welcomes school, community and homeschool groups to experience a wide variety of outdoor and environmental education programs, year-round.

These active and fun school programs are designed to meet curriculum objectives in a variety of subject areas including:

• Elementary science and social studies
• Peoples of the Land
• Nature Detectives
• Physical education and outdoor education

Teachers may choose from standardized or custom half-day, full-day or multi-day programs. All programs are delivered from an experiential framework.

Site amenities include a fully equipped lodge, bunkhouses, campsites, cookhouse and more than 12 kilometres of hiking and groomed cross-country ski trails. The Centre also offers programs for staff development, student councils and team building.

2024-2025 Outdoor Programs, School and Group Guide

For more information, contact:

Strathcona Wilderness Centre: Programs and Bookings
780-922-3939
swcinfo@strathcona.ca

Sign up to receive the ice availability e-newsletter. This e-newsletter is distributed after the ice has been allocated to local ice user groups, at the start of the season and mid-season, to highlight any unused available ice times. 

Find the up-to-date listing of all field and diamond closures on the online Field and diamond status interactive map. 

School golf lessons and driving range
The Broadmoor Public Golf Course is committed to growing the game of golf through our junior programs. We offer special rates for range time and group lessons for schools.

Our current pricing for school groups is:

• One hour of range time: $10 per student*, unlimited golf balls
• One hour with C.P.G.A. golf instructor: $15 per student*, minimum 7 students, unlimited range balls
  *Fees subject to GST

Winter opportunities
Enjoy cross-country skiing, walking, tobogganing and snowshoeing at Broadmoor Public Golf Course. Please note that equipment rentals are not available.  

The course is open daily for winter activities from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and does not need to be booked.

Visit TheBroadmoor.ca/Winter-Trails to check out the trail map and get more information. 

For more information, contact:

Broadmoor Public Golf Course
Golf: 780-467-7373 | TheBroadmoor@strathcona.ca
Winter: 780-467-2211 | recreation@strathcona.ca