Camp Dates & Themes

Jump into the exciting world of sustainability and problem-solving! Get ready to discover how environmental engineering helps protect our planet through hands-on activity-based learning. Join us and learn how you can make a big impact! 

Note: Week 1 is a 4 - day week and will reflect a cost reduction.

Get ready to mix art with science, tech, engineering and math for a totally fun STEAM camp! We’ll have creative crafts, and science and engineering activities that let you explore the amazing world of STEM through your imagination. It’s all about making cool things and discovering the beauty of STEM in ways you never expected!

NOTE: In Week 6, this theme is also offered as a Just for Girls camp. Just for Girls camp is open to Grade 4 to 6 girls, including campers who identify as girls and nonbinary youth.

*** Week 6 is a 4 - day week and will reflect a cost reduction.

Blast off into an out-of-this-world camp adventure! This week, we’ll explore science, engineering and space through awesome activities, cool challenges, creative crafts and tons of fun. Get ready to discover what it’s like to be an engineer and explore the mysteries of the universe!

NOTE: In Week 3, this theme is also offered as a Just for Girls camp. Just for Girls camp is open to Grade 4 to 6 girls, including campers who identify as girls and nonbinary youth.

Not sure what discipline of engineering you're most interested in? Why pick just one? This week you’ll wear different engineering hats as you tour through the different disciplines, from civil to chemical to electrical to mechanical. The best way to learn about engineering is by doing it, so get ready for hands-on fun. Let’s explore, create, and have a blast while discovering what engineering is all about!

Western Engineering Summer Academy (WESA) is for students going into Grades 7 to 12. Explore various disciplines of engineering through fun, hands-on science and engineering activities and challenges, campus tours and opportunities to meet faculty and staff here at Western. This program is open to anyone going into Grade 7 to 12, no experience required!  

NOTE: Week 3 will be a "Just for Girls" WESA week which is open to those who identify as girls and nonbinary youth. 

Who runs the world? Girls! Once again, we're offering Just for Girls weeks for campers going into Grades 4-6 and Grades 7-12. Just for Girls weeks are open to all those who identify as girls and nonbinary youth. Just for Girls weeks follow the same themes as the other camps, but will purposefully have women instructors, foster sense of community in an all-girls environment, and highlight the amazing accomplishments of female scientists and engineers.

For Grade 4 to 6 Just for Girls, please see Week 3: Engineering & Space theme and Week 6: STEAM theme.

For Grade 7 to 12 Just for Girls, please see Week 3 of Western Engineering Summer Academy (WESA).