{"id":5,"date":"2020-01-03T16:59:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T21:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T15:28:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-lazyblock-sidebar lazyblock-sidebar-ZVdDyL\"><div style=\"width:100%; height:0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:30px;\">\n  <div class=\"sidebar_outershell \">\n    <div class=\"sidebar_image_shell dynamic-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/about_2.jpg\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"sidebar_body_outershell \">\n    <div class=\"content_head blog\">\n      Through Challenges, we become the best version of ourselves.     <\/div>\n    <div class=\"content_body\" style=\"margin-bottom:-30px;\">\n      <p>It was 2 am when I woke from sleep and wrote the word \u2018Challenges\u2019 on a piece of paper. I was reflecting on the vast amount of outdoor adventure and educational programs that exist across Canada. The general concept among these programs was: \u2018challenge yourself and you will grow\u2019. While this notion is true, I wanted Challenges Canada to take it further: facilitating people through authentic and challenging experiences that promote self-sufficiency and resilience.<\/p><p>I know all too well the learning and development that occurs when one is forced to overcome obstacles. As a child with learning disabilities, low self-esteem and who was heavily bullied, I learned the significance of resilience. It wasn\u2019t about how tough you were, but rather how you get back up when you are knocked down.\u00a0 Now, as a recent cancer survivor, this still holds true. Having grit and determination may help you succeed in life, but through challenging experiences we become the best version of ourselves.\u00a0<\/p><p>Challenges Canada exists to support the many great organizations that are currently running or would like to offer programs that promote wellness, self-identification, and connection to the natural world through challenging experiences.<\/p><p><strong>Michael Richardson, <\/strong>Director<\/p><p><\/p>      <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:100%; height:0px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-lazyblock-sidebar lazyblock-sidebar-Z2mb3sT\"><div style=\"width:100%; height:0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:30px;\">\n  <div class=\"sidebar_outershell alt\">\n    <div class=\"sidebar_image_shell dynamic-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/about_1-1.jpg\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"sidebar_body_outershell alt\">\n    <div class=\"content_head blog\">\n      Holistic and Inclusive Program Design    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"content_body\" style=\"margin-bottom:-30px;\">\n      <p>We utilize remote areas in the wilderness or local green spaces for our programming. Our holistic and inclusive program design ensures participants are appropriately challenged with real world problems resulting in real world solutions. Group culture and the natural environment are utilized as vehicles for growth as they provide ample resources and authentic consequences.<\/p>      <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:100%; height:0px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-about.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About - Challenges Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About - Challenges Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Challenges Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michael.challenges.you\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-01T15:28:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Challenges Canada\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/challenges_canada_inc\/\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michael.challenges.you\/\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/web_img.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/web_img.jpg\",\"width\":2400,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Challenges Canada\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/\",\"name\":\"Challenges Canada\",\"description\":\"Developing programs that meet Your needs.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/\",\"name\":\"About - Challenges Canada\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-03T21:59:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-01T15:28:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About - Challenges Canada","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About - Challenges Canada","og_description":"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet","og_url":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/","og_site_name":"Challenges Canada","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michael.challenges.you\/","article_modified_time":"2022-07-01T15:28:16+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#organization","name":"Challenges Canada","url":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/challenges_canada_inc\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michael.challenges.you\/"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/web_img.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/web_img.jpg","width":2400,"height":1260,"caption":"Challenges Canada"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/","name":"Challenges Canada","description":"Developing programs that meet Your needs.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/","name":"About - Challenges Canada","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-01-03T21:59:06+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-01T15:28:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/about\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":802,"href":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengescanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}