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Jonathan Nyquist is the Company Founder and current Operations Director of NYQUEST Training and Placement. Jonathan grew up attending camps in Canada and the U.S. |
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He worked as a head staff for several years at Camp White Pine in Haliburton, Ontario and he was the Assistant Director of Trails Youth Initiatives, a Canadian year-round outdoor education school for young potential leaders from the inner city of Toronto.
Jonathan worked as the Boys Head Counsellor at Skylake Yosemite Camp in California and received the Male Staff Member of the Year Award during this work experience.
He spent two years traveling throughout the United States, Canada and Australia working as an outdoor educator, camp counsellor, wilderness trips leader, nature based educator and summer camp administrator.
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Jonathan graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Economics and Psychology from the University of Michigan and he completed a Master’s Degree in Recreation Administration and Outdoor Education from California State University, Chico. Jonathan also received the 2006 Toronto Entrepreneur Award for his business start-up with NYQUEST.
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Camilla Chaplin has a keen interest in camping, travelling and outdoor education. Originally from the UK (therefore denied the experience of being a camper!), Camilla has spent the last four years working at various summer camps with Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania in the USA, working her way up to the position of Program Director.
Camilla has travelled extensively in the USA and Europe, and spent a year working and travelling in Australia and New Zealand, as well as backpacking in Thailand. She studied Politics and International Relations at the University of Manchester, UK, with a focus on global justice and climate change. Camilla has both participated in and worked for international work and cultural exchange programs, one of which landed her in Toronto, where she currently lives.
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- We believe that strong family connections is a key ingredient to the overall health and happiness of an individual
- We believe that as a society, people are finding it harder and harder to connect with nature, develop positive relationships with other family members and with those individuals in their communities.
- We believe that a safe, community-based family camp program will have the following positive impacts on campers:
- Strengthen their connection with nature
- Develop self confidence from trying new activities
- Further strengthen their relationships with other family members by engaging in activities away from their stress zones and develop meaningful memories
- Develop relationships with new friends and give a new dimension to important relationships with old friends
- Help relax and de-stress form life at home
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- Provide a fun, community-based family vacation that significantly improves the quality of people’s lives:
- Strengthen bonds with family
- Strengthen bonds with people in the community
- Connect people with nature
- Prepare parents for sending their child to residential summer camp
- Prepare children for the experience of attending residential summer camp
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