{"id":155943,"date":"2023-05-25T16:18:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T20:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=155943"},"modified":"2023-05-26T12:10:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T16:10:43","slug":"jardin-educatif-cancels-summer-camp-due-to-lack-of-transportation-hiring-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/jardin-educatif-cancels-summer-camp-due-to-lack-of-transportation-hiring-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Jardin \u00c9ducatif cancels summer camp for at risk youth due to transportation, hiring issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jardin \u00c9ducatif du Pontiac announced last week that they would not be able to offer their summer camp program this year due to a number of overlapping difficulties. The camp typically hosts around 20 or so at-risk youth from around the Pontiac to learn about operating the garden and also take part in various activities and field trips. Participants are referred to the program through social services or the school system.<\/p>\n<p>Jardin Director General Martin Riopel explained that the cancellation was due to a number of factors, but primarily the uncertainty surrounding transportation due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/union-rep-frustrated-following-mediated-meetings-with-bus-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing bus driver strike in the region<\/a>. There were also challenges with staffing, due to employees taking leave and difficulties hiring.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-155943-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Clip-Martin-Riopel-Jardin-cancelled.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Clip-Martin-Riopel-Jardin-cancelled.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Clip-Martin-Riopel-Jardin-cancelled.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Riopel explained that the garden would remain operational throughout the summer, and they hope to hire some of the students that might have attended the camp.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-155943-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Clip-Martin-Riopel-jardin-summer-plans.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Clip-Martin-Riopel-jardin-summer-plans.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Clip-Martin-Riopel-jardin-summer-plans.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong><em>The full interview with Riopel is available below:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jardin \u00c9ducatif du Pontiac announced last week that they would not be able to offer their summer camp program this year due to a number of overlapping difficulties. The camp typically hosts around 20 or so at-risk youth from around the Pontiac to learn about operating the garden and also take part in various&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":155952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,221,222],"tags":[24057,2650,13275,25873,14945,26373,14579],"radio":[239],"origine":[274,258,260],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155943"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156168,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155943\/revisions\/156168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155943"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=155943"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=155943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}