Mike Sladden
Hagai Maidenberg | August 8, 2016Mike Sladden is the director and co-owner of Camp Pathfinder, a century-old boys’ canoe trip camp in world-famous Algonquin Park, Ontario. A third generation Pathfinder camper and guide since 1969, he now lives for six months each year at camp’s rustic island base in the Algonquin interior, where he leads Pathfinder’s wilderness tripping, scholastic outdoor education, and in-camp programs. “Sladds” and his wife Leslie have raised two sons at camp and in their hometown of Rochester, New York.
Mike received bachelor degrees in History and English Literature from Connecticut College, where his interest in photographic history led him to graduate work at SUNY’s Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester. He joined the curatorial staff of the International Museum of Photography and Film/George Eastman House in 1986, becoming curator of education in 1989. Over the next decade he directed the museum’s school-aged and lay audience education programs, and worked as both a team member and manager on numerous exhibitions and public programs interpreting the history, art and technology of photography.
As Pathfinder’s director, Sladds has overseen a comprehensive preservation of this historic camp as a low-technology, small-footprint community. He has also led the camp through a long-term refinement of its staff and wilderness guide training, CIT leaders program and Pathfinder canoeing curriculum. His certifications include Wilderness First Responder (WMA), Level II Instructor in Ropes Course leadership (CUI/ACCT), and ORCKA Canoeing Moving Water. He is a member of the Ontario Camps Association. In 2012, he was elected to the Canadian Society of Camp Directors.
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Hagai Maidenberg | August 8, 2016 迈克•斯拉登是探索者露营的主管和共有人，探索这露营是一个位于举世闻名的安大略阿岗昆公园的有100年历史的男孩独木舟旅行露营。从1969年以来作为露营的第三代营员和指导，他现在每年有六个月的时间居住在阿岗昆地区的营区中，在那里他指导探索者的野外旅行，户外学术教育和营地项目。斯拉登和他的妻子莱斯利在营地和他们的家乡纽约州罗切斯特养育了两个孩子。
迈克在康涅尼格学院获得了他历史和英语文学学士学位，在那里他对摄影师的兴趣让他在毕业后成为了罗切斯特SUNY的视觉研究工作室的一员。在1986年他成为了国际摄影和电影博物馆（乔治•伊斯特曼博物馆）的策展员工并在1989年成为了教育馆长。在接下来的十年间，他指导了博物馆学龄的和外行的观众的教育项目，并且作为大量的解读摄影历史、艺术和科技的展会及公共项目的团队人员和主管。
作为探索者的主管，斯拉登全面监管了对这个历史悠久、低技术的小型露营的保护工程。他也领导露营进行了对员工和野外指导训练的改良，CIT领袖项目和探索者独木舟课程。他持有野外急救员，绳索课程领导二级讲师和ORCKA独木舟划水。他是安大略省露营协会的成员。在2012年，他当选为加拿大露营协会的主管。
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