Camp Reset 2024
SEPTEMBER 12 - 15
Palmer Rapids, Ontario
An adult summer camp for your social health.
Being with the natural world like its recess again, Camp Reset is a digital detox, retreat and portal of possibility. We disconnect to connect. Through whimsical places and spaces made for rest, play and exploration, we make the space to reconnect with the land, others and ourselves.
Tickets on sale in May.
Camp Reset is an attempted remedy to burnout and a resistance to the cultures of productivity, domination, and oppression.
It’s for those who hunger for a respite from the clutches of technology, work, and all that vies for our precious presence.
Pleasure, healing, growth, joy, and deep connections with self and others are commonly experienced, though not a guarantee.
But we can promise that everything at Camp Reset is an invitation and optional.
Choose Your Own Adventure
At Camp, we practice playing, resting, and beingness through curated and self-guided activities. Everything is an invitation and optional. There is no one right way and you have agency on how you adventure. Here’s some of what can happen at Camp:
Quality time with self and with others.
Hangs on and in docks, cabins, hammocks (a whole haven of them!), plounges, forests and in SPACE.
Deep convos. Short Convos. Hilarious Convos.
Dancing.
Caring.
Untalent Shows.
Land Art & Activities such as walking, hiking, wandering, foraging, bathing, planting and +++.
Water Art & Activities such as dipping, swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding, canoeing, fishing and +++ .
Sports + Games AKA SPAMES such as volleyball, basketball, pickleball, pin pong, archery, anarchist soccer, puzzles, authentic relating, board games, improv and +++.
Crafting, including terrible portraits of beautiful people.
All photos by Zahra Siddiqui from Camp Reset 2023.
Tickets
The majority of the 300 people who attend Camp will co-live in 8 person cabins. Some private cabins, cottages, and space for tents are available.
All about tickets!
Tickets are priced on a sliding scale and everyone receives:
Accommodations for 4 days and 3 nights. More about our accommodations.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and snacks with Vegan and Gluten-Free options. More about the food.
Access to all programming at Camp Reset. More about the program.
Invite to the Reset community’s virtual camp on Slack.
Transportation is available at an additional cost. More about the transportation options.
Tickets on sale in May!
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Tickets on sale in May! ⋆
The Invitations of a Camp Reset
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At Camp Reset, we don’t talk about work. The initial idea around this was pretty simple: we wanted to shortcut our way out of people starting conversations by asking “what do you do” but the more we thought about it, the more we felt that it’s so rare to have spaces where we can truly put our work selves on a shelf so that’s what Reset has become. Work Free.
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Camp Reset was one of the first digital detox experiences in the world when we first launched in 2015. What this means is that everyone at Camp is phone free. Your phone will be locked away and returned to you after closing ceremonies.
Cameras are not permitted at Camp other than the Camp Reset documentation team. You are welcome to use the camera on your phone before you hand in your phone and after you retrieve it, assuming you have consent of those whom you are taking a picture with or of.
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Upon arrival to camp, you’ll be invited to introduce yourself with a “Camp Name”. This name can be literally anything such as a nickname you already have, an intention you have for camp, an alter ego, etc. The purpose of this parameter is to foster anonymity, introduce playfulness and provide agency to show up however you want. You can change your name as much as you’d like. Some examples of names include: Duck Hunt, Phoenix, Heelios, Monkey, Meta, Red, Black Panther and Doc.
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Camp is a de-commercialized environment and you do not require money when there. Either you’ve already paid for what you need (ie. accommodations, food, etc.) or whatever you need is available through the generosity and care of others. Furthermore, there are no advertisements or any form of marketing attempting to grab your attention or convert you into a consumer.
Questions. Answers. More Questions.
Questions. Answers. More Questions.
Our “Questions, Answers & More Questions” aka QAQ (pronounced Quack) doc resembles an FAQ doc. Answers can lead to more questions, and you may not find everything you want here (yet!).
The People of Reset by The Invisible Majority
Camp Reset is co-created.
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Campers contribute to co-creating camp primarily via our Trew Program and Care Programs. Learn more about both here.
Some also contribute to our programming - learn more about our invitation framework here.
Finally, there are a handful of opportunities to help set-up and volunteer at Camp, which we invite folks toput their hands for once they’ve purchased their tickets.
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Camp is led by our Camp Collective, who begin planning camp in January and who commit to their roles for 1 year. They are provided with honarariums of $750 - $2000, provided with private accommodations at Camp, discounted tickets to future Camps, opportunities for learning, care and connection and a 1 year membership for Reset Living Room.
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Camp is held by our Staff team and led by our Executive Director, Adil Dhalla-Kim. Adil is one of Reset’s 8 Co-Founders and he joined Reset full time in 2020. Learn more abut him here.
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Camp is stewarded by our 6 person volunteer Board: Sabrina Bowman, Monique Miller, Claudia Escobar, Hima Batavia, Camara Chambers and Anderson Petergeorge.
Camp Reset is labour of love co-created by a collective of devoted volunteers who go on a one-year journey together guided by a shared purpose to be in service to our community and vision. They explore ways of working together that are centered in care, creativity, and co-everything. The Collective, in collaboration with artists, facilitators, healers, and teachers craft in immersive experiences that embrace the multifaceted aspects of design, safety, and care required to foster a brave space. Programming includes poetry play, an Untalent Show, Cold Plunges, Naps, Whimsical Performances, SPAMES (sports + games), dancing, and more!
The 2024 Camp Collective is Christie Wong (Director of Marketing), Annisha Lashand (Communications Lead), Karim Rizkallah (Director of Story), Nikola Steer (Director of Program), Jess Campbell (Design Director), Lilian Motta (Program Lead) Joy Brown (Director of Care), Mary Grace Antonio (Director of Community), Wilson Lin (Director of Production) and Flowana Mowana (Director of Operations).
Camp Collective
A note about lineage....
The idea of Camp Reset is not ours and we are proudly building from, on, and with the love, labour, and leadership of many people.
We initially learned about the concept of an adult summer camp in 2014, via Camp Grounded, which is now Digital Detox. In 2015, the first Camp was hosted at the Ecology Retreat Centre for 80 intrepid founding campers. It was organized by our 8 co-founders Adil Dhalla-Kim, Andrew Peek, Antonio Carito, Emma Brooks, Hima Batavia, Negin Sairafi, Rhea Meta, and Vlad Glebov.
Over the years, our co-founders have danced in and out of Reset’s orbit. Some continue to advise, govern, steward and be on the team along with many other folks who have played leadership roles with Camp. In addition to our Camp Reset 2024 Collective, we’d like to acknowledge these individuals for their roles on previous Collective and at previous Camps: Abhinand Menon, Adam Shalaby, Antoni Seloterio, Amanda Black, Ciaran Breen, Colin Edwards Crew, Darius Bashar, Dylan Rudder, Etienne Dupuy, Josh Fernandes, Mathura Mahendren, Mike Carlson, Melissa Brizuela, Muriel Alexander, Sal Talon, Shazia Abji, Shilbee Dhalla-Kim, Steve Ballantyne, Tim Groves and Valery Navarrete.
The work and wisdom of many that we don’t know permeates Camp. A non-exhaustive list of those who wish to give flowers to is adrienne maree brown, bell hooks, Vivek Murthy, Priya Parker, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Jane Jacobs, Ted Lasso, Robert D. Putnam, Johann Hari, Gabor Maté, Valerie Kaur, Arundhati Roy, Mr. Rogers, Tricia Hersey, Brené Brown, Esther Perel and ALOK.
Camp Reset is hosted on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Nation, who have lived in the area for thousands of years and continue to have a presence in the region today.
Camp Reset is hosted at Camp Walden, an overnight summer camp for kids ages 7-16 with a back to basics approach situated along a private lake in Palmer Rapids, Ontario..
Tickets on sale in May!
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Tickets on sale in May! ⋆
A [Short] Summary of Camp Reset 2023
Out of 230 total attendees, 79 completed the post-camp surveys, and 91% of those respondents indicated they would recommend a friend to attend a Camp Reset in the future.
36 was the average age of campers and their ages ranged from 19 - 69.
40% of those who attended camp were returning.
57% campers identified as BIPOC.
51% campers identified as either LGBTQ2S+, asexual or other.
13% of campers identified having a disability.
15% of campers identified as something other than cisgender.
Inside Stories: The People of Reset
INSIDE STORIES exists to foster connection in a world suffering and dying from disconnectivity. It seeks to examine the stories we tell and don’t tell and how that impacts us. Created by Lara Margaret Marjerrison, INSIDE STORIES: The People of Reset is published bi-weekly between now and Camp Reset 2024. The series will feature 20 personal stories of the People of Reset, exploring our relationship to place and how it shapes who we are and how we function in the world at large and, more specifically, in the context of Reset—pondering the through-line that brings such a wildly diverse group of individuals together in community in this most special place.