Courses and Curriculum
Curriculum Alignment by Department
The following courses are covered by the Freeing Canada Station field trip program. Each course is listed with the Ontario curriculum expectation codes that the post-game session explicitly addresses. This list is intended to support field trip approval — you can reference these codes in your submission to your department head or administration. A downloadable one-page summary is available for field trip approval purposes.
1. Business, Entrepreneurship and Operations
Session focus:
Students explore how an escape room operates as a business — including customer experience, marketing, leadership, and operational decision-making.
2. Drama, Arts and Design
Session focus:
Students examine how set design, lighting, sound, and visual storytelling create an immersive audience experience. They connect their analysis to technical theatre and design principles.
3. Technology, Engineering and Design
Session focus:
Students investigate how escape rooms are designed and built — covering the design process, puzzle construction, systems thinking, and technical integration.
4. Human Behaviour and Social Science
Session focus:
Students analyze how individuals and groups behave under pressure, examining decision-making, communication, and social dynamics as observed during the escape room experience.
5. English, Media and Communication
Session focus:
Students examine communication strategies and how meaning is constructed through spoken and visual language — including analysis of how escape room clues are designed to be interpreted.
6. French (Core French and French Immersion)
Session format:
This session is a structured interactive oral activity conducted entirely in French. It is facilitated by a former French teacher and is designed to support real-world language use through the context of the escape room experience.
7. Puzzle Design and Game Creation (Cross-Curricular Activity)
Session focus:
Students design and build an original escape room-style puzzle or game using content from their course. This activity applies to any subject area. A selection of applicable course areas is listed below.
This activity is applicable to all courses listed on this page, plus:
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Geography
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History
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Civics and Careers
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Law
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Philosophy
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Hospitality and Tourism
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Science
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Mathematics
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Cooperative Education
If your course is not listed, contact us — this activity can be designed to fit any subject.
Key learning connections for this activity align with critical thinking, design thinking, communication, and applied demonstration of course knowledge — all well-documented curriculum strands across departments.
8. Your Course
Session focus:
Not every course fits neatly into a predefined category — and that is intentional. If your subject area is not listed on this page, the field trip program can still be built around it. We design a curriculum-connected session that aligns with the expectations of your specific subject area.
This option is available to teachers in any department — including Geography, History, Science, Mathematics, Law, Philosophy, Civics, Cooperative Education, Hospitality and Tourism, and any other Ontario secondary school course not listed above. Contact us with your course name and code and we will confirm how the program can be connected to your curriculum expectations.