- Hometown:
- London, ON
- What conservation issue is closest to your heart?
- Habitat loss. Destroying something as beautiful as a forest or wetland for something as ugly as a road or building is just sinful to me. Protecting our critical habitat not only preserves crucial ecological services, it offers an umbrella effect that protects all species living within these habitats.
- What are you hoping to learn from CCC?
- I expect this adventure to change my life in more ways than one: by gaining relevant work experience to further my career in environmental / sustainability sectors, meeting fellow participants with similar passions, with whom I will form lifelong bonds, and experiencing the natural beauty that this country has to offer while on an epic adventure of a lifetime.
- Who/what inspired you to care about conservation?
- The forest, not a stone’s throw away from my house, in which my twin brother and I spent our entire childhoods playing. It’s not the largest, nor the most spectacular forest, but it’s what sparked my love of nature, the outdoors and a need to protect it.
- If you could sit down with anyone in the world and have tea or coffee, who would it be? And why?
- Probably my father. I’d like to catch him up on things and tell him that I’m doing alright.
My Experience So Far
Putting the Fun in Fundy
Stage 1
For Group 11 CCC members, the adventure begins in New Brunswick, where members set off for a paddling adventure on the Bay of Fundy. There they will practice their paddling and wilderness camp skills before setting off to kayak from Back Bay to Oak Bay, through Passamaquoddy Bay via the lower St. Croix River. Along the way the team will have the opportunity to be awe-struck by the scenery while enjoying all that Fundy has to offer.
Conservation Field Learning
Stage 2