- Hometown:
- Trois Rivieres, QC
- What conservation issue is closest to your heart?
- Land preservation and sustainable management for the purposes of conservation, stewardship and responsible recreation matter the most to me.
- What are you hoping to learn from CCC?
- I look forward to joining a growing network of conservation-oriented peers that will support us in whatever endeavors we launch into next. There won’t be any better hub to develop my project(s) for youth engagement in conservation and grow as a conservationist.
- Who/what inspired you to care about conservation?
- I’m drawn to the idea that a lifelong series of experiences set the groundwork for my interests to solidify into goals, projects and convictions. It was in Wisconsin, however, that I decided to make the jump from academia to an applied career in conservation.
- If you could sit down with anyone in the world and have tea or coffee, who would it be? And why?
- I’d invite Ron Strickland for a cup of tea by a beach campfire at Cape Alava, the western terminus of his brainchild, the Pacific Northwest Scenic Trail.
My Experience So Far
The Algonquin Adventure
Stage 1
Group 6 CCC members will be releasing their inner Canadians during a winter trip through Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park. The trip will build their experience over the 10 days. They will start with five days of traditional snowshoeing travel and warm camping. They will have the opportunity to camp in the cold as part of a mid-trip challenge so they are experiencing a winter expedition in a variety of ways. The final five days will feature a combination of dogsledding and snowshoeing where they will be separate for portions of the day, refining their skills in each area and coming together at the end of each day.
Conservation Field Learning
Stage 2
Outreach and Service
Stage 3
Project focus: Working in concert with the Great Divide Trail Association, chairing their trail stewardship committee and organizing 14 multi-day trail building trips with over 125 volunteers, completing a total of 60 days of trail work in the Canadian Rockies.