Corinna Stevenson - Founder, Dragonfly
Corinna is the creator of Dragonfly and co-founder of CanAdventure Education. For over a decade she had been guiding people through personal transformation in wilderness settings. A gifted guide and teacher, Corinna brings much heart and humour to her work. As an aboriginal woman of Métis descent, she weaves traditional cultural teachings into her workshops inspiring personal growth and a love and respect for the great outdoors. Corinna’s immense respect for the natural world and her well-founded belief in the unlimited potential of humans are themes that characterize all of her teaching.
Corinna holds a Bachelor's in Education from McGill University and is currently completing a Master’s of Arts in transpersonal psychology with a focus on ecopsychology at Naropa University.
Wes Gietz - Founder, Windwalker Wes Gietz has studied and practised natural skills and beliefs for over forty years, with pauses as required by the necessities of love and life. He has been taught by Tom Brown Jr. and Native teachers the skills of survival and living, awareness, and philosophy, the ceremonies of daily life, and the ceremonies and responsibilities of the sweat lodge. He has studied Coyote Mentoring with Jon Young and Wilderness Awareness School, and is regarded as an elder by many. He honours these ways by keeping them for the generations yet to be born, and has taught them in workshops and at gatherings since 1993. He has published numerous articles in various journals and newsletters on topics such as edible and medicinal plants, spirituality, healing, tracking, and Coyote Mentoring, and is contributing author of Peak States of Consciousness, Volume 2: Acquiring Extraordinary Spiritual and Shamanic States (Grant McFetridge with Wes Gietz). In 1999 he initiated the Firemaker Primitive Skills Gathering, an annual week-long learning and celebration of ancient skills and community. Wes also practises and teaches EFT, a technique for healing emotional disturbances, phobias, addictions and a variety of physical problems. In his former professional life, he has a Bachelor's degree in English and Master's degrees in biochemistry and public administration, and 15 years of consulting experience in training, strategic planning, and human resource management. He has taught at the University of Victoria and North Island College. He is bilingual in French and English, has very little hair on top, and is omnivorous.
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