Board Members & Contractors
Kristen Simonson
Member-at-LargeKristen grew up on a mixed grain farm in the Swift Current area, and developed a love of the outdoors while spending time in the garden, in the fields, and exploring the native prairie coulees on horseback. This love of nature has led to a career in education where she currently teaches...
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Rachel Mackenzie
Assistant ManagerRachel grew up on the coast on Vancouver Island. Despite her love of moss and arbutus trees, Rachel relocated to Saskatoon last year and is enthusiastically embracing grassland topography and four-season life. Her outdoor goals for 2020 are to learn to identify 15 native prairie...
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Desiree Hortness
Member at largeDesirée was born and raised in Saskatchewan and currently resides in Warman with her husband and two children. She enjoys spending time outdoors with her family, especially seeing the natural wonder and play of her children in the prairie setting. Desirée feels being...
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Derek Hyland
Member at largeGrowing up in Saskatoon, Derek has been involved in the outdoors since his early years in Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts. This, along with outdoor ed clubs in elementary and high school spurred a love of camping, canoeing, mountain biking, snowboarding, and all things...
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Mike Prebble
Member at LargeMike works as an educator with the Saskatoon Public School Division where he instructs the Off the Grid environmental program out of Tommy Douglas Collegiate (TDC). The program is centered around equipping youth with the abilities and confidence to combat climate change and...
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Denise Skuce
TreasurerDenise is an avid outdoor play advocate. She is presently the East Side Director for Tykes and Tots Early Learning Centre inc. Denise fundamentally believes that children do best when they are outside playing and exploring. Connecting children to nature and nature to children is just...
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Heather Maurer
PresidentHeather is, first and foremost, a lover of learning. She expands this passion to Outdoor Education in her role as an Outdoor School teacher at Greenall High School. Heather grew up spending time outdoors in Manitoba and has come to love Saskatchewan equally as much. She, her husband, and...
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Aditi Garg
Member-at-LargeAditi Garg is a former French immersion high school math teacher and outdoor education leader. She has volunteered with Climate Reality Canada, the City of Saskatoon's Environmental Advisory Committee, Girl Guides Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation. Aditi believes that...
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Sean Brandt
Member at largeSean works as an outdoor educator for the Prairie Spirit School Division in Warman, SK. where he delivers a course that focuses on environmental science and sustainability with an emphasis on developing a relationship to, and appreciation for the land. Sean is also one of the...
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Merrissa Karmark
Past-PresidentMerrissa Karmark lives in the prairie parkland, where she works as a middle school teacher for Horizon School Division. In the summer months, she plans and plants gardens with family and friends here at home and she is just beginning the Prairie Horticulture Certificate at U of S. She is...
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Andrea Nelson
Member at LargeSprouting on the prairies and taking root in the boreal forest, Andrea is most alive when she’s outside. As an outdoor guide, canoeing instructor, musher, and interpreter, her real passion is facilitating meaningful nature-based experiences for all ages -- kindling wonder,...
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