Annie Smith

Annie Smith

Annie Smith Campbell River Forest Buds Program nature educator It amazes me that I have two adult sons with their own lives. I was blessed to raise them in Tahsis and Ucluelet, where being outdoors was the natural way to be. I grew up in Burnaby when it still had...
Marni Brown

Marni Brown

Marni Smith Administrative Intern Pronouns: she/her I fell in love with the outdoors as a child and my curiosity about the natural world eventually led me to pursue an environmental biology degree at the University of California, Berkeley. While I loved science, I did...
Katie Hargus

Katie Hargus

Katie Hargus Courtenay Early Years Program Nature Educator Pronouns: she/her I was fortunate enough to have grown up among the coastal rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, in Washington. Throughout a childhood of hiking, outside play, and wilderness survival courses,...
Louise MacLaughlan

Louise MacLaughlan

Louise MacLaughlan Courtenay Early Years Program Nature Educator Pronouns: She/her My family and I moved from North Vancouver to Cumberland, and have been so excited to adventure in this magnificent part of the island! I did my bachelor of Physical Education degree at...
Kaitlin Centrone Swift

Kaitlin Centrone Swift

Kaitlin Centrone Campbell River Early Years PRogram nature educator Hello! I’m Kaitlin. I’ve lived on Vancouver Island my whole life, starting with a wonderful childhood growing up in Port Hardy. Some of my best memories from that time include exploring at...
Cathy Coates

Cathy Coates

Cathy Coates Comox red cedar Early Years PRogram nature educator Many paths have led me to being here in this delightful and nourishing place located on the Unceded Traditional Territory of the K’ómoks First Nation, the traditional keepers of this land. I am so very...