Caitlin: 8 Questions with the TRACKS Team! Get To Know Us!

1. How many years have you worked/volunteered with TRACKS? 

This is my first year working with TRACKS!

2. What is your favourite part about working at TRACKS? 

My favorite part of working at TRACKS is the long-lasting personal and professional relationships I have developed and all of the knowledge I have gained from each and everyone of them!

3. What workshop is your favourite to run and why.

My favorite workshop to run is River Race; I love the excitement and fun that I have witnessed the youth have had being able to toss bean bags at one another, and playing games while also educating them on the Trent-Severn Waterway, fish species, and the impact that the environment has had on them.

4. What is a fun nature fact or joke you have, share what it is!

What did the ground say to the earthquake? You crack me up!!

5. What is your favourite activity to do outside of work?

Spend time with my friends, adventure and explore new places

6. What is the most important thing you learned while working at TRACKS?

I learned a lot about the opportunities I have as a future educator within Indigenous Education and the importance of including both western and Indigenous ways of knowing for youth to understand and develop a stronger relationship not only to themselves, but their education and the natural world.

7. What is your favourite place on earth to go to (in nature)?

My favorite place on Earth to go is anywhere there is water!!

8. What inspired you to work here or get into outdoor/INSTEM education?

I have always had a passion for child and youth work, as I am currently enrolled in my third year of the Indigenous Bachelor of Education program at Trent, I was inspired to work with an organization that incorporated Indigenous knowledge into their programming, as well as build a deeper understanding of braiding knowledge and what that looks like in a professional setting.