McMaster Outdoor Club Exec Bios
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 18/03/2008 - 1:13pm
2011-2012 | Alias: Mado Age: 22 Hometown: The bigger cities of Canada Role in Club: Co-President Work: Full time Joy-Builder Interests: Being in small spaces with lots of people Favorite trip: Canoeing the Albany River Advocasies: Vive La Revolution |  | Name: Meghan Age: 21 Hometown: Delhi, Ontario (it exists!) Role in Club: Co-Ring Leader, ORRC Cleaning Lady, DJ Interests: Being in nature, wild edibles, and music Favourite trip: Everglades 2012 Advocasies: …everything? Bikability in Hamilton, sustainable living, and supporting local artists!
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| Name: Renee Age: is just a number Hometown: the amazon, I kid you not Role in the Club: to be AWESOME, promote events & lead trips Program: I live in a lab…Biology Interest: Hiking, biking, climbing, photography, culture, music, fooood… Favorite trips: I love them all, big or small, long or short, near or far Advocacies: supporting the local economy Moto: I’ll sleep when I’m dead | 
| Name: Adam Age: 22 Hometown: Brampton Role in Club: Resource Coordinator, Trip Leader, serve on the MOC’s Environmental Committee and represent the MOC on the Cootes-to-Escarpment Committee Work: Parks and Recreation, Mechanical Engineering Intern. Interests: Backcountry living, mountain climbing, sea kayaking, nordic skiing, oil painting! Favourite trip: Algonquin intermediate canoe trip Advocasies: Building “Landscape Literacy” Moto: Hakuna Matata | 
| Name: Sophie Hometown: Toronto, ON Role in Club: First Aid Coordinator Interests: Canoeing, hula hooping, biking, drinking tea, and eating good food... Favourite Trip: Anything that involves a bit of an adventure Advocacies: Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy
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| Name: Kevin Brady Age: 21 Hometown: Cornwall, Ontario Role in Club: Environmental Coordinator, trip leader Program: Earth & Environmental Sciences Interests: Breathing fresh air, canoeing, soccer, weight training, geology Favourite Trip: Camp Wanakita winter trip Advocacies: Irish culture Moto: aint nothin’ to it but to do it | 
| Name: Emily Dies Role in the Club: Secretary Hometown: Scarborough (Toronto), Ontario Works: Calculus TA, Lifeguard Interests: Playing piano, Running, Disney Soundtracks, Baking cookies, and Being underwater Favourite Trips: Grand Canyon 2011 and Everglades 2012! Advocacies: Interdisciplinary learning | (no picture) | Name: Reilly Age: 20 Hometown: Kingston Role in Club: Trip Leader and Social Coordinator (Party Planner!) Interests: Paddling, hiking, running, tree climbing, traveling, cooking, having fun! Favourite trip: Grand Canyon 2011.. soon to be challenged by Everglades 2012 Advocasies: equality, the outdoor classroom
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2009-2010 | | Name: Alec Lemaire Alias: Age: Hometown: Fort Erie, ON! Role in Club: Co-President Work: Outdoor Club during the school year and the Coast Guard Search and Rescue during the summers Interests: Everything! But if i had make a list it would be something like cycling, backpacking, canoeing, reading, brewing, and sailing. Favorite trip: Grand Canyon, Rockies, Kentucky, Algonquin, Waterfall tour, Advocasies: It wasn't me! It was Caitlin! | |  | Name: Caitlin Allan Alias: Age: 21 Hometown: Aurora, ON Role in Club: Co-President Work: Student full-time (?)... part-time jobs include Outdoor Club & literature TA during the year, camp counsellor at Wanakita for summer Interests: Canoeing, hiking, biking and reading in the sunshine Favorite trip: Waterfalls of Hamilton hike and THE GRAND CANYON! Advocasies: Go outside! | |  | Name: Adam Barton Alias: Bartoa Age: 21 Hometown: Martintown Role in Club: Equipment coordinator (a.k.a Gear Guy) Work: Student, Outdoor club, Making bathtubs in the summer Interests: Canoeing, backpacking, playing guitar, hanging out with the beautiful people that is the Outdoor Club! Advocasies: "The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration"- Claude Monet | |  | Name: Shannon Pole Age: 21 Hometown: Oakville Role in Club: Special Events Coordinator Work: Student, Aquatics Interests: Being outdoors!!!! Highland dancing, soccer, reading, existing Favorite trip: Algonquin Beginners / Hamilton Waterfalls Advocasies: Pre-dawn canoeing | |  | Name: Ilya Inozemtsev Alias: Il-ja Age: 29 (imagine how much it is in dog years!) Hometown: Almaty, Kazakhstan. Then Hamilton. Role in Club: Web site, Movie Nights, Film Festivals and other odd jobs Work: Software Engineer for a few years. Also, part-time Russian spy (working from home). Interests: Canoe trips, Nature, Geology, Philosophy, Interesting conversations, Documentaries, Music, Odd-ball jokes Favorite trip: Bruce Peninsula in Ontario; Arizona in U.S. Advocasies: Learn about Nature! It's fascinating! (The more you know about something, the more you'll tend to like and value it!) | |  | Name: Meredith Vezina Alias: Mer, Mamma Bear, etc. etc.
Age: 21 Hometown: Ottawa, On Role in Club: Minion? Work: Outdoor Club, Wilderness Tours Raft Guide (do these count as work?) Interests: People who make me laugh. Favorite trip: ... all. Advocasies: witty banter. | |  | Name: Samantha Sharp Alias: Age: Hometown: Role in Club: Social coordinator Work: Interests: Favorite trip: Advocasies: | |  | Name: Natasha Turner Age: 19 Hometown: Ottawa, ON Role in Club: Environmental Coordinator Work: Student... Camp counsellor in the summer Interests: canoeing, snow, geocaching, books, rugby, people, life! Favorite trip: Advocasies: Having fun, being jolly! | |  | Name: Stephanie Hewson Alias: Age: Hometown: Role in Club: Local Event Coordinator Work: Interests: Favorite trip: Advocasies: | |  | Name: Dan Thompson Age: Younger than Moses Hometown: Earth Role in Club: Outdoor resources co-ordinator Work: Graduate student in environtal sciences: research on wildfires in boreal peatlands Interests: Canoeing, winter camping, cartography Advocasies: Building "landscape literacy" in persons near and far | |  | Name: Mary Koziol Hometown: Ottawa Role in Club: Creative Writing Coordinator (a.k.a. scribe) Work: MSU President (2010) Interests: Favorite trip: Advocasies: | |  | Name: Emily Nix Hometown: Somewhere in UK Role in Club: International Student Affairs Coordinator Work: Interests: Favorite trip: Advocasies: | |  | Name: Ken Piercey Age: 21 Hometown: Ottawa Role in Club: Emergency Medical Training & Protocols Coordinator Work: Nurse Interests: Emergency medicine, kayaking, running | |  | Name: Andrew Lapchinsky Age: ??? Hometown: The Big Smoke a.k.a. Toronto Role in Club: Promotional Coordinator / MOCassin editor/mastermind Work: Engineering Student, Lifeguard, Knight of the Round Table Interests: Hiking, Camping, Basketball, Soccer, Sports, Reading, Electronics Advocasies:“Use what talents you possess, the woods would be silent if no birds sang except those that sang best” – Henry Van Dyke | 2008-2009 | | Name: Maya Lily March Alias: Marchie, Lil, Maya Lil Age: 29 Hometown: London, Ontario Role in Club: Assistant Outdoor Recreation Coordinator Work: See above Interests: Mountains, Rivers, Desert, Canadian Arctic Advocasies: Wilderness Conservation | |  | Name: Yuval Brodsky Alias: UV Age: 20 Hometown: Kibbutz Gan-Shmuel, Israel Role: Co-President Interests: guitar, theatre, being an astronaut, soccer, ice cream Favourite trips: Canoeing down unnamed rivers Advocacies: If it can be thought, it can be done. So do It! | |  | Name: Laura Schreiner Age: 22 Hometown: Etobicoke, Ontario Role in the Club: co-president, trip leader, sharer of anecdotes Work: ?? Interests: local food, real mail, guitars by firelight, the smell of fall Past trips: Grand Canyon, Wanakita, Winterlude, Algonquin Beginner, Temagami winter camping, Bark Lake winter extravaganza, Algonquin ORCA canoe tripping, Cootes Clean-Ups 2004-2007 And lots more! Advocacies: GET OUTSIDE! | |  | Name: Shannon Pole Age: 20 Hometown: Oakville, Ontario Role in the Club: Organizing and keeping track of the gear Interests: Various outdoors pursuits, Dance, mainly Scottish highland and reading Past Trips: Hiking in the Bruce Peninsula, and Algonquin Park | |  | Name: Natalia Lecki Alias: None Age: 20 Hometown: Georgetown, Ontario Role in the Club: Secretary Work: Accounting Rep during the summer, nothing during the school year Interests: hiking, camping, reading, botany, canoeing, drinking, baking, cooking, shoes Past trips and events: Skiing trips, club socials Advocacies: None so far | |  | Name: Amy Kenny Age: 26 Hometown: Port Stanley by birth, The Hammer by choice Role in the Club: Promotions coordinator, assistant trip leader Work: Promotions coordinator, freelance writer, aspiring hotelier Interests: Reading, writing, traveling, cycling, painting Past trips and events: Cycle touring in BC, Yukon and Alaska, numerous day rides, hikes, canoe, camping and kayaking trips to Algonquin Park, Madawaska, Caledon Hills, BC, the Grand River, Lake Huron, Tobermory and various other locations in and around Ontario Advocacies: Hamilton/Burlington SPCA, Escarpment Area Girl Guides , Raise the Hammer, H Mag | |  | Name: Caitlin Allan Age: 19 Hometown: Aurora, Ontario Role in the Club: Leadership Co-Coordinator Work: ALTITUDE and camp! Past Trips: Grand Canyon, Algonquin, Temagami, Winter Weekend Advocacies: Smiling | |  | Name: Alec Lemaire Age: 21 Hometown: Fort Erie, Ontario Role in the Club: Environmental Coordinator and trip leader Work: Lifeguard/ instructor for Mac pool and ALTITUDE staff Interests: Good people, wilderness, backpacking, canoeing, cycling, scuba, reading and micro-brews Past trips: Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountains, West Coast Trail, North Coast Trail, Great Smokey Mountains, Bruce Trail, Algonquin, winter camping/paddling in Temagami and Kentucky Caving Advocacies: Live simply | | | Name: Meg Casson Age: 20 Hometown: Kingston, ON Role in the Club: VP "Logistics" with Jen Program: Arts and Science Interests: Canoeing, whitewater paddling, hiking, rowing, running, road biking, skiing Past Trips: Bark Lake, Bruce Penn, local hikes! | | | Name: Tim Bourns Age: 20 Hometown: Oakville [Nature] Role in the club: General Merriment Work: Wanapitei Trip Leader Interests: Activism, fleece, tea Advocacies: Anything with the prefix "eco" |
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