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Presented by the Canadian Wildlife Federation and Olympic Gold Medalist Adam Kreek
Saturday, March 10, 2012 1 – 5 pm Songhees Park in the Inner Harbour 45 Songhees Road Victoria, BC
The Victoria Paddle Festival is a celebration of adventure, science, and education supporting OAR Northwest education
programs and April’s [...]
The Canadian Wildlife Federation has partnered with Adam’s OAR Northwest Adventure Team for their upcoming expeditions, April’s Salish Sea circumnavigation of Vancouver Island and December’s Africa to the Americas trans Atlantic crossing in the ‘world’s most technologically advanced rowing boat’.
During the 2012 expeditions, the OAR Northwest Team will gather data from the ocean environment, [...]
Read More →Adam spoke recently with Jim Afremow, Ph.D., LPC, of Psychology Today, about his perspective on thriving in competition, building effective teams, and tackling challenge. Adam also describes his work helping individuals and teams reach their peak performance through his keynote addresses, workshops and seminars, and personal coaching program.
Adam’s full interview is available here: Read More →
Adam’s work with Motivate Canada’s Esteem Team was profiled in this recent news article. Adam has worked with the Esteem Team since 2002, empowering youth and teaching lessons of leadership and achievement in schools across British Columbia.
Cowichan News Leader Article, December 2nd, 2011
Read More →Join Adam in Vancouver this November 8th from 7:30-9:30pm at a public forum to discuss our complex cultural relationship with alcohol.
The forum will be hosted by the Center for Addictions Research at the University of Victoria.
For event details, please see the following website Our Dance with Alcohol [...]
Read More →Interested in ocean rowing and crab fishing with an Olympic Gold Medalist? Adam has offered to take the highest bidder in Rowing Canada Aviron’s auction fundraiser for an ocean adventure in Victoria BC, in a sleek stable Whitehall Spirit® open water rowing boat. Learn to row and catch yourself a fabulous dinner!
Funds [...]
Read More →Adam and OAR Northwest are preparing to circumnavigate Vancouver Island in April 2012. The 700 mile row is one of several training adventures his team will undertake in preparation for their crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in December 2012.
The crew will stop and visit with communities along the coast of Vancouver Island [...]
Read More →Adam has teamed up with Robert Bateman and his Get To Know Program to encourage the next generation to step outdoors and spend more time engaged with nature. Adam will be speaking on Saturday in Jasper, AB, at the annual Unconference, a unique gathering of Youth Ambassadors, leading green corporations, NGOs, and government [...]
Read More →Adam will row from Africa to South America in December 2012 with three teammates from Washington, USA. The crew will be raising funds for Right To Play and collecting data on human physiology and ocean biology, physics and chemistry for researchers at the University of Washington, WA, and the University of Calgary, AB.
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Read More →Adam spoke Friday at the international 21st Century Learning Leadership Forum in Banff, AB. The conference brought together key thinkers on education from around the globe to discuss synergies between the forum themes of Careers, Learning, Globalization and Sustainability (economic/environment). Forum speakers challenged current thinking on building and sustaining a learning society in [...]
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