RiverWatch Guides

Spring 2001 Edmonton Program

"Certification, Experience and Education"

Jason O'Donnell Kristina O'Brien Maureen Wiens Tracy Woitenko Trystan Donnelly
Canadian Recreational Canoe Instructor; Interpretive Raft Guide Certification Level I Canoe and Kayaking Instructor; Interpretive Raft Guide Certification AWA Level 1 Whitewater Kayaking Instructor; Lifesaving Society BOAT Instructor Trainer; Interpretive Raft Guide Certification University of Alberta Paddling Society Kayaking Instructor; Interpretive Raft Guide Certification University of Alberta Paddling Society (Canoeing and Kayaking); Interpretive Raft Guide Certification
Wilderness First Aid; Canadian Ski Patrol First Aid Responder Standard First Aid National Lifeguard Service Instructor; Lifesaving Society CPR Instructor; Heart & Stroke External Defibrillation Provider; Lifesaving Society Aquatic Emergency Care Instructor; Red Cross Standard First Aid Instructor; Lifesaving Society Distinction Award CPR and Aquatic Emergency Care; Advanced Wilderness Emergency Responder; Level I Basic Kayak Instructor National Lifeguard Society Certification and U of Alberta Lifeguard Team Head Coach; Royal Life Saving Society of Canada Instructor and Examiner; Royal Life Saving Society Bronze Cross; Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Red Cross First Aid and CPR Instructor; Search and Rescue Training
Swift Water Rescue I Swimming Instructor and Coach WHMIS Certificate River Rescue I Certification PADI Rescue Diver
Two winters as a Canadian Ski Patroller at Rabbit Hill; fisheries research in northern British Columbia; Seventh season with RiverWatch Member of Alberta Whitewater Kayaking Slalom Team and Edmonton Whitewater Paddlers Three years as the Assistant Supervisor of Aquatics and six years as a Deck Supervisor at the University of Alberta Aquatics Centre Guided 8 - 14 day canoe and raft trips on the Nahanni River, NWT; Canoe instructor (river and lake) for summer camp; kayak instructor and camp leader for 5 day out trip for children Two winters as a Canadian Ski Patroller; stream survey in the Walbran Valley of Vancouver Island; one winter as Lifeguard and Scuba Diver West Edmonton Mall; Second season with RiverWatch
Biological Sciences Diploma N.A.I.T. First year
U of Alberta
Faculty of Science
General Studies
Bachelor of Science Degree
U of Alberta
Faculty of Science
specializing in Biology
Fourth year
U of Alberta
Faculty of Science
specializing in Biology
Bachelor of Science
U of Alberta
Faculty of Science
specializing in Biology


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