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Digital Classroom: How Trekking to Educate changes your Thru-Hike

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How does running a digital classroom and providing content along the way to organizations and classrooms change the hike, what is in your backpack, what your schedule looks like?   Moreover does ensuring that you can run a digital classroom on a trail change how you prepare, how you plan, what you carry on you, and what is expected of you on the trail?   Especially in the age of ultralight backpacking and thru hiking. Goal of trek In case you haven’t heard, my name is Sonya Richmond and I was – until recently - a GIS Analyst at Bird Studies Canada assisting in the development of Provincial Bird Atlases, and an Ornithological Researcher.   Starting in June 2019 through to October 2021 I am taking a leave from my position at Bird Studies Canada, and have sold my house and donated most of my possessions to fund a planned hike of 24,000 km across Canada along the world’s longest pathway, The Great Trail (formerly known as the Trans Canada Trail ).   The plan is to start in Cape S

Simcoe Reformer Article - Come Walk With Us on the Trans Canada Trail!

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A huge thank you to Ashley Taylor of the Simcoe Reformer for the great interview and opportunity as well as the wonderful article today !  A wonderful way to introduce our trek to the Norfolk community! Simcoe couple prepare to hike Canada  Ashley Taylor More from Ashley Taylor Published on: April 11, 2019 | Last Updated: April 11, 2019 2:01 PM EDT Sonya Richmond and Sean Morton are preparing to hike across Canada over the course of three years. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO) A Simcoe couple with a love for long-distance hikes are about to depart on their longest trip yet. Sonya Richmond and Sean Morton are planning to take a three-year trek across the country, along Canada’s 24,000-kilometre Great Trail. They have previously hiked across Spain and France, and decided it is time

Hiking for a Cause and What that Means: Logo Design

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The latest in our series of postings on what hiking for a cause does to your trail preparations. In recent weeks we have had a few questions about our logo design, and so we thought we would share the process of designing a campaign logo, as well as how and why we set out our design.   In October of 2018 (a lifetime ago now) we settled on the final draft of our campaign logo to hike across the nation on the Trans Canada Trail.   By the time we had drafted, agreed upon, completed, and then printed our logo, we had spent several months considering our options and drying different ideas, images, and designs.   The process was, to say the least exhausting… Think of logos you know, not just the ones you are familiar with, but the ones you instinctively and immediately recognize.   The golden arches of McDonalds, Starbucks, Apple Computers, Amazon, Nike, Target, IBM, Penguin Books, Lego, BMW, John Deer,   Air Canada, Canada Post, World Wild Life Fund, Amnesty Internation