Jesse Pierce: Outward Bound Canada - Reflections on Home Place and Misadventures in Northern Ontario

Jul 30, 2021

Born in Guelph, Ontario, our guest today, Jesse Pierce, grew up cross country skiing and hiking with her family. She remembers camping in Tobermory near Georgian Bay, Ontario as a teenager and having the tingling feeling that this is what she needed to be doing in the future. So after high school, she went on to earn a degree in Outdoor Recreation at Lakehead University.

After university, she ended up working at Outward Bound Canada year-round for six years from 1998 to 2003 – leading white-water canoeing, backpacking, and back-country ski courses in Northern Ontario, BC and Yukon.

In 2003, Jesse returned to school to become a Naturopathic Doctor. She currently has her own Naturopathic practice in Ottawa, Ontario. The only trip leading she does now is with her family - cross country skiing, mountain biking and canoeing.