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Welcome to Veterans Connect Recover

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Chair person, Nicole Ker

Nicole is a Canadian Army Veteran who served for six years in Artillery and deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. Her post military service journey led her to Outward Bound Canada where she participated on the Outward Bound Veterans Rock Climbing program in 2012. This inspired her to deepen her involvement in the work of healing through the process of integrating her experiences. She became certified to guide through the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides in the hiking and rock climbing stream. She worked for 3 years as a lead guide on Outward Bound Canada Veteran programs, is also a therapeutic counsellor, and yoga instructor.

Her passion for helping Veterans and her love of the outdoors were the key ingredients to visioning this program. She believes Veterans can overcome a multitude of challenges by connection alone, and using adventure as a means to do is the perfect recipe to enhance the well-being and quality of life for Veterans.

Nicole has worked through her own struggles in transitioning to civilian life and has many resources to share with participants, with healing through nature being one of them. It is her dream to reach as many Veterans as possible with this program, starting on Vancouver Island, expanding into surrounding areas of BC and eventually being a nation wide program that connects Veterans in their local communities, across the country.

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Vice Chair person, Ken Wylie

Ken has been a life-long adventurer. His adventures compel him to go deeper, to face himself and through that find his greatest strength.

Certified internationally as a mountain guide with the International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations (IFMGA), Ken is a leading adventure education innovator, developing practices for adventurers to use to better understand and improve themselves to make better choices in risk environments.

Ken has observed that the journey of adventure, when practiced well is a path to wholeness. This is the topic of his soon to be published book entitled Dancing With The Abyss. Adventure: The Human Journey Through Fragmentation to The Authentic Power of Wholeness.

Ken has climbed rock and ice, skied and alpine climbed extensively in his life. He has held faculty positions at Thompson Rivers University and Mount Royal University in their respective outdoor programs. Ken is the author of Buried 2020

Ken is retired from guiding and works primarily as a facilitator helping others draw insights and wisdom from the adventure experience.

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Director, Caleb Mcintyre

Caleb is a seasoned trip planner, educator, and risk manager with a passion for facilitating transformational learning experiences in wilderness environments. A natural team builder, Caleb injects passion and intention into group dynamics to foster communities of trust amongst diverse groups of participants. Caleb's training and experience in Mental Health First Aid, Trauma Informed Care, and Indigenous Cultural Safety support his work with members of marginalized communities. Caleb has lead programs for military organizations, as well as Outward Bound, Katimavik, and many other outdoor education programs in Canada and abroad.

Welcome to Veterans Connect Recover

Welcome to Veterans Connect Recover

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Chair person, Nicole Ker

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Vice Chair person, Ken Wylie

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Director, Caleb Mcintyre

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Welcome to Veterans Connect Recover

Welcome to Veterans Connect Recover

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Chair person, Nicole Ker

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Vice Chair person, Ken Wylie

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Director, Caleb Mcintyre

Contact Us

Drop us a line! we'd love to hear from you!

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