Warrior Adventures Canada

Warrior Adventures Canada is a Canadian non-profit designed for veterans and first responders. Our founders used wilderness and community to recover from difficult deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. Nature and peer-support are both proven to be beneficial to our overall wellbeing and can significantly aid in recovery from trauma and mood disorders. Many aspects of human nature and our psyche are nurtured in a tribal environment in the wild. Challenging yourself in a complex but beautiful environment with others is transformational. Living in a natural environment is essential for a balanced mood and sleep. You’re made to be outside.

veteran and first responder guides

WAC guide and whitewater instructor Bex

peer support

dog pack analogy

self-transforation requires difficulty to find meaning, don’t medicate it away.

Doctors and naming things

rites of passage

nature

reflection and perspective

Co-founder Justin and whitewater guide Matt

Program Manager and guide Ashleigh drives a water taxi

step 1: apply online

first

Apply online for a trip that appeals to you. Be honest about yourself. What are you looking for in this adventure? What experiences & knowledge might you have for the team? How do you like to work in a team environment? You don’t need to have a ton of experience to be on a WAC trip, but we’d like to know who we’re gonna meet!

then wait…

Upon selection we’ll do a short interview and ask for a minimum donation of $200. We can’t take everyone! Sorry. But we will do our best to preference those who’ve applied multiple times. Remember, we’re all just volunteers. Short applications are too risky. Come on guys, let us know what your story is.

"I never thought that I would be comfortable or would benefit from a group setting...I was very wrong. I found this program extremely helpful. The guides were knowledgeable and provided some very insightful tools to work with”

— WAC Alumni, Dumoine River 2020

step 2: meet up and train

Depending on where the adventure is, your team will meet up in a wilderness setting and prepare for the trip. Usually this means a campground or wilderness lodge. During these first couple days the team will train in necessary skills for the adventure, pack gear and prepare for being self-sufficient, and start to mesh as a team.

Along with preparing the team for the journey, we also take time to prepare individually. Depending on which guides are available and what trip you’re on; we have lessons or talks on mindfulness, performance on demand, yoga, spirituality, and more.

step 3: adventure with trained guides

Every trip is different. Each one has a different feel and pace. The location, the elements, and the team all make for a new experience every time.

We travel to a new location everyday during our adventures. We work and travel as a team. But there’s always time to build in those moments that make it special. Craft the trip you want to experience with the help of the guides.

Nature is special. These adventures are about more than ‘getting there’. The journey is the destination as they say. Enjoy it all. From the good times to the difficult ones. This is living, this is how you truly feel alive!