Raised with a firm understanding of nehiyaw culture on the Pelican Lake First Nation, he has a clear concept of traditional values and the Cree way of life.
With 10 years of experience as an educator, youth advocate, recreation director, coach, instructor, and volunteer with several national youth based organizations such as Outward Bound, Motivate Canada, True Sport and Canadian Roots Exchange, his focus now is to reconnect indigenous youth to the land and to their elders, by challenging them to discover new personal limits, build confidence and foster leadership through direct use of traditional knowledge and ancestral skills.
Evan is a former member of the AFN National Youth Council, duly elected FSIN male youth representative, current board member of Wild Sky Adventure Learning. In his spare time he enjoys, golfing, canoeing, and spending time on the land.
