Explorer-in-Residence, Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Adam Shoalts is a professional adventurer who inspires audiences with his insights on personal leadership, resilience and risk management. Adam has been called “one of the greatest explorers in Canada’s history” (Canadian Geographic), “Canada’s Indiana Jones,” (The Toronto Star), and a “rare breed of woodsman” (The National Post). His career has included mapping rivers, leading expeditions for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Mountain Equipment Co-op, numerous archaeological digs, photographing elusive and rare wildlife, building birch bark canoes, and completing a nearly 4,000 km solo journey across Canada’s Arctic. Shoalts recently returned from a solo journey via canoe from Long Point on Lake Erie to the small village of Kangiqsualujjuaq along the Arctic coast of Ungava Bay while tracing bird migration routes.