Meet three women who have embarked on careers in the adventure tourism industry. This program profiles Diny Harrison, a certified mountain guide with experience in Italy, Switzerland, and other countries; Mylène Pronovost, a dog sled musher and outdoor activities instructor; and Marie-Josée Blanchette, an ecotourism development agent who plans and guides wilderness tours. Remarks from co-workers and supervisors provide additional layers to the descriptions of each job. View a preview video clip and read below for descriptions of each segment, or scroll to the bottom to order!
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Diny Harrison is as comfortable climbing up a mountain as she is racing down one. She is an internationally certified mountain guide.
Diny also works as an assistant manager in her company, making sure everything goes according to plan. Diny shares in her clients' joy as they go places they've never been and see things they've never seen.
Diny has a mountain of experience to offer her clients and is super fit for her job, both physically and mentally. For her, scaling mountains is a walk in the park. “Being a mountain guide is a great way of life. You get the opportunity to be in the outdoors all the time, doing what you really love to do.”
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Mylène Pronovost is what you would call a guide of all trades. In the winter time she's a dogsled musher.
The company Mylène works for, L'Univers du traîneau à chien, has over a hundred dogs for their winter dogsledding tours and offers other outdoor activities in the warmer season.
Mylène keeps a full slate of projects, starting with being a canoe guide during the summer. She'll be checking out the parks and rivers in Western Canada, then perhaps moving to South America to work as a guide. For Mylène, being a dogsled musher is more play than work.
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Marie-Josée Blanchette is an eco-tourism
development agent for a group of fishing
and hunting tour operators. She plans ecotours
targeted at people who'd rather
enjoy nature and learn from it, than bag
the big one.
Chickadees, thrushes, ospreys, robins and
Northern gannets - Marie-Josée introduces her customers to all of them. Birds
are just one facet of research she does to ensure
that her customers’ visit is enjoyable and a great
learning experience.
Marie-Josée is passionate about her job. She
believes it takes true love of nature to be a good
wilderness guide. Marie-Josée does a lot of research
on the local fauna for her work and she is happy to
share her knowledge with tourists.
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