Canadian Geographic Adventures
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Join us on a transformative journey as we we join our Klahoose Wilderness Resort departures with Canadian Geographic and the Royal Canadian Geographic Society as they bring experiences off the pages of Canadian Geographic magazine and into the field through Ambassador-led Canadian Geographic Travel Collection. A portion of every Canadian Geographic Adventure booked goes directly back into supporting important Canadian Geographic and RCGS programming and your stay at Klahoose Wilderness Resort supports a 100% Indigenous owned business. Travelling with purpose has never been so rewarding.
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Canadian Geographic Exclusive Offers and Benefits
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Exclusive virtual pre-expedition meet-and-greet with your expedition ambassador and leadership team
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Complimentary Canadian Geographic Magazine and Canadian Geographic ball cap
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A portion of the fees from every Canadian Geographic Adventure booked is donated to the Royal Canadian Geographical Society to further its important programming
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Read below to meet the RCGS Travel Ambassadors or book your Adventure...
Upcoming CanGeo Departures:
​​​2025:
May 18-22, 2025 travel with RCGS Ambassador Aliya Jasmine
June 1-5, 2025 travel with Charlene and Wilson Bearhead
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October 5-9, 2025 travel ambassador (s) to be announced soon
October 12-16, 2025 travel with Daisy Gilardini and David McEown​
MEET YOUR 2025 RCGS TRAVEL AMBASSADORS
Aliya Jasmine
RCGS Travel Ambassador
May 18-22, 2025
Aliya Jasmine
RCGS Ambassador and Photographer
Aliya Jasmine is an award-winning television host, producer, and environmental journalist (M.A.) You can currently watch her on various platforms for NBC News in Los Angeles. She is also the co-founder of the environmentally focused media production and climate research lab, Earth Tones.
She was previously anchor of MTV News in Canada, for over a decade, where she interviewed celebs including Tom Cruise, Kanye West, and Adele — and has worked for or had stories appear on NBC, MTV and the Discovery Channel. Among the many shows she helped develop at MTV Canada, MTV IMPACT was a show for millennials about social and environmental issues that sent her on assignment around the world, and set the path for her career: from South Sudan after a civil war, to the heart of British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest to see first-hand the potential impacts of a proposed oil pipeline. She returned to the rainforest multiple times for various productions, and became one of the World Wildlife Fund’s “Canadians for the Great Bear.”
Daisy Gilardini
RCGS Travel Ambassador
Octobers 12-16, 2025
Daisy Gilardini
RCGS Ambassador and Photographer
Daisy Gilardini is a conservation photographer who specializes in the polar regions, with a particular emphasis on Antarctic wildlife and North American bears.
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She is a member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) and the SeaLegacy Collective, a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the Explorers Club, a Greenpeace Antarctic Ambassador and a Canadian Geographic Photographer-in-Residence.
Daisy’s images have been published internationally in leading magazines such as National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, Canadian Geographic, Nature’s Best and Outdoor Photography, among many others.
Charlene and Wilson Bearhead​​
RCGS Travel Ambassadors
June 1-5, 2025
Charlene Bearhead
RCGS Ambassador and Photographer
Charlene Bearhead is a mother, grandmother, educator, Indigenous education advocate and author with over 30 years of regional, national and international experience. Charlene is the Vice President — Learning and Reconciliation at Canadian Geographic, and a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Previously, Charlene served as education days coordinator for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, education coordinator for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, education advisor for the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada, a member of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Indigenous Education working group, and the first education lead for both the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba and the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at the University of British Columbia. Charlene is the co-author of the children’s book series Siha Tooskin Knows.
Wilson Bearhead
RCGS Ambassador
Wilson Bearhead is Nakota, a member of the Wabamun Lake First Nation in Treaty 6 territory and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. He is the co-author of the children’s book series, Siha Tooskin Knows and the recent recipient of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation Indigenous Elder Award. Wilson has served as Chief in his own community, Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty 6 as well as the Assembly of First Nations Alberta Regional Chief. Wilson was the first Elder in Residence for Edmonton Public Libraries before moving to serve as the Elder for Elk Island Public Schools for 4 years. Mr. Bearhead has served his people for many years in ceremony, is a singer and still loves to dance pow wow in the men’s traditional category. Wilson’s grandmother Annie was a powerful, positive influence in his young life, teaching him all of the lessons that gave him the strength, knowledge, and skills to overcome difficult times and embrace the gifts of life.​​
David McEown
RCGS Travel Ambassador
Octobers 12-16, 2025
David McEown
RCGS Ambassador and Painter
Canadian artist David McEown has used the medium of watercolour for the past 30 years to explore and reflect many of this Earth’s wilderness areas. His paintings from Antarctica to the North Pole are represented in collections worldwide.
David is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, and is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. The Society awarded him its prestigious A. J. Casson Medal in 2005, and again in 2018.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society as well, and is a member of the Explorers Club, a world renowned multidisciplinary professional society based in New York.
A sought-after teacher, David has hosted multimedia presentations conducted workshops for various art societies and museums around the world, with a mind to share his reverence for nature and passion for the creative art of painting.