Donovan MacDonald, Vancouver Island Site
Donovan is a born and raised Saskatchewan farm boy. On the cold Saskatchewan night he was born the doctors exclaimed to his parents “my goodness he is a long skinny baby, like a snake!” His gangly physique continued throughout his life and as Meredith (his co-resident) placed her first chest tube as an R1 he […]
Meredith Briggs, Vancouver Island Site
Meredith was a simple country girl (born and raised in Vancouver), you might say a cockeyed optimist, who got herself mixed up in the high-stakes game of world diplomacy and international intrigue. One day while walking along the Vancouver Seawall she recalls – “the sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man […]
Sean Patrick, Vancouver Island Site
Seany P is the more muscular, and some might say shorter, half of the Sham-Wow pair. Standing a full 5ft 7inches tall, what he lacks in height he makes up for in spunk and his ability to bench press Donovan. Although technically another Alberta boy, having grown up in the frozen tundra of Edmonton, he […]
Sam Brophy, Vancouver Island Site
Drafted first round into the Vancouver Island Spikeball League, Sam is another born and bred Island boy, if you couldn’t tell from his luscious facial hair and permanent tan. Sam has five, yes FIVE sisters. Somehow, he survived his early years of having his hair done in braids and moving between urban Victoria and a […]
Brendan Arnold, Fraser Site
Brendan was born in rainy Vancouver, BC, and after a brief stint in New Zealand grew up in Campbell River on Vancouver Island. He grew up playing soccer and the violin while making Mount Washington home during the winters where he was a member of the freestyle ski club. Uvic became his new home during […]
Michelle Chuang, Fraser Site
Michelle was born and raised in Vancouver, where she spent much of her youth playing the piano and countless video games. After briefly entertaining the idea of being a firefighter—a dream quickly shattered when she learned how much firefighting gear weighs—she started an undergrad at UBC with absolutely zero idea what she wanted to do. […]
Adrianna Rowe, Fraser Site
Adrianna was born in the metropolis of Newmarket, Ontario. She grew up mastering paint-by-number canvases, playing team sports and never believing in the Leafs. Her enthusiasm for physiology and pharmacology led her to Western University, where she played for Western’s ultimate frisbee team and somehow completed her bachelor’s degree too. Eager to flee Ontario, she […]
Shayla Behrens, Fraser Site
Born in Southern Alberta and raised on the shores of Quadra Island, Shay spent her summers exploring British Columbian coastlines and working as a deckhand on her grandfather’s commercial fishing boat. When her family settled in Victoria, she discovered her competitive side; soccer, basketball and volleyball were just a few of her outlets. Her parents […]
Jamie Powell, Interior Site
A towering giant, Jamie is Okanagan born and bred. Having completed his undergraduate degree at the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus, kept the residents of Kelowna safe as a firefighter, and following it all up with a medical degree from the Southern Medical Program, this Vernon boy decided to stick around and complete his […]
Mark Sanderson, Interior Site
Mark is one of the greatest kept secrets of the Interior Emergency program. A nature-lover at heart, he spent many summers planting forests with his bare hands as a tree planter. He then saved those very same forests from certain destruction as a forest fire-fighter. Transferring his love for trees to the realm of humans, […]