Nominator: Tim Grant

Myles Radchenko is a teacher who walks the talk when it comes to outdoor and environmental education. He credits his upbringing on the family farm in Saskatchewan, with his father as a mentor, for a lifelong love of the outdoors and respect for the earth. Myles’ father and mother taught him to make the most of every resource, to use nature’s gifts wisely and finally to share that lesson with others. Myles has a Bachelor’s Degrees in Science and Education and a Masters Degree in Environmental Education. Myles has been leading field trips and encouraging other teachers to take students into the outdoors his entire career. Over the past 30 years he has planned, promoted and led thousands of students on outdoor education trips within Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia in all four seasons. Presently, Myles is in his 36th year of teaching at Yellowknife, Northwest Territories as a Science and Biology teacher and is in the process of developing a new outdoor education club at St. Pat’s High School.