Yvonne Harris

Yvonne Harris lived in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, on Baffin Island in Canada's Arctic for two years. During that time, she was a substitute teacher at the elementary school and an instructor at Nunavut Arctic College. While there she also hiked, skied and kayaked. She is a marathon canoeist who has competed seven times in the longest canoe race in the world, an event in which she and her partner held the women’s record. This avid outdoorswoman has guided whitewater raft trips and has spent many summers on family canoe trips.

Yvonne has a degree in Regional and Urban Planning from the University of British Columbia and has worked for many years as a regional planner in the Canadian north. She is the author of several children’s books as well as a hiking guide to Hawaii and a white water canoeing book.