One element that has always played a role in my life is nature.

Growing up going on hikes, camping and canoeing trips with family and friends in Ontario. Places such as Georgian Bay, Kawartha Lakes, Halliburton Highlands, and on family land in the Gatineau Hills of Quebec. A lot of my influence as a child was from my mother who spent years guiding wilderness canoe trips.

Gratitude to my mother, Monica!

As a teenager attending high school, I found solace in the forest before and after a school day. An undying love for needing to watch the sun set, rise, or both, always drew me outside.

Amongst the trees, plants, animals and mushrooms, teaching myself plant, and fungi identification, which literally led me to a new chapter in my life with The Guelph Outdoor School and onward.

Here is some of the work Madeleine has engaged in over the years:

- 2012 Volunteering with The Guelph Outdoor School

- 2015 Motherhood: the birth of my son Lou!

- 2017 Apprenticeship with The Guelph Outdoor School

- 2018 - 2025: working at The Guelph Outdoor School

- 2018 Earth Tracks Wild Plant Apprenticeship

- 2020 Global Institute of Forest Therapy: Forest Therapy Training

- 2021 Earth Tracks Wildlife Tracking Apprenticeship

- 2022 Free Birth Society: Blood Mystery School

- 2022 Wild Rose Herbal Collage, Practical Herbalist Diploma Program: Wild Harvesting Certificate

- 2023 Moved back to British Columbia to reconnect with where my son was born

- 2023 - 2024: working at Pharatree Learning Centre

- 2023 - 2024: Working with Heartwood Nature School

- 2024: present day: Living back in Guelph Ontario; Living life and working with Wind and Rain