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Education
2002 to 2005 Flatwater Instructor,ORCA.
1983-86 Ontario College of Art, Toronto.
1981-83 High School of Commerce, Art Program, Ottawa
Canoeing Demonstrations (D), Slide Lectures (L), Workshops (W):
2008 (D) Wooden Canoe Heritage Assoc., Assembly, Peterbourgh, Ont.
2008 (D)Heritage Riverfest, Pinhey’s Point, Ottawa, Ont.
2008 (W)Watershed Moments and Paddlefest, MEC, Ottawa, Ont
2007 (D)Canoe-b-que, Ottawa Folk Centre, Wakefield, QC
2007(L, D)Watershed Moments Raisin Region Conservation Authority Charlottenburgh Park, Ont.
2007(L, W)Watershed Moments and Paddlefest, MEC, Toronto, Ont
2007 (L,W)Watershed Moments , Maine Canoe Symposium, Bridgton, ME
2007 (L) Dumoine,CPAWS, National Archives of Canada, QC
2007 (L) Watershed Moments,Action Chelsea for the Respect of the Environment, Chelsea, QC
2007 (D) Heritage Riverfest, Pinhey’s Point, Ottawa, Ont.
2006(L, W)Watershed Moments, Saskatoon, SASK
2006(L, W)Watershed Moments, Regina, SASK
2006(L)Watershed Moments, MEC, Winnipeg, MB
2006(W)Manitoba Recreational Canoe Association, Winnipeg, MB
2006 (W)Alberta Recreational Canoe Association, Edmonton, AB
2006 (L, W) Watershed Moments, Keynote speaker, and paddling workshops, North Folk School, Grand
Marais, MN.
2006 Watershed
Moments, Keynote speaker, Canadian Water Resource Association, Toronto,
Ont.
2006 Watershed Moments, and paddling workshops, Nova Craft, London
Ontario, Ont.
2005 Boreal Rendezvous, Keynote speaker, and paddling workshops,
North Folk School, Grand Marais, MN.
2005 Celebrate the Wild Nahanni, V.I.P speaker, CPAWS, National
Library, Ottawa, Ont.
2005 Waterwalker Film Festival, Guest speaker, St Andrews, NB.
2004 Boreal Rendezvous, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society,
Gatineau,
Qc.
2004 Storytelling , Governor General Canada Day Garden Party, Rideau
Hall, Ottawa, Ont.
2004 Guest speaker at visitor center opening, Agawa Bay, Lake Superior
Provincial Park, Ont.
2004 Views from my Canoe, Quetico Foundation, St Paul, Minn.
2004 Views from my Canoe, and paddling demo, Ottawa Heritage Festival,
Pinhey's Point, Ont.
2004 Paddle to the Sea, Nipigon Economic Development, Nipigon, Ont.
2004 Paddling workshops, Rhinelander, Wis
2004 Boreal Rendezvous, Wilderness Canoe Association, Toronto, Ont
2003 Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Boreal Rendezvous, paddle
the Berens River to raise the profile of the Canadian boreal forest.
2003 D Stewart Park Festival, Perth, Ont.
2003 L&W,"Views from my Canoe", Maine Canoe Symposium, Bridgton,
ME
2003 L&W,"Views from my Canoe",Canoe Rendevous, Kejimikujik,
Nova Scotia
2003, W, Muskoka PaddleFest, Bracebridge, Ontario
2003 D "The Canadian Canoe and Kayak Festival", Ottawa, Ontario
1987-2003 D&L&W, Classic Solo Canoeing instructor, Meech
Lake Qc.
2003 L, "River Stories", Windsor Paddling club, Windsor Ontario.
2003 L, "Views from my Canoe" & "Canoescapes", Quiet
Water Symposium, Lansing, MI.
2003 L, "River Stories" Trailhead's Cottage to Wilderness Outfitting
Show, Ottawa, Ontario.
2002 L&W "Muskoka PaddleFest", Port Sydney, Ont.
2002 D "The Canadian Canoe and Kayak Festival", Ottawa, Ontario
2001 L, Keynote speaker, Quetico Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
2001 L&W "Canoe Symposium", Alberta Recreational Canoe
Association
2001 L, "Classic Solo video in the making" and "Dog River",
Canoecopia,
Madison, Wis
2001 L, "Exhibit opening", Canadian Canoe Museum, Peterborough,
Ont.
2001 D, Ottawa Paddlesport and Outdoor Adventure Show, Ottawa, Ont.
2001 L, "Waterwalker video Festival", Museum of Nature, Ottawa,
Ontario
2000 L, Launch of "Classic Solo Canoeing", Canadian Canoe
Museum, Peterborough, Ont.
2001 L, Classic Solo Canoeing video in the making, Canoecopia, Madison,
Wis
2000 L, "Movie in the Making", National Archives of Canada, Ottawa,
Ont.
2000 D&L, Ottawa Paddlesport and Outdoor Adventure Show, Ottawa,
Ont.
2000 D&L, CanoeEXPO, Metro East Trade Centre, Pickering, Ontario
2000 L, "Views from my Canoe", National Archives of Canada, Ottawa,
Ont.
2000 L "Views from my Canoe", Peterborough Heritage Canoe Festival,
Peterborough, Ont.
2000 D & L Riverfest 2000, Norval, Ont.
2000 L&W, "Views from my Canoe", Nicolet College, Rhinelander,
Wis.
2000 L, "Views from my Canoe", Plattsburg Univerisity, Plattsburg,
NY.
1999 L&W, "Views from my Canoe", Merrickville, Ont.
1999 L&W, "Mason Remembers", Duluth Pack, Duluth, Min.
1999 L, "Mason Remembers", Canoecopia, Madison, Wis.
1999 L, "Growing up in Canoes", Barrie Canoe Club, London, Ont.
1998 L, From in the Wilds, McMichael Canadian Art Collection,
Kleinburg, Ont.
1998 D&W, Canadian Canoe Symposium, Merrickville, Ont.
1996-97-98 D&L&W, "Growing up in Canoes" "Canoescapes",
Maine Canoe Symposium, Maine.
1998 D&L, "Growing up in Canoes", Paddlesport & Outdoor
Adventure Show, Ottawa, Ont.
1997 D, "Canadian Canoe Museum fundraiser", Power Plant Gallery,
Toronto, Ont.
1997 D, Canadian Recreational Canoeing Assoc. opening,
Merrickville,
Ont.
1997 L&W, "Canoescapes", Victoria Canoe & Kayak Club, Victoria,
BC.
1997 L&W, "Canoescapes", BC. Recreational Canoeing Assoc, Vancouver,
BC.
1997 D & L, "Canoescapes", Blackwater Paddlers,
Quesnel, BC.
1997 D & L, "Canoescapes", Northwest Brigade's, Prince George,
BC.
1997 L, "Growing up in Canoes", Wilderness Canoe Assoc., Toronto,
Ont.
1996 L, "Canoescapes", Canadian Recreational Canoeing Assoc. Assembly,
Merrickville, Ont.
1996 D & L, "Canoescapes", Wooden Canoe Heritage Assoc., Assembly,
N.Y.
1996 D & L, "Canoescapes", Heritage Canoe Festival, Peterborough,
Ont.
1996 D, Eastern Ontario & West Quebec Canoe & Kayak Show,
Ottawa, Ont.
1995-96 D, Merrickville Canalfest, Merrickville, Ont.
1994-95 D, Heritage Canoe Festival, Peterborough, Ont.
1994 D, Lange Pioneer Village, Peterborough, Ont.
1992 D, Wooden Canoe Heritage Assoc., Assembly, N.Y.
1991 D, Nepean Recreational Festival, Ottawa, Ont.
1991 D, Federation du canoe et camping, Assoc., Hull, QC.
1990 D, Dows Lake Boat Club, Ottawa, Ont.
1990 D, Recreational Canoe Assoc., Kejimikujik Provincial Park,
N.S.
1981-87, Whitewater guide, Blackfeather, Ottawa, Ontario
Newspaper, Radio & TV: Canoeing Related Interviews
2007 CBC Radio one, National, final fling by Lucy van
Oldenbarneveld
2006 The
Low Down to Hull and Back News, Newspaper, Meech Lake, safe harbour
by Catherine Joyce
2006 Canoeroots, Keeping a Fine Balance by Ian Merringer
2005 The Low Down to Hull and Back News, Newspaper, Chelsea’s
Mason joins literary heavyweights in book by Mike Caesar.
2004 The Low Down to Hull and Back News, Newspaper, Four locals
champion the forest in new book by Mike Caesar.
2003 Ottawa Outdoor Magazine, Paddling with Becky Mason: A Lesson
in Relearning by Heather Cullen
2003 Canoe journal, Taking it Easy in Portage Country by
Jeff Solway
2003 Canoeroots, Classic Solo - A Dance of Freedom by Becky
Mason
2002 Paddler Magazine, Becky Mason Continuing her family's canoeing
Tradition by John Geary
2002 Explore Magazine, Get in on the High Life
2003 Globe&Mail, Newspaper, A paradise not yet lost,
by Becky Mason
2002 C.B.C Radio, All in a day, Ottawa coverage
2002 C.B.C Radio, Go, National coverage
2002 C.B.C Radio, Radio Noon, co-hosting phone in, Ontario
coverage
2000/12 The Ottawa Citizen, Newspaper,Another Mason, another
canoe film, By Richard Todd
2000/07 Ottawa Forever Young, Newspaper,Finding comfort on the
water, by Steve Newman
2000/04 Global T.V., First National, National coverage
2000/03 C.B.C Radio, Fresh Air, Ontario coverage
2000 C.B.C Radio, Ottawa Morning, Ottawa coverage
2000 CKCU Radio, Ottawa coverage
2000/12 The Low Down to Hull and Back News, Newspaper, Learning
to canoe with Becky Mason a visual treat, by Stephanie Regan
1999/10 CTV, Noon News, Ottawa coverage
1999/05 The Examiner, Newspaper, Festival celebrates canoe history,
culture by Stephanie Wolfe
1999C.B.C T.V., Personal Best, Ontario coverage
1999/02CJOH T.V, Regional Contact, Ontario coverage
1999/01 C.B.C T.V. Newsday, National coverage
1998/08 C.B.C. Radio, Arts Report, Ottawa, Ont.
1998/08 C.B.C. Radio, National Documentary, Ottawa, Ont.
1998/08 C.B.C. Radio, Ontario Morning, Toronto, Ont.
1998/08 C.B.C. Radio, In Town and Out, Ottawa, Ont.
1998/08 C.B.C. Radio, Metro Morning, Toronto, Ont.
1998 Rogers Cable T.V., Ottawa, Coverage
1998The Toronto Star Newspaper, Canoeing legend honoured
1998/08 CHRO T.V., Midday, Ottawa, Ont.
1998 T.V., Travels with Mom by Almadon Productions, Qc.
1998/03 The Ottawa Citizen Newspaper,Canoeing's Connoisseur
by Kim Kattouw.
1997/05 The Ottawa Citizen Newspaper,Merrickville going to the
canoes by Andrew Southworth.
1996/10 Wooden Canoe Journal, Evening Programs by Rich Briere.
1995/05 The Ottawa Citizen Newspaper,The same strokes work for
all folks by Louise Dickson.
1995/08 The Weekly Advance Newspaper, Canalfest, by P.H. Nicol,
Merrickville, Ont.
1995/01 T.V., Harrowsmith, Country Life by Stone Soup Productions
Inc., Toronto, Ont.
1994/08 The Community Press, Belleville-Trenton, Newspaper, Becky
Mason, a sliver off the old paddle, by Kathy Everson, Ont.
1993/05 The Low Down to Hull and Back News, Newspaper, Meet Meech
Lake's paddling wonder by David Ducharme, Qc.
1991 Bonjour Dimanche, Canot-camping: grand rassemblement a Hull
par Charles Millar, Qc.
1990 C.B.C.T.V., Personal Best, Ottawa, Ont.
1990 C.B.C. Radio, In Town and Out, Ottawa, Ont.
Book Contributions
2005 Pierre: Colleagues and Friends Talk About the Trudeau They Knew, contributor, McClelland & Stewart.
2004 Paddling the Boreal Forest, Rediscovering A.P. Low, wrote forward, Natural Heritage Books.
2004 Rendezvous with the Wild The Boreal Forest, contributor, The Boston Mills Press.
2003 Song of the Paddle contributed to update, Key Porter.
1999 Womanís Guide Canoeing, contributor, Ragged Mountain Press.
1999 The Basic Essentials of Solo Canoeing, contributor, ICS Books.
1999 The Canoe in Canadian Culture, contributor, Natural Heritage Books.
1995 Path of the Paddle contributed to update, Key Porter.
1995 Canoescapes, co-produced, The Boston Mills Press.
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