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Our Team

Camp Kandalore Staff

At Kandalore, we’re family. Many of our skilled and dedicated staff members are former campers who love sharing the experience with new generations. All of them are outdoor enthusiasts, with training and certification in their activities, and a minimum Bronze Cross in swimming and Standard First Aid/CPR certification.

Jackie Pye
DIRECTOR
Jackie Pye

Jackie is a camp director and an educator who is passionate about creating a better world for youth through outdoor experiential programs. Her work has been centered around youth, educators, camps and schools to support experiential and mental wellness programs. As a lifelong camp enthusiast, Jackie was a counsellor, canoe trip guide and then moved on to roles such as Head of Trip and Camp Director.

Jackie has been fortunate to work in wilderness-based treatment program for youth with addictive behaviours, as well as internationally in India and Indonesia. More recently she was a project manager for mental health services in remote communities of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Ontario and education in Nunavik, Quebec. Jackie is passionate about people and nature and the intersection of mental wellness, wilderness experience and biological conservation.

Nick McKnight
Outdoor Education Centre Director
Nick McKnight

Nick began his adventure in the camp world in 2012 at Olympia and Camp Tamarack. In 2019 he luckily arrived at Kandalore for the winter season and has not looked back since. Coming from an education background, working at a variety of camps has made Nick realize that the best type of teaching and learning is done outdoors. Specifically all things camp-fire related; His favorites are Little Red Wagon, Boa Constrictor, and the fan-favorite: Beans.

Jaime Anderson
Assistant Director - Camp Life
Jaime Anderson

Jaime has spent 16 summers with Kandalore and has experience in various leadership roles in both overnight and day camps. From a young age, Jaime has loved working in environments that fostered skill development and growth, such as coaching, teaching, and mentorship programs. Jaime studied environmental engineering because for her love of problem solving, working in teams, and affinity for nature, all of which she attributes to her impactful camp experience. Jaime’s goal is to connect with campers, families and staff and provide an inclusive and engaging camp experience that promotes confidence, community and skill-building in the outdoors.

Carly Reid
Assistant Director - Program
Carly Reid

Spending over 17 years exploring the water ways of Algonquin Park and Temagami, Carly has experienced first hand the importance and immense impact that outdoor education and adventure has on youth. Having over 300 days of canoe tripping under her belt, Carly has been a fierce advocator for getting kids outside, promoting a strong sense of self, reverence for others and respect for the environment. For the past three years Carly has worked as the Youth Programs Director for an adventure company in British Columbia where she had the opportunity to create and facilitate enriching outdoor adventure based camps. It is her experience as a passionate guide, leader and program director throughout her camp career that allows Carly to continue to generate positives impacts within the wonderful camp communities.

Lesley Martel
Assistant Director - Operations
Lesley Martel

Lesley joined the Kandalore family back in 2019. Lesley has a background in Human Resources, she has a desire to continue creating a community focused on helping others. Lesley’s role oversees the ‘brains’ of camp. She deals with all registrations, transportation, Tuck Shop, in-camp food, medical, cabin placements, staff paperwork, dining hall, lost and found, parent inquiries, mail, laundry… the list goes on. Lesley works directly with the Head Office Administrator, Summer Office Administrator, International Liaison, Driver, Nurses, Doctors and Lakeside Catering staff.

Mike Seaboyer
Outdoor Education Centre Program Director
Mike Seaboyer

Mike started coming to Kandalore as a camper in the summer of 2012 and hasn’t looked back. Mike has a strong love for the outdoors and educating in an outdoor setting. He has assumed many roles at Kandalore including Canoe Tripper, Leadership Director, and Trip Director. Now, Mike is embarking on his next adventure as the Outdoor Education Centre Program Director. His favorite activities include canoeing, cross country skiing and high ropes.

Andrew Graham
Site Manager
Andrew Graham

You will be hard-pressed to find someone who has explored Canada more than Andrew. After gaining extensive knowledge of all lakes and rivers in Haliburton County where he grew up, he continued on to Fleming College where he became a Fish and Wildlife Technician then a Forestry Technician. He spent years exploring the James and Hudson Bay lowlands. Traveling the Coppermine River, Horton River, Bluenose Lake, and Tree River watersheds in the NWT and Nunavut as well as on to the headwaters of Stewart River watershed and numerous other Yukon Rivers and Lakes. He also won’t forget his adventures in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

He now finds himself living on his farm in Minden, and is Haliburton County’s largest food producer. Growing enormous volumes of Organic Nutrient Dense food. During most daylight hours you will find Andrew and his team somewhere around camp maintaining things to the best standards in the industry which keeps the “Kandalore Engine” running flawlessly.

Camp Kandalore recognizes that its work takes place on traditional, ancestral land that has been inhabited by Indigenous people for thousands of years. We are located on Treaty 20 territory, known as the Williams Treaties First Nations: Curve Lake, Rama, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Beausoleil and Georgina Island First Nations.

Kandalore canoe trips also travel through many traditional Indigenous territories across the provinces, predominantly through Treaty 9, Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

We respect their past, present, and future generations, the land, and their traditions. We are grateful for the opportunity to gather, learn, and travel on these lands and waterways.