Mark Angelo

Mark Angelo

Mark Angelo is an internationally-celebrated river conservationist, writer, speaker, teacher and paddler from Burnaby, British Columbia. He is the founder and chair of both BC Rivers Day and World Rivers Day, an event now embraced by millions of people in over 100 countries. Mark was the long time head of the Fish and Wildlife program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and was appointed as the inaugural chair of the BCIT Rivers Institute before his retirement in 2011. He has been extensively involved in river restoration and conservation initiatives, both in Canada, and around the world. Mark has traveled on more than 1000 rivers in well over 100 countries, perhaps more than any other individual. Mark has received the Order of British Columbia and the Order of Canada (his country’s highest honour) in recognition of his river conservation efforts over the past five decades.