James Raffan

Dr. James Raffan is one of Canada's foremost voices on canoes and the North. He has written acclaimed biographies of filmmaker Bill Mason and HBC Governor Sir George Simpson, and is the author of other bestsellers including Ice Walker, Bark, Skin and Cedar, Tumblehome, and Circling the Midnight Sun. 

He has earned many honours including Canada's Meritorious Service Medal for his contributions to the Canadian Canoe Museum, the Arctic Institute of North America and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.