Boreal Wilderness Institute
Modern Wilderness Survival Courses &
Wilderness Navigation Courses Integrated with GPS

Modern Wilderness Survival Courses

The Best Modern Wilderness Survival Courses and Training Available

"I enjoyed learning how to survive in –35° temperatures."
— Wilderness Survival Winter Field Session Participant

BWI provides expert instruction in Modern Wilderness Survival. We teach both Winter Survival and Summer Survival Courses. The Wilderness Survival Core Seminar is an innovative one day modern wilderness survival seminar. It is designed for anyone who travels either professionally or for recreation into the Canadian Wilderness. The Aviation Survival Core Seminar is a modern aviation survival seminar with an emphasis on basic air crew survival.

"Informative and fast. Packed with Info."
— Wilderness Survival Core Seminar Participant

Wilderness Navigation Courses

Canada's Best Wilderness Navigation Training Integrated with GPS Instruction

"I enjoyed all of the outdoor activities. Especially the day at the Blackfoot."
— Wilderness Navigation Field Session Participant

BWI provides expert instruction in Wilderness Navigation Integrated with GPS. Our Wilderness Navigation Courses integrate the use of GPS receivers with topographical maps, compass, and air photos. The Wilderness Navigation Core Seminar fully integrates Map Reading and basic Compass skills with the use of a GPS Receiver in a one day course. BWI’s Wilderness Navigation Core Seminar provides the best GPS Receiver training available.

"Practical everyday suggestions made by the instructor based on a wide range of experience."
— Wilderness Navigation Core Seminar Participant

The Best in Wilderness Courses and Instruction

Get Certified in Wilderness Survival & Wilderness Navigation

"I enjoyed pushing myself and proving I could survive..."
— Wilderness Survival Winter Field Session Participant

The Boreal Wilderness Institute teaches individuals, field workers, educators, corporations, groups, and government agencies. Looking for Certification in Wilderness Survival or Wilderness Navigation: look no further than the Boreal Wilderness Institute. We offers an excellent Wilderness Certificate Programme and an Instructor Development Programme.

"Practical, effective, hands-on learning. Likely the best Outdoor related purchase I've ever made."
— Wilderness Survival Winter Field Trek Graduate

Join us for a Real Outdoor Education

Since 1994 we have provided excellent wilderness instruction & courses

"...the course was excellent and the instructor very knowledgeable."
— Wilderness Survival Core Seminar Participant

BWI has been offering quality outdoor education courses and wilderness instruction since 1994. We run courses that are practical, taught in a relaxed atmosphere, and scientifically based. The Boreal Wilderness Institute runs Scheduled and Custom Wilderness Training courses and seminars year round. We teach wilderness courses and conducts training seminars throughout Western and Northern Canada.

"Practical Solutions to real problems that occur in cold/wet weather camping."
— Wilderness Survival Core Seminar Participant

Our Wilderness Survival & Navigation Training Philosophy

“Vera Doctrina Avium”

The Boreal Wilderness Institute is dedicated to providing the best quality wilderness instruction available. Our Goal is to provide expert instruction in modern wilderness survival, wilderness navigation, GPS receiver training, wilderness leadership, and instruction. It is our belief at BWI that mitigative survival and navigation instruction can help to eliminate most potentially life threatening survival situations and make the rest far easier to survive. The BWI continues to be a resource in the field of outdoor education through ongoing research, teaching, and practice. The Boreal Wilderness Institute strives to create and sustain within all of its clients the undefeatable spirit which comes from successful wilderness travel. BWI is a proudly Canadian outdoor education company based in Edmonton, Alberta.