Josh Wang

Title: Kenya Trips Facilitator
Interesting Fact: Josh was actually born on July 12 and not July 14 as all his documents (and his mom) insist.

In spring, 2008, while on a Me to We (Leaders Today) volunteer trip to Tanzania, Josh Wang experienced the most exhilarating and important three weeks of his life. He is thrilled to be returning to the land that he loves as a Me to We Trips facilitator in the Maasai Mara region of Kenya. In this role, Josh says that he is at his most alive, experiencing the spirit and culture of the Mara with incredible young people from across North America.

Josh first began working with youth as a summer camp counsellor, a position he says afforded him some of the most fun and rewarding times of his life. After three years at camp, he started working with adults with disabilities as a program leader at the Between Friends Club, an organization dedicated to providing quality social and recreational activities for the disabled. Meanwhile, Josh was also dedicating his time to the Calgary Board of Education’s Chinook Learning Services program, helping immigrants to Canada upgrade their educations and become more fluent in English. He then went on to attend the University of Toronto at Mississauga, from which he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree, specializing in English and majoring in biology. He then enrolled in teacher’s college at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto; he graduated in 2008, hopeful to inspire youth beyond the curriculum—to ask questions about the world around them and come to their own conclusions. In his position as a Kenya trips facilitator, Josh is able to help nurture that inquisitive nature in young people amid one of the world’s most magnificent locations.

Josh is an avid hockey fan and player, having proudly won the Calgary Bantam 6 championship in 2000. He is right-handed, so he tries to be left-footed. He is also a poetry fan. One of his favourite quotes is: “If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me.” – W.H. Auden