Simon Adams

Simon has been with Fort McKay First Nation since April 2012. Simon was born in Bristol, Great Britain, and immigrated to Canada when he was 3 years old with his family. Simon made the long journey across the Atlantic by ship in 1968 and settled in Southern Ontario upon the family’s arrival to Canada. Simon was a graduate of the Canadore College Recreation Leadership program (North Bay, Ontario) in 1986. Simon began his career as a Recreation Therapist at Bloorview Children’s Hospital in 1986 providing Sport and Recreation opportunities for children in palliative care between the ages of 1 and 18. Simon organized the Canadian Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association League out of Bloorview and organized the first-ever High School Electric Wheelchair Hockey Championship for the Southern Ontario region in 1990.