Matthew holds a  BC critical care paramedic licence, and has been attached to the Infant Transport Team for the last 5 years. He has just taken a Practice Educator position with BCEHS, as well as working as Lead Instructor for the Advanced Care Paramedic program at the Justice Institute of BC. He has worked across Canada and the US, from fixed wing medicine in the far north to rotor based HEMS in large urban areas.

He is passionate about wilderness and austere environment medicine, working as a  part time patroller on Blackcomb mountain in winter and the Whistler Bike Park in summer,  as well as working as a frontline risk manager for many various outdoor sporting events such as enduro races, Crankworx, and Gran Fondos. He has spent 10 summers as a raft guide, and is a certified mountain bike guide; he is also a frontline member of TEAAM.

Matthew  has extensive experience in adult and outdoor education, holding a diploma in adult education and working for 5 years as a clinical educator in the Ontario base hospital program, as well as working as an outdoor educator, wilderness first aid and CPR instructor.

He lives in Squamish, BC with his family and a rescue pup named Cache, who loves the mountains as much as Matthew does. He is excited about taking on a larger role with CAWM and adding a voice from the perspective of a frontline paramedic, patroller, and educator.