Today, I’m traveling to the place where my father learned what it meant to become a man.
Deep in the Northwest Territories, in a village only reachable by plane, he taught 25 kids in a tight-knit indigenous community.
It was the first job of his teaching career, and he left behind all his friends and family with no method of communication for 2 entire years to pursue it.
He used to tell me stories of -40°C winters, bear & caribou hunting, and the deep loneliness of being an outsider in a world he barely understood. Yet, in that isolation, he found purpose in immense responsibility.
Now, as I approach 30, I find myself searching for that same clarity.
In a world where so many young men feel lost, I want to understand what he found - so I’m returning with him to make a documentary about it.
What’s the greatest lesson your father ever taught you?
