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Bill Steer

Bill Steer

Back Roads Bill Steer is the founder and remains the GM of the Canadian Ecology Centre. He teaches part-time at Nipissing University (Schulich School of Education) and Canadore College. His features can be found across Village Media's Northern Ontario sites

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Recent Work by Bill

BACK ROADS BILL: Sweat it out in saunas on the back roads

BACK ROADS BILL: Sweat it out in saunas on the back roads

This week Bill takes us, near and afar, for a Sauna 101 primer
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BACK ROADS BILL: Jewish art exhibit highlights immigrant history

BACK ROADS BILL: Jewish art exhibit highlights immigrant history

This week Bill links a Toronto art gallery to part of the immigration history of northern Ontario
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BACK ROADS BILL: Reconciliation and Truth on the land

BACK ROADS BILL: Reconciliation and Truth on the land

After things occur in history, we often get different interpretations of what it was, sometimes we are misled
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BACK ROADS BILL: on bathing and taking medicine outside

BACK ROADS BILL: on bathing and taking medicine outside

This week, Bill returns after hip surgery to tell us how he looks after himself on the back roads
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BACK ROADS BILL: On Slate Islands rocks, fish and caribou

BACK ROADS BILL: On Slate Islands rocks, fish and caribou

This week Bill takes us to see some caribou and tells us to take a fishing rod. He has been to the Slate Islands four times, and it remains a favourite destination
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BACK ROADS BILL: Owling under the aurora borealis

BACK ROADS BILL: Owling under the aurora borealis

This week Bill goes owling at night in the boreal forest and learns much about bird banding
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BACK ROADS BILL: Creation and homecoming of Sasquatch Sam

BACK ROADS BILL: Creation and homecoming of Sasquatch Sam

This week, Bill takes us through the creation and bringing home of a wooden sculpture that stands over eight feet tall and is a symbol of the untamed wilderness alive in the world
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BACK ROADS BILL: Beavers and turtles on the coming winter

BACK ROADS BILL: Beavers and turtles on the coming winter

This week Bill tells us about what winter will be like in northern Ontario from the natural signs
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BACKROADS BILL: Budd Car run through Northern Ontario

BACKROADS BILL: Budd Car run through Northern Ontario

This week, Bill does something he has not done before and takes a pleasurable train ride across a part of northeastern Ontario
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BACK ROADS BILL: Visiting a unique museum on the back waters

BACK ROADS BILL: Visiting a unique museum on the back waters

This week, Bill tells us of a community story that is about our mining heritage, not on the back roads, but on the water
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