While at Queen’s University, Mitchell focused on experiential education, learning pedagogical strategies and models to deliver effective education in environments outside of the traditional classroom setting. After graduation, Mitchell immediately entered the nonprofit and educational outreach sector, traveling to and working with Canada’s First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities throughout Canada’s most remote regions to bring resources and deliver specialized STEM and land-based programs. He has spent significant time hiking in a variety of countries and regions, primarily across Europe and North America, but particularly favors his time snowshoeing and cross-country skiing in Arctic Canada. Mitchell is now completing his master’s in polar law in Akureyri, Iceland with the primary intention of supporting Arctic Indigenous Peoples through policy and promoting good governance in the Arctic. This fall, Mitchell will be living in Longyearbyen, Norway’s Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, to develop his practical knowledge base in High Arctic security and gain practice in Arctic and Antarctic guiding and search and rescue strategies. He has led Putney’s Service Fiji program and a wildlife program in the Canadian Arctic.