While at Queen’s University, Mitchell focused on experiential education, learning pedagogical strategies and models for delivering creative education in environments outside of the traditional classroom. After graduation, he entered the nonprofit and educational outreach sectors, traveling to and working with Canada’s First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities throughout Canada’s most remote regions to bring resources and deliver co-developed STEM and land-based programs. Here sparked a passion, driving Mitchell to complete his Masters in Polar Law in Akureyri, Iceland with the primary intention of supporting Arctic Indigenous rights and environmental rights. During this time, he has led Putney and National Geographic programs in the Canadian Arctic, Fiji, Norway, Faroe Islands, and Iceland. In 2024, he lived in Longyearbyen, Svalbard for six months to deepen his understanding of Arctic risk management and to climb and explore the High Arctic. Currently residing in Yukon, Canada, Mitchell contributes to the Arctic Youth Network’s Indigenous Peoples Working Group and develops youth programming with the Boys & Girls Club of Yukon, a nonprofit organization.