Snow Tracking Field Essentials – January 11, 2026, Edmonton

You are applying to attend a field-based event: Field-based tracking events / workshops require hiking / snowshoeing through wilderness areas to find tracks of wildlife. Walking, hiking, snowshoeing, bushwhacking, and wilderness route-finding require a certain level of fitness and physical mobility. Your application to attend this event/workshop is conditional on agreeing to the waiver below. By submitting this application, you are agreeing to the waiver. Please read it carefully before submitting this application. Upon arriving at the event, you will be required to sign this same waiver in person prior to participating in the event.

Waiver – by submitting this application you are agreeing to the following waiver of rights.  By completing the application to attend this event I (the applicant), acknowledge and agree to the following: 1) This is a binding agreement. 2) This event will include outdoor activities which include, but may not be limited to such things as winter hiking, snowshoeing, bushwhacking, and orienteering, all of which have inherent risks that can result in accident, injury and possibly even death. 3) As a participant it is my (the participant’s) responsibility to be prepared to spend several hours at a time in the outdoors. I realize that the “outdoors” includes exposure to cold weather, snow, ice, hidden obstacles, uneven terrain, thick brush, and unruly branches. I also acknowledge that interactions with wildlife is a possibility during outdoor activities, and can result in injuries or death. 4) If at any time I have concerns about my safety or well-being during my participation in this event, I agree to inform the event leader(s) immediately. 5) Transportation to and from the event location(s) are my (the applicant’s) responsibility, and no liability for any mishap, injury, damage to property, or loss of life while on route to, or from the event location(s), lies with Fiera Biological Consulting, nor agents acting on their behalf, including volunteers, and organizers. I, in the consideration of and as a condition of acceptance of my participation in this event, hereby waive all and any claim right or course rising out of injury, loss of life, or property arising out of participation in this event. Fiera Biological Consulting Ltd., Fiera employees, the event leader, event organizer, and volunteers, shall not be responsible for any injury or death to myself or any other participants while participating in any activity arranged and / or supervised by, or on behalf of Fiera Biological Consulting.

I understand and acknowledge that by submitting this registration, I am agreeing to receive communications via email from Fiera Biological.

I hereby consent to and authorise the use and reproduction, in print or electronic format by Fiera Biological or anyone authorised by Fiera Biological, of any and all photographs which have been taken of me during my participation in Fiera workshop activities for any publicity purpose, without compensation. All images–electronic, negatives and positives, together with the prints, are owned by Fiera Biological. I hereby acknowledge that I am 18 years of age or older and have read and understood the terms of this release.