Brian Keating

Brian Keating has explored some 50 countries on all seven continents. Brian’s previous job at the Calgary Zoo was to raise money and then to spend it on environmental projects around the world. Presently, he is the zoo’s Honourary Conservation Advisor for their outreach efforts, a part-time adjunct assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Calgary and the owner of www.goingwild.org.

He’s been leading groups on nature-based travel for three decades, exploring some of the best wildlife areas on the planet.

Brian is a weekly guest on both Calgary and Edmonton’s CBC Radio. For many years, he was a regular guest on the Discovery Channel, using his own wilderness adventure and wildlife filming. He is in high demand as an international speaker, presenting over 50 speaking engagements per year. His wife, Dee, is a physician and keen naturalist who always joins him on his adventures.