Trained in educational psychology, he was a teacher for 38 years, at first in Madagascar, then in different schools in Quebec. In addition to Madagascar, he was a cooperant in Honduras and Africa. He finished his career in education as an internship supervisor at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. He began his retirement in 2010 with the Santiago de Compostela road experience and he returned 6 years later. This Road is more than a pilgrimage to be done once, it’s a path of life. He does volunteer work today for different charities, pastoral, environmental and languages. His preferred journey is meeting and discovering people, while walking in the search of God.

She initially studied Communications and Music. In her mid-twenties, she took a definitive step in her career to follow her heart and focusing on the aid relationship. In January 2015, she completed her Masters in Social Service. Introduced to traveling at a very young age, Alexis has visited many European countries as well as Honduras and Cuba. Having discovered her faith thanks to a group of young Christians, she is continually looking for new ways to share what nurtures and sustains her. She speaks French, English and Italian.

Franco-Indo-Canadian, she has lived around the world. She is a travel agent as well as a Yoga Nidra teacher and founder of Latitude bien-Être. By conquering the extreme (Sahara and Atacama Desert, Kilimanjaro and Cotopaxi, martial arts, F1, Indian shantytown), the harmony of the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual body has proved essential. She accompanies people at the end of life and incarcerated women with humility and compassion. Her qualities of listening and presence, her joy make her an Asian guide that will help you achieve your dreams.

He was a tour guide in Peru from Quebec. While crossing the Americas on his bicycle and going for the first time in the Andes, they sparked his interest immensely. Afterwards, he only had one idea: to return there. He has been living in the Alps for seven years now, and has found happiness and serenity. He has learnt to listen to his heart more than his head and to be amazed.

Wife and mother of two young adults, she obtained a Master’s degree in Biblical Intervention. She has been a Pastoral Assistant for 25 years of the Diocese of Saint-Jean-Longueuil and is responsible of the catechumenate of adults and adolescents (14-17 years old). Franciscan in her heart, she is creative and passionate about life.

Management, counselling, and PNL consultant and advocate for Human Capital and Cultivating Peace, he has been accompanying groups, both in Africa and Asia, for 10 years now. His knowledge of the regions and customs, his calm, attentive listening, and “presence” make him a discreet and reassuring travel companion… He does not hesitate to share his favorite spots during the trip, ensuring that you will come back with a little something unique.

Of French origin, he has founded the Alkemia agency (alchemy) in Iceland with his partner Harpa. His life path lead him to teaching aikido and qi gong, the practice of shiatsu and as a tour leader in initiatory trips in Icelandic nature, with a skill for finding spaces for silence and locations allowing you to reconnect with yourself, the essential.

He is a retired school principal with a degree in school administration, animation and coaching. He traveled the Compostela road in 2003 and, since then, gives conferences to share the experience that transformed him. He has escorted many groups of exchange students in North America and Compostela with Spiritours (since 2005). He has a passion for global health, personal growth, spirituality, trips and the outdoors.

She is a professional coach in strategic coaching. She manages DRIVE Leadership & Coaching whose mission is to support the change process and achieving balance with individuals and companies. A certified member of the Fédération internationale des coachs du Québec, she has training in “co-active coaching”, business administration, an education in naturopathy and art-therapy. As an artist-painter, she combines art and achievement of objectives as a potential approach to development. drive-coaching.com

He has training in theology and trained in spiritual guidance at the Centre Le Pèlerin in order to sharpen his ability to listen and be present for others. Previously, he worked as a teacher in the tourism department of CEGEP Champlain Regional College. His diversified experience in the tourism industry (from a tour guide to an agency owner) allowed him to have a taste of almost every aspect of travelling.

Graduate of a Master’s in Theology of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Marc has become an animator of the spiritual life and community engagement in a public high school in Nicolet. Thanks to his escort experience of over fifteen trips with youths and adults, he wants to promote the tour of Haiti off the beaten tracks and without prejudice toward the people of Haiti. His dominant convictions are solidarity and amazement. There is a mystery hidden in each person, even the most vulnerable.

Harpa is the co-founder of the Alkemia agency. She is Icelandic and francophone. She is a guide with excellent knowledge of the visible and has a sensitivity for the invisible and she possesses the utmost discretion allowing each person to reconnect at their own pace with their inner guide. Harpa is also a yoga teacher and may suggest exercises during the trip to promote physical awakening.

A retired engineer and President of the charitable foundation Hoasen Vietnam-Canada. He has traveled and stayed, as part of his work, in many countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia. He has been escorting groups in Asia for eight years. Native of Vietnam, his knowledge of the language, customs, locations and especially his love for culinary specialities make him a reliable, interesting and pleasant guide.

Consultant and coach in management and finance with companies and their executives, my professional experiences allowed me to welcome people from different backgrounds and business communities and especially to appreciate the people in these meetings, their thoughts, values and shared goals. As of 2013 and every year since, “Compostela and its roads” welcomes me at the heart of the being, with oneself, with the Other and with the other. The whole road that leads us to Compostela is never left to chance. Experiencing and making someone experience Compostela is a privilege, a passion to share what inspires me.

In love with life and its sparkle, Francyne exudes an infectious enthusiasm. She is a social worker by training and has headed a Sexual Assault Crisis Centre for over 20 years. She is convinced that in every hardship there is a hidden treasure. She has the knack to help people in their quest to find a significance at different stages of their life. Trained by Ho Rites de passage, she has a passion for ritual work, sacred psychology and the return to Mother Earth. She escorts groups during initiatory journeys and guides vision quests.

She is a teacher and practitioner of shamanism and founded the school of shamanism, SHAMANKA. Ilka has been interested in many different cultures since her childhood and has traveled around the globe to obtain new lessons. Ilka was adopted within a Native American Mi’kmaq family from Quebec, as the eldest daughter of the Clan of the White Horse. Shamanism and Native American rituals are central in her life. She leads sweat lodges and carries the sacred pipe. She is passionate about personal development as well as depth psychology inspired by Carl G. Jung.

Co-director of HO Rites de Passage, and inspired ceremonialist, Gordon is our expedition leader. Adventurer-explorer since his youth, wilderness holds no secret from him. He has slept in the bush, built houses in trees, sweated in Aboriginal sweat lodges and even survived an encounter with a puma in the middle of a South American jungle! Living in Sedona, he knows the desert like no one else. Trained by two pioneer American institutes in the renewal of rites of passage in the wilderness – the Animas Valley Institute in Colorado and the School of the lost Borders in California –, he brings the Ho aspect more down to earth.