Jeremy Derksen

Jeremy Derksen

Managing editor
Homebase: Edmonton

Jeremy Derksen has hitchhiked across BC, hopped trains in Alberta, slept outdoors in a hammock at -5C, been attacked by an owl, caught hypothermia while ski-touring in Yoho and somehow managed to solo the Canadian Death Race. All that (good) suffering inspires his work as an editor, writer, photographer, adventurer, location manager and media consultant. He is also a father of three, so his sherpa skills are on point.

He has published in The Ski Journal, Canadian Geographic, The Globe & Mail, Avenue Magazine, Vue Weekly and more. His media clients have included the Canadian Tourism Commission (Mexico), Travel Alberta and Edmonton Tourism.

As a writer and producer at Seekers, he is proud to have worked on the award-winning Take It To The Lake campaign.

 

Stories by Jeremy Derksen

Horse ride with Leaning Tree Trail Rides, Athabasca County

Back in the saddle, back to nature

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Clucks and whinnies greet Caitlyn Chernish and Toni Shenfield as they walk towards the bright red...

Metis Crossing demonstration

Explore Métis heritage by the river

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Fiddle song dances play lightly over the patio at Métis Crossing as Sameer Ahmed and his wife Salma...

A family prepared for beekeeping in Lac La Biche

Sweet as Honey - Make a Bee-line to Lac La Biche

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Buzzing envelops us as Rob Wicker holds out a panel of his honeybee hives for us to see. There, in...

A couple in the sun on a boat in Cold Lake

Discovering Zen on Cold Lake - Get out on the water to escape deadlines, headlines and lineups

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Vast as Cold Lake is, you don’t have to go far to find fish. In just over an hour, Greg and Lisa...

A couple cozy up on a boat on the lake in Athabasca

Home on the water - Boating, barbecuing and ice cream in easygoing Athabasca

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Grinning ear to ear and spraying a fan of water behind him, Josh Meredith skims past on a Sea-Doo...

A panoramic shot of Vermilion from a lookout point

Indulge in food, drink and friendship in Vermilion

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The cafe, the cheesemaker, the craft cocktail maker - it’s not a nursery rhyme, it’s an afternoon in...

A family kayaks on the lake in MD Bonnyville

Pie and possibility - Becoming a kid again in the M.D. of Bonnyville

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Dewy purple and magenta bursts of berries hang pendulously from the branches of eight-foot high...

A couple sits on the dock by a lake in Plamondon Lac La Biche

Road tripping down Plamondon’s Memory Lane

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As she bends over to look into the windows of the tiny church, Rosalie Subchuk sighs. Memories from...

Metis Crossing

Come walk in the footsteps of the trapper's life at Métis Crossing

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Using a length of coiled wire and a dead aspen branch, Lilyrose Meyers demonstrates how to set a...

Vermilion Arts

Artistic alchemy brewing in Vermilion

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Kim Chomyk breaks into a grin as the shape of a bowl begins to emerge from the potter’s wheel, under...

Lac La Biche

Connecting with the earth and the past in Lac La Biche Region

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Splitting cracks echo in the poplar woods around us, as John Ritchie and Winston and Christina...

Lac La Biche

Tasting fire in Lac La Biche

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Ever eaten a fire ant? That’s the question Dragan Uzelac has posed to Maranda Cardinal and her...