Train to Survive. Prepare to Lead.
Survival Starts Here. Excellence Begins Now.
Wilderness Safety and Survival training company with knowledge and experience. Through education and training, we seek to prevent undue suffering and loss of life when faced with unforeseen wilderness accidents and to reduce the burden on our SAR system.
Safety Triangle
Navigation training → Survival prevention
Learning navigation (map, compass, GPS, natural indicators) equips individuals to avoid getting lost in the first place–fundamentally preventing a survival scenario.
Early detection of location—or direction—can mean the difference between being prepared for the wilderness or needing rescue.
Survival training → First-aid prevention
Survival skills—like shelter-making, fire-starting, water procurement—reduce exposure to environmental dangers, thereby preventing injuries and medical emergencies.
Keeping yourself safe from the elements reduces the likelihood of hypothermia, dehydration, or other conditions requiring first aid.
First Aid training → Suffering prevention
Even with all precautions, injuries can happen. First aid ensures prompt intervention, pain reduction, and stabilization until help arrives—or the individual can self-rescue.
Effective first aid lessens both the physical and mental toll of emergencies, enabling recovery rather than suffering.
Built for Survival. Driven by Purpose.
Serving as a Search and Rescue Technician (SARTech) with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for 19 years (similar to American Pararescue, without the Combat Role), Dave MacDonald witnessed the unnecessary suffering and loss of life in situations that could have had better outcomes. Observing firsthand the lack of a standardized survival training programs, the inadequacy of most instruction, and the profusion of complicated or misdirected intentions, Dave – along with his aboriginal wife – founded the International Canadian School of Survival Inc. (ICSOS).
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ONLINE COURSE
Learn survival skills from anywhere. Our online courses bring expert-led training straight to your screen — covering essential techniques, safety strategies, and wilderness knowledge through interactive videos, downloadable guides, and live sessions. Train at your own pace, on your own terms.
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Experience Survival in Action
Explore moments from our hands-on training sessions, outdoor expeditions, and real-life survival challenges. See how our students learn, lead, and live the survival mindset.
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Adventurers Worldwide
Real experiences. Real impact. Hear from those who’ve trained with us and transformed their confidence, skills, and survival mindset.
"Well last night I was 30 seconds behind a head on collision between a pickup truck and a semi-trailer. I was first responder, and your course came into play & the training kicked in.
Four people in the pickup, various injuries, from a cut up face, to a lady that had pain in her back and most likely internal bleeding. I was able to keep one step ahead that no one else was thinking of (Prioritizing). Get the people sitting down, addressing the injuries of 5 people, talking to each one every few minutes for shock, keeping them warm, dressing wounds, building a fire [...] I used up a lot of our winter survival gear and emergency gear, the gear you suggested we should have. It was an hour before anyone showed up. We were prepared.
Your training did help me a whole lot. It was not me that needed help to survive, but other people and your course did help them stay alive".
Travis
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