Franco Buscemi
Inuit Cultural Educator, Expedition Team
Franco is a proud Inuit cultural educator, bear monitor, and storyteller, sharing his deep connection to the Arctic.
Join Franco Buscemi on the following trips:
- Baffin Island and Greenland: Circling the Midnight Sun 2025 August 5 to August 16, 2025
- Heart of the Arctic 2025 July 24 to August 5, 2025
- Into the Northwest Passage 2025 August 16 to September 1, 2025
- Iceland Circumnavigation 2025 July 3 to July 12, 2025
Franco Sheatiapik Buscemi is from Iqaluit, Nunavut, where he learned Inuktitut, his mother tongue. Working with Inuit-led organizations and businesses, he has travelled to the four Inuit land claim regions in Canada and the twenty-five communities in Nunavut.
Franco joined the Adventure Canada expedition team with the Nalunaiqsijiit training program and is now a Zodiac driver, bear monitor, and Inuit cultural educator.
Residing in Ottawa, Ontario, he is co-host of the Uqallagvik radio show on CKCU 93.1 FM radio and is the Inuit community liaison at Carleton University.
Franco welcomes all opportunities to return to the Arctic.