Julie Angus (née Wafaei, born 1974) is a Canadian

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

, adventurer, writer,

cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

and entrepreneur, married to the explorer Colin Angus. Julie in tree

She has an undergraduate degree from

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood, Ontario, Ainslie Wood and Westdale, Ontario, Westd ...

in biology and psychology, which she obtained in 1997 and a Master of Science degree from the

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1903 as Victoria College, British Columbia, Victoria Col ...

, BC, in molecular biology. After graduation, she worked in the area of venture capital, technology transfer, and business development, developing therapeutics for genetic ailments and

cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumati ...

. She was the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean from mainland to mainland, cycling and rowing 7,000 km (4,350 miles) from

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

and organizing a National Geographic sponsored expedition to research the history of the olive tree. she received the University of Victoria Distinguished Alumni Award She wrote the book ''Rowboat in a Hurricane'' (2008),

Recognition

* Adventurer of the Year Award 2007 from National Geographic Adventure * Listed as One of Canada's Greatest Women Explorers by Canadian Geographic in 2016a * Awarded

Distinguished Alumni Award in 2018 * John P. McGovern Lectureship Award in 2017https://www.mlanet.org/page/john-p.-mcgovern-award-lectureship]

References

External links

Angus Adventures Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angus, Julie 1974 births Living people Canadian female rowers Ocean rowers Canadian female cyclists Alumni of the University of Leeds