About the Show

Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story centres on 15-year-old Simon Jackson played by Mark Rendall (Childstar, ReGenesis), a charismatic teen who is passionate about the environment and spends much of his time alone in the British Columbian wilderness.

Attacked during one such trip, Jackson is rescued by a rare white Kermode Bear known as the "Spirit Bear." When he discovers that these bears are endangered and their habitat is targeted for clear-cutting, Jackson turns into a passionate and vocal teenaged political activist.

With the help of Lloyd Blackburn played by Graham Greene (Transamerica, Into The West), Jackson takes on the powerful forestry industry and the provincial government, eventually rallying young people across the world in support of the Spirit Bear.

The outcome of this David vs. Goliath fight is the protection of more than 6,000 square kilometers of Canada's Princess Royal Island, one of the largest land protection battles ever won.

It also led to the creation of The Spirit Bear Youth Coalition (www.spiritbearyouth.org), the world's largest environmental network of young people with over six million members in 30 countries, spearheaded by Jackson himself, who remains the founder and Executive Director.