Happy February! Joyeux Février! It looks like spring outside the Kingston office. The ice boaters and kite skiers/boarders are enjoying frozen Lake Ontario daily. Soon it will be our turn.
It has been wonderful talking to many of you coast to coast to coast over the past month. The directors and
committees have been busy beavers preparing for another paddling season. I am excited many of you are planning PC programmes & courses, some innovative, and some starting soon.
In this edition:
- Renew Now and You Could Win!
- Atlantic Canadian Paddling Symposium - Register Now
- Help us win with Subaru Canada
- Waterwalker Film Festval Winners Announced
- Win a Klepper Folding Kayak
- Office Closed - week of Feb 22 - 26th, 2010
- Submit your outdoor event
- PaddlingInstructor.com Partnership
- Instructors Did You Know?
- Canoe Program Update
- Instructor Services Questionnaire
- Please Mail Back any Surplus Waiver/Cards
En Premier - the fun stuff first!!!
Renew Now and You Could Win Awesome Paddling Prizes - We have great paddling prizes for 2010 members. Early birds get three
chances to win. Read more...
Thanks to our sponsors:
Atlantic Canadian Paddling Symposium - May 14 -16, 2010
This event will draw on the expertise of some of the nation's top
instructors to explore current developments in paddling and celebrate
our Canadian Paddling Heritage. Register Today! Read more...
Help us  win event funding from Subaru Canada. Vote for our event on Subaru.ca/getoutmore and we may be awarded $5000 towards our next outdoor event (Symposiums 2010).
Read more...
 Waterwalker Film Festival - The 2010 winners have been announced. There is a film for everyone: from the NFB film following a family with a 2 year old as they journey across Canada (Finding Farley) to an Antarctic exploration of climate change by sea kayak (Terra Antarctica). Check the list of films. View photos and video trailers too.
We encourage you, your organization, or local outdoor club to host your own festival in your community.
Read more...
Win a Klepper Folding Kayak - Draw is July 1, 2010. Klepper Canada Is Giving Away an Aerius Classic II + 545 tandem folding kayak - Read more...
Notice: Office Closed - Week of Feb. 22- 26/2010. Sorry for any inconvenience. We will be checking phone and email messages periodically that week however please expect a delay in replying to messages until early March.
Submit Your Paddling/Outdoor Event - Send
us your events to post on Paddle Canada's events
page. Please include the Event Title, Date, Venue, a few lines of description, ph#, email, contact name, and website if
applicable.
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Instructor News!
 We are happy to announce a new partnership with PaddlingInstructor.com!
Paddlinginstructor.com
is a wonderful resource site for professional paddling instructors in
Canada. Read more...
Instructors Did You Know? You can download the Paddle Canada logo for promotional use on your web or print media? Choose from Adobe Illustrator, EPS & JPEG formats. From your account login , under 'Instructor Services', click on 'Paddle Canada Logo'.
New links in your 'Instructor Services' :
- My Mentorships - shows a list of courses you apprenticed on and courses that had an apprentice working under you as "Course Director'. We hope this will make it easier to track the mentorship process for instructors working towards their next level.
- View My Invoices Owing - shows all past due courses either at 'Sanctioned' or 'Invoiced' stage that are not completed in the system. There are still some 2009 unresolved ones out there!
Canoe Program Update:
The Canoe PDC committee is working very hard to complete the manual and
program for early April. Draft copies of the program are available in your 'Instructor
Services' section. A few name changes:
- 'Whitewater' is now
'Moving Water'
- 'Intro to Canoeing' is now 'Canoeing Basic
Skills'.
This is Canoeing - Photo by Justine Curgenven - Waterwalker Film Winner - Best Canoeing
Instructor Questionnaire -
we've had a great response to last months survey on instructor services
which helps us plan for 2010 season. Thanks to all who responded.
It's not too late to add your comments and takes about 5 min.
Questionnaire
Please Mail Back Surplus Waiver Cards ! If you anticipate having a surplus of waiver forms/cards for 2010 season, we'd ask that you please return them to the office so we can redistribute them to those who need them. (to address at very bottom of this email). Read more...
Phew! thanks for reading ... until next month - keep your paddle in the water!
Graham
Excutive Director
Paddle Canada
1-888-252-6292
info@paddlingcanada.com
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