Paddle Canada News and Events

We are proud to announce the following Paddle Canada News & Events. Please view the Paddling News and Upcoming Events sections for additional news and event listings.

2011 ATLANTIC CANADIAN PADDLING SYMPOSIUM May 20-23

Registration Now Open - Early Bird Draw!

Mark your calendar now for next years spring event at Terra Nova National Park, Glover Town, Newfoundland.

Join us for a weekend of skill development, instructor professional development, stories, entertainment, paddling, news, information and most importantly, fun ! The symposium will focus on all disciplines of paddling including sea kayaking, river kayaking and canoeing. 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. We hope to see you at the event !

--2011 Co-chair’s Christopher Lockyer and Corey Locke

For all the details please visit the Atlantic Symposium's website.

Visit the Events Facebook Page.

Kayak Newfoundland Labrador (KNL) Retreat May 2010

A great retreat was reported with special guests Brenna Kelly (whitewater kayak) from Ottawa, Greg Stamer (Greenland style) from Florida and Chris Lockyer (sea kayak) from Nova Scotia. Next years 2011 event will be a combination of the KNL Retreat along with Paddle Canada's Atlantic Paddling Symposium. The have a venue (Terra Nova National Park, NFLD) all picked out with a access to great whitewater, ocean and inland paddling; all within a short drive. Happy event planning to KNL and the Atlantic Paddling Symposium Committee. See you there.

Thanks too for the nice Certificate of Appreciation and thanks for helping promote your event.

Kayak Newfoundland and Labrador Cert of Appreciation

#WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR MEMBERSHIP DRAW - MAY 15, 2010 - CLICK HERE

Boreal Designs Paddling Anorak Semi Dry Top Breathable Brooks Pogies Salus Kiwi vest Grey Owl Chieftain Paddle

Kokatat Ronin PFD

Aquapac Flip Phone Case

Seals Sprayskirts

Aquapac Flip Phones - Waterproof Cases
Brooks Attack Skirt and Pogies
Grey Owl Cherry Chieftain Paddle
Kokatat Ronan PFD
Salus Marine - Kiwi Vest
Boreal Designs - Expedition Breathable Semi-Dry Paddling Top
Seals Sprayskirts & Accessories - Pro Shocker 1.7 Sprayskirt

Thanks to our sponsors:

2010 sponsor prize logos

#We are happy to announce a new partnership with PaddlingInstructor.com! Paddlinginstructor.com is a wonderful resource site for professional paddling instructors in Canada. In it's pages you'll find a community where instructors can share teaching resources with each other (over 200 documents to date!). You are encouraged to submit your own resources in "Teaching Resources" section so other people can benefit from your knowledge. There are lots of other features like

an 'Instructor Talk' forum,
paddling news & press releases from around the world,
videos, pictures,
event listings & calendar (you can submit your paddling event too!).

Canoe Instructors Wanted! It's present users are mainly sea and river kayak instructors. We hope that can change that now with this new partnership and encourage canoe instructors to participate in sharing of 'Teaching Resources' and discussions with 'Online Forums'.

Registration is free so join today! Click on Login (top right of page and register as a new member!)

A contract has been signed between Paddle Canada and with this website for a no-cost exchange of services between the two organizations. Their banner logo is now on our website.

Why doesn't Paddle Canada have its own Instructor Resource Site? One of our visions is to develop our own site someday, however until we have the budget and the resources to do so, this partnership will hopefully serve that purpose for now.

#Leave No Trace Canada - Partnership

Paddle Canada is pleased to be Partner member of Leave No Trace (LNT) Canada. LNT is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and inspiring responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships. Leave No Trace builds awareness, appreciation and respect for our wildlands.

Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this fantastic organization. We encourage our Paddle Canada members to take one of their courses that range from 30 min awareness workshops to one day instructor courses and to up to 5 days for trainer courses! Valuable courses for any outdoor educator.

For more info please visit their site at: http://www.leavenotrace.ca

#Paddle Canada is proud to announce their partnership with Canada's most innovative manufacturer of paddlesport equipment: North Water.

So how does the ProFeedback Partnership Program work? Through the new ProFeedback Program, Paddle Canada instructors can access amazing products at wholesale prices and then receive 20% credit off wholesale on future orders after providing thoughtful, professional feedback on products of your initial order.

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