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Annual Report 2012 Canoekayak.Ca Annual Report 2012 canoekayak.ca Core Values provide fundamental enduring direction Cooperation Athlete Focus Nation Wide Open Communication Excellence Our Vision reflects the long-term aspirations of the association CanoeKayak: A Canadian Sport for families, communities and champions Healthy Club System Strengthen the quality of the Club system throughout Canada High Performance Achieve the highest levels of performance across all disciplines The “Canadian” Canoe Expand the role of the Canadian canoe in sprint racing Leadership Ensure the systematic development and availability of leadership capacity Organizational Effectiveness Expand and strengthen the internal resources that ensure the growth of canoe-kayak in Canada 20122016 Strategic Objectives ObjectivesThere are five Strategic Imperatives which set out the areas in which changes must occur over the long-term; the change that is needed is expressed as a Strategic Goal. For each strategic goal, there will be a handful of critical drivers. The Long-term (2016) Objectives state what needs to be accomplished in the long term to accomplish the strategic goal. Healthy Club System The “Canadian” Canoe • Strengthen youth sprint canoekayak • Reinforce the Canadian as a core club programming. development program • Facilitate the enhancement of the sprint (including traditional C4 and war canoe). club system through multi-discipline/multi- • Encourage clubs to expand women’s and men’s boat/multi-sport/multi-age programming. canoe programs. • Restructure the competition model • Champion the movement towards the equality consistent with LTAD of the kayak and Canadian canoe disciplines • Enable clubs to enhance their profile and internationally. their contribution in their communities. • Increase the opportunities for entry into the sport Leadership • Strengthen technical leadership in clubs. • Increase the volunteer and staff leadership capacity throughout sprint racing. • Expand Paddle All racing • Maintain the aggressive approach to the development • Target development of sprint racing in of a professional coaching career path. First Nations communities. • Sustain a system for the recruitment and progressive development of Canadian and International Officials. High Performance • Maintain CKC’s influence in Canadian sport and • Implement the programs, services and international canoe-kayak structures that enable athletes with the highest Olympic and Paralympic medal potential to succeed. Organizational Effectiveness • Implement the sprint LTAD technical • Enhance the profile of CanoeKayak. progression. • Maximize external revenue available from both government • Maintain the investment in developing and private sector sources. the next generation of high performance • Ensure that our governance system enables the association coaches. to achieve its goals. • Strengthen the sustainability of the high • Enhance the competition and training infrastructure in performance “system”. Canada. • Increase pool of talented athletes entering clubs and being developed into High Performance Athletes. 1 Contents Listings 3 Board, Councils, Staff 5 Sprint Clubs 7 Past Commodores Reports 9 Chair and Director General’s Report 12 High Performance Report 20 Domestic Development Report 27 Director of Athlete and Coach Development Report 35 Athletes’ Representative Report 38 Marketing Report 43 Pan American Federation Report 44 Sprint Officials’ Report 46 History and Archives Report 49 Trophies and Awards Report – Sprint 52 Individual Membership Report 53 Nominating Committee Report 54 Flag Officer’s Report – Atlantic 56 Flag Officer’s Report – Quebec 58 Flag Officer’s Report – Eastern Ontario 60 Flag Officer’s Report – Western Ontario 62 Flag Officer’s Report – Prairies 64 Flag Officer’s Report – Pacific Whitewater Reports 67 President’s Report 70 High Performance Manager’s Report 73 BC Report 75 Alberta Report 78 Ontario Report 82 Quebec Report Audited Financial Statements Appendix 2 Annual Report 2012 Listing of Board, Councils, Staff 3 CKC Board of Directors CKC Marketing Committee Commodore Peter Giles Chairperson Julia Rivard Vice Commodore Madeleine Hall Member Don Stoneman Past Commodore Georges Delisle Member Tyler Lawlor Marathon Representative Don Stoneman Marathon Representative Fiona Vincent Sprint Representative Charles Slade CKC By-Laws Committee Sprint Representative Julia Rivard Chairperson Peter Giles Whitewater Representative Harold Van Winssen Member Harold Van Winssen Whitewater Representative Julie Crepeau-Boisvert Member Don Stoneman Director General* Lorraine Lafrenière CKC History and Archives Committee Chairperson Fred Johnston Member Iain Craig Sprint Racing Executive Committee Domestic Development Committee – Chairperson Peter Giles Sprint Past Chairperson Georges Delisle Chairperson Madeleine Hall Vice Chair, Marketing Julia Rivard Coaches' Representative Frank Gomez Vice Chair, High Performance Chris Helyar Athletes' Representative Kaitlin Findlay Vice Chair, Domestic Development Madeleine Officials' Representative Mike Moir Hall Member Rick Hill Vice Chair, Athlete Relations Thomas Hall Member Mary-Jane Abbott Coaches' Representative Marc Creamer Domestic Development Director* John Edwards Treasurer Charles Slade Director General* Lorraine Lafrenière Director General* Lorraine Lafrenière Coaches Technical Committee – Sprint Sprint Racing Council Chair Marc Creamer Sprint Racing Council is comprised of the Executive Domestic Development Representative Franck Committee and Flag Officers Gomez Flag Officer - Atlantic Rick Fair High Performance Representative Mike Robinson Flag Officer - Québec Bill McKee Officials' Committee Representative Chad Flag Officer - Eastern Ontario Bevin Schmidt Brooks Flag Officer - Western Ontario Ted Roworth Learning Facilitator Representative Adam Flag Officer-Prairie Chris LaPlante Oldershaw Flag Officer-Pacific Sarah Hopkins Member at large Joanne Devlin-Morrison Member at large Jeff Houser Member at large Sara Hopkins High Performance Committee – Sprint CKC Staff Representative* Peter Niedre Chairperson Chris Helyar Coaches' Representative Mike Robinson Athletes' Representative Kyle Jeffery Officials Committee – Sprint Member Bruce Chiasson Chairperson Mike Moir Member Frank Garner Member Floyd Fry Director General* Lorraine Lafrenière Member Judy Williams Member David Graham Coaches' Representative Chad Brooks *ex-officio Athletes' Representative Shaun Fair CKC Staff Representative* John Edwards 4 Trophies and Awards Committee – Nominating Committee – Sprint Sprint Chairperson Georges Delisle Chairperson Judy Tutty Member Mary-Jane Abbott Member Dwight Corbin Member Marc Creamer Member Dana Schafer Member Ralph Orton Member Donna Coupal Member Jim Reardon Member Georges Delisle Director General* Lorraine Lafrèniere Domestic Development Director* John Edwards Individual Members Committee – Sprint Chairperson Judy Tutty Whitewater Executive Committee Chair Harold Van Winssen Standing Committees Immediate Past Chair Ian Jobe 1st Vice-Chair Julie Crepeau-Boisvert Education and NCCP Certification 2nd Vice-Chair Dan Fuller Committee – Whitewater National Coach Michal Staniszewski Chair Chuck Lee Athlete's Representative Kathleen Tayler Ontario Representative Claudia Van Wijk British Columbia Representative Chris Ryman Whitewater Council Alberta Representative Mark Taylor Chair Harold Van Winssen Saskatoon Representative Brendan Curson Standing Committee Representative Chuck Lee NWT Representative Saskia van Mourik Slalom Committee Chair Vacant Quebec Representative Marc Gilbert Polo Committee Chair Dan Fuller Freestyle Committee Chair Robert Zwanenburg Environment Committee – Whitewater Wildwater Committee Chair Ed Winnacott Saskatoon Representative Jimmy MacDonald Alberta Representative Ken Purcell Alberta Representative Mark Taylor British Columbia Representative Angela Bueckert Marketing Committee – Whitewater Ontario Representative Jim Tayler Quebec Representative Julie Crepeau-Boisvert Chair Julie Crepeau-Boisvert Saskatchewan Representative Brendan Curson Athlete's Representative Kathleen Tayler Immediate Past Chair Ian Jobe National Coach Michal Staniszewski Director General* Lorraine Lafrenière CKC-W Employee* James Cartwright Marathon Racing Executive Council Marathon Canoe Racing Council President Fiona Vincent British Columbia Darryl Spencer Vice President Darryl Spencer Saskatchewan Mike Vincent Treasurer-Secretary Don Stoneman Ontario Stephen Herbert Past Chairperson Iain Craig Quebec Martin Rogers Atlantic Danika van Proosdij (NS) CKC Domestic Development Director* John *ex-officio Edwards 5 Staff Director General Lorraine Lafrenière Domestic Development Director John Edwards Director of Athlete and Coach Development Peter Niedre High Performance Manager Christine Bain Slalom High Performance Coordinator James Cartwright Communications and Marketing Officer Ian Miller Development Coordinator Julie Beaulieu Administrative Coordinator Nicole Latreille Accountant Sally Clare National Coaching Staff Sprint Head Coach Scott Oldershaw Senior Men’s Canoe Coach (1000m) Senior Men’s Canoe Coach (200m) Laszlo (Csom) Latorovszki Senior Men’s Kayak Coach (1000m) Senior Men’s Kayak Coach (200m) Frederic Jobin Senior Women’s Kayak Coach Frederic Loyer Men’s Development Kayak Coach Dave Robertson Women’s Development Kayak Coach Kenna Robins Junior Development Coach Robert Stott Paracanoe Discipline Coach Mark Granger Slalom National Slalom Head Coach Michal Staniszewski Commercial Members Bear Mountain Boats Grey Owl Paddles Mississippi Kayaks
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