Life Saving Society, Quebec Region (Montreal, QC)
The Life Saving Society, Quebec Region (Montreal, QC) has been approved to receive a contribution of up to $206,250 towards their three-year national and provincial project.
The Life Saving Society project is an awareness campaign (through public service announcements) directed at boaters, anglers and hunters to promote the compliance of boating safety regulations and safe boating practices. The project will take place throughout Quebec to include hunting and angling evening events that will be held during the winter months. In the second and third years of the project, the public service announcements will be adapted to be distributed across Canada.
Canadian Red Cross, Quebec Zone (Montreal, QC)
The Canadian Red Cross, Quebec Zone (Montreal, QC) will receive a contribution of up to $328,758 towards their three-year regional project.
The project is a boating safety awareness and education program targeting anglers, hunters and boaters in three remote regions in Québec where significant levels of drowning have been identified. The program will be delivered during the 2015-2017 boating seasons.
The CRC will have information kiosks containing various PFDs, required safety equipment and printed outreach materials for distribution and will attend various boating and fishing events to provide demonstrations, presentations, Pleasure Craft Courtesy Checks (PCCC) and youth educational activities.
Canadian Red Cross, Atlantic Zone (Dartmouth, NS)
The Canadian Red Cross, Atlantic Zone (Dartmouth, NS), has been approved to receive a contribution of up to $383,744 for a two-year regional project.
The project is a boating safety awareness and education program targeting families and younger boaters throughout the Maritimes (NB, NS, PEI & NL) during the 2015 and 2016 boating seasons. The project will be delivered by hiring and training summer students to carry out presentations, demonstrations and distribution of boating safety promotional materials at federal, provincial, municipal and private parks throughout Atlantic Canada.
Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (Toronto, ON)
The Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons will receive a contribution of up to $229,000 for a three-year national project.
The purpose of this project is to provide education on required safety equipment, the care and maintenance of that equipment, and how to safely and effectively use flares when needed.
In addition, it will raise awareness of the need to dispose of outdated flares in a safe and timely manner at disposal events where individuals would return outdated flares to selected Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons and partnering retailers.
Northern Village of Denare Beach (Denare Beach, SK)
The Northern Village of Denare Beach has been approved to receive a contribution of up to $4,511 for a one-year municipal project.
The purpose of the project is to increase boating safety awareness about the low wake zones and speed limits.
It intends to raise awareness by installing buoy markers in Shwaga Bay on Amisk Lake to remind boaters to reduce their speed, to be cautious of others users and to be aware of the wake their vessel is creating on the shoreline. Posters and printed materials will be distributed in marinas, community halls and boat launches in and around the areas.
May 2015
