Boating Safety Contribution Program
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Recreational Boating Safety component 2016-2017 funding recipients
Canadian Safe Boating Council (Toronto, ON)
The Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) will receive up to $915,400 for a three-year national project to raise knowledge and awareness about safe boating practices among boaters and the public across Canada. The project will include prevention activities, promotional campaigns and research. CSBC will also develop a mobile application to provide users with information about safe boating practices, and undertake research about attitudes towards wearing life jackets in Canada’s north.
Association maritime du Québec (Montréal, QC)
The Association maritime du Québec (AMQ) will receive up to $270,570 for a three-year provincial project that will support safety awareness and education initiatives to encourage boaters to adopt safe boating behaviours. The campaign will target various marine sectors, including marinas, sports federations, regional sports clubs & associations and sports stations throughout Quebec. The AMQ will develop videos and outreach materials and hold an exhibition of Personal Floatation Devices (PFDs) during boat shows and other events.
Paddle Newfoundland & Labrador (St. John’s, NL)
Paddle Newfoundland & Labrador will receive up to $35,919 for a three-year provincial project to provide education to its membership and the general public about safe paddling in cold water environments. A bi-annual newsletter, evening presentations and pool sessions in Gander and St. John’s will provide paddlers with the opportunity to learn and improve their rescue and boat handling techniques. In the second and third years of the project, the course content will be expanded to include swift water rescue and CPR/First Aid.
Labrador Hunting and Fishing Association (Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL)
The Labrador Hunting and Fishing Association will receive up to $78,000 towards a three-year regional project. The project will promote safe boating practices in the Upper Lake Melville area – targeting primarily hunting and recreational fishing communities within central Labrador. During the summer months, the Association will have a permanent booth at a public dock with printed outreach materials in English, Innu-Aimun and Inuktitut available. A mobile promotional booth will also be set-up at various community events to help gather statistics about current boating practices in the region.
Canadian Power and Sails Squadrons (Toronto, ON)
The Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (CPSS) will receive up to $58,425 for a three-year national project. The project will offer recreational boaters a basic safety check that includes: required safety equipment, operator competency, vessel licensing and other boating safety information.
May, 2016
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