We offer the widest selection of certification courses and recertification opportunities to meet the needs of professional instructors, club, camp and youth leaders, teachers and recreation skills instructors.
If one of our courses doesn’t match your schedule, contact us and we’ll arrange something just for you.
Canoe Kayak Canada
We offer Canoe Kayak Canada’s River Kayak Leader 2/Instructor 2 certification. This nationally recognized kayak certification certifies instructors to lead and teach on a Class II white water setting. Candidates must be able to demonstrate instructor quality paddling, rescue and teaching skills on class II water. At the completion of the course candidates will be “trained”. To be “certified” a separate evaluation must take place with an outside evaluator. This year candidates can be evaluated for free at any of the AWA sponsored events including:
– Three Rivers Rendezvous – Pincher Creek May long weekend
– Paddlefest – Red Deer River
2024 Dates:
April 19,20,21
Run through the Alberta Whitewater Association
Pool Instructor
TBA – Call for information
Lake Instructor
TBA – Call for information
Kayak WW Leader 3 /Instructor 3
TBA – Call for informatioin
We can set up a private course for your group.
Call 403-202-8490
Swiftwater Rescue
River travel is inherently dangerous. Each paddler should have the knowledge and skills to respond to rescue situations.
Many paddlers spend years developing their paddling techniques; however, few take the time to build their river rescue skills.
We cover:
Safety, Equipment, Throwbag use, Swimming a rapid, Strong swimmer rescue, Tag line rescue, Foot entrapment, Releasing trapped boats. Certification is offered through Canoe Kayak Canada. The course fee includes a manual, instruction and group equipment. Participants are responsible for all their personal equipment. We recommend a wetsuit/dry top combination or a drysuit for the duration of the course as you will be spending lot’s of time in the water.
2024 Course Dates:
Friday (eve), Sunday
May 3, 4
$199.00 + GST
Plus Certification Fee of $ 60.00
* We would be happy to set up a course for your group. Call us today!
Kayak Rescue
Join us for an evening of rescue. Here we will focus on throw bag and boat rescues. Different options for getting a kayak to shore and how to better use your throw bag.
2024 Course Dates:
- TBA
$85.00+GST
Canoe Rescue
The aim of this program is to provide a workshop format for canoeists to learn, develop and most of all practice commonly used river rescue skills. We will be approaching these skills from three typical rescue settings: on shore, in boat, and in the water. This course is for both tandem and solo canoeists. First session is on flatwater and the second will be on a class I river.
2024 Course Dates:
2 Evenings 6:30-8:30
April 23, 24
Pre-requisites: Must have basic river skills (ferries and eddy turns).
$175.00 + GST
* We would be happy to set up a course for your group. Call us today!
Paddle Canada Waterfront Canoeing Instructor
This course is a nationally recognized instructor program start-up for teaching canoeing. It focusses on teaching the more technical skills of water front paddling, both solo and tandem. Teaching, rescues, and paddle skills are evaluated.
For more details, check it out at www.paddlingcanada.ca
2024 Dates:
1. June 22,23
Participants must supply their own equipment and transportation.
Rentals are available, call us!
Cost: $ 250.00 + GST + Paddle Canada membership fee $25-$50 +gst
Paddle Canada Intro Moving Water Instructor Tandem
This nationally recognized certification certifies instructor to teach tandem canoeing on Class I rivers. Candidates must be able to perform tandem maneuvers, such as, eddy turns, ferries and rescues on class I rivers, from both the bow and stern. Teaching skills are also emphasized with practice teaching. For more information on this and other Paddle Canada Programs, please check out:www.paddlingcanada.com This is a 4 day program.
2024 Dates:
1. Re-Cert May 20 $125.00
2. May 17,18,19,20
Cost: $525.00 + GST + PC membership fee $100 +gst
Participants must supply their own equipment and transportation
Rentals are available.
Paddle Canada Intermediate WW Instructor
This nationally recognized certification certifies instructor to teach tandem canoeing on Class II rivers. Candidates must be able to perform tandem maneuvers, such as, eddy turns, ferries and rescues on class II rivers, from both the bow and stern. Teaching skills are also emphasized with practice teaching. For more information on this and other Paddle Canada Programs, please check out:www.paddlingcanada.com This is a 2 day program.
Pre-requisites:
- -PC Advanced WW Canoe Tandem Skills
- -PC Intro to WW Canoe Instructor Tandem
2024 Dates:
TBD, please call
Cost: $ 295 + GST + Paddle Canada membership $100 +gst
Rentals are available.