By Jennifer Delaney, Director of Communications, Ontario Division (jennifer.delaney@skipatrol.ca) The national communication and marketing team is looking for patrollers to help with a media project next winter that we are very excited about. This is where we say “the CSP
By Eleanor Culver, Chair, and the members of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (eleanor.culver@skipatrol.ca) The equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) committee has been working hard this winter to complete items that fulfil our purpose and ensure we adequately represent
By Kerri Loudoun, Marketing and Communications Portfolio Leader (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) The CSP is excited to bring back a refreshed eShop for fun and useful CSP-branded items for our members and beyond. In partnership with Portage Promotionals, a long-time supplier of promotional
By Geoff Scotton, Ski Improvement Clinic Coordinator, Mountain Division (geoffscotton@skipatrol.ca) The 2023 CSP Mountain Division Ski Improvement Clinic will be our biggest ever, with for the first time not two, but three weeks available from late January through early March,
By Lori Natuik, Manitoba Division President (lori.natuik@skipatrol.ca) Patrollers in Manitoba Division had lots of snow this winter, with record high snowfall amounts giving great ski conditions. Along with that snow the bitter cold resulted in many “closed due to extreme
By Mike Palamarek, Mountain Division President (mike.palamarek@skipatrol.ca) and Geoff Scotton, Mountain Division VP External (geoffscotton@skipatrol.ca) At mid-March, CSP Mountain Division activities are continuing at a busy pace with, in some spots, a full two months of skiing still ahead. After
By Matthew Carr, National Applications Developer (matthew.carr@skipatrol.ca) The patrol operations portfolio is currently seeking three volunteers to fill a new position of Java/Dart Developer to assist in development of future features of the YETI database. A full job description can
By Jean Rioux, Co-Executive Director (jean.rioux@skipatrol.ca) There is a volunteer opportunity in the national management committee, to lead the new member services portfolio. The full job description for the portfolio leader can be found here. If you are interested in
By Nancy Price-Hutley, National Recognition Committee Chair (nancy.price-hutley@skipatrol.ca) I want to thank everyone who put forward a patroller’s name for recognition at the national level this year. As you know, recognizing our patrollers for the valuable work they do and
By Maggi McLeod, Marketing and Communications Portfolio Lead (pro tem) (maggi.mcleod@skipatrol.ca) Kerri Loudon is stepping back from her role as the communications and marketing portfolio lead for a period of time due to some personal circumstances that will require her
By A.P. Crawford, National Periodical Editor and Production Manager (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) Paul Druitt joined the CSP in Ogopogo Zone in 1977, having developed a love of snow and sliding on it when he was just three years old. As he grew
By A.P. Crawford, National Periodical Editor and Production Manager (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) Eric Waddell joined the CSP in Greater Vancouver Zone in 1995, later transferring east to Central Zone in Ontario. To those who knew him, he was an institution, which was
By Meaghan Kells, Atlantic East Division President (meaghan.kells@skipatrol.ca) and Matthew Garvin, Atlantic East Division Training Manager (matthew.garvin@skipatrol.ca) Saturday, March 5, 2022, will go down in Newfoundland’s Marble Mountain history as one memorable day for over 200 guests riding the Lightning
By A.P. Crawford, National Periodical Editor and Production Manager (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) Four members of the Deans-Benham family joined the CSP in Parkland Zone, Saskatchewan Division this season and theirs is an interesting story. It all started last year when one of
By A.P. Crawford, National Periodical Editor and Production Manager (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) This year Doug MacLean of Nova Scotia Zone celebrated 60 years of service with the Canadian Ski Patrol, only the third person in our history to have achieved that record.
By Brittany Mackinnon, Recruitment and Retention Coordinator (brittany.mackinnon@skipatrol.ca) Check out this article about the Canadian Ski Patrol featured in the most recent issue of the Canadian Association of Wilderness Medicine Periodical, highlighting the CSP’s expertise in advanced first aid and
By Stéphane Niles, Chair of the Board of Directors (stephane.niles@skipatrol.ca) As winter winds down in across the country, I hope you all had a great patrol season. While COVID-19 still presented some challenges, we all pulled together and adapted to
By Jean Rioux and Mark Brown, Co-Executive Directors (jean.rioux@skipatrol.ca) (mark.brown@skipatrol.ca) The CSP national board of directors will be hosting a modernization symposium in the spring of 2023. This will be the culmination of discussions with zone presidents, the medical advisory
