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
By Glenn Bonsall, Corporate Secretary (glenn.bonsall@skipatrol.ca) Nominations for candidates for election the board of directors are now open. The board of directors of the Canadian Ski Patrol is elected under the authority of By-law 1, Section 5.01. At this time,
By Andrew Hill, Training and Development Portfolio Lead (andrew.hill@skipatrol.ca) The current baseline for the CSP’s Advanced First Aid (AFA) Manual is the 2019 version incorporating change notices 1 and 2. This note provides a preview of the changes that are
By Brittany MacKinnon, National Recruitment and Retention Lead (brittany.mackinnon@skipatrol.ca) The CSP would like to get an idea of our membership numbers for next season, 2022-23. Planning during COVID-19 is difficult as we cannot base next year on what happened last
