COMMITTEES & GROUPS

The Sail Canada Board of Directors may constitute Program and Adhoc Committees as it deems necessary in carrying out the affairs of the Association and define their terms of reference in a Policy on Organizational Structure.

STANDING COMMITTEES

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL

The Provincial Council is a standing advisory committee of the Board of Directors. The Provincial Council will consist of presidents of each provincial/territorial sailing association or their nominees, and will be responsible for alerting and advising the Board on national issues or concerns that could affect the long-term success of Sail Canada/Voile Canada as the national authority for sport of sailing in all its forms in Canada, including yachting.

MEMBERS

  • BC Sailing – Christopher Maier
  • Sail Alberta – Stacey Gibb
  • Saskatchewan Sailing Clubs Association – Connor Boyle
  • Sail Manitoba – Eric Turner
  • Ontario Sailing – Stephen Brickell
  • Fédération de voile du Québec – Catherine Bussières
  • Sail NB – George Cooper
  • Sail Nova Scotia – Sarah Flanagan
  • Sail PEI – Kerry Marsh
  • Sail NL – Derek McDonald

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

The Nominating Committee is a standing committee of the Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee will consist of up to eight persons including the Past President and representatives of the standing and program committees, and will be responsible for overseeing the nominating process described in By-law 4;

MEMBERS

  • Hugh McGugan
  • Jessica Lombard
  • Mac Morrin
  • Kate MacLennan
  • Barbara Pike

AUDIT COMMITTEE

  • Barbara Pike (Chair)
  • Hugh Goodday
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BOARD COMMITTEES

FINANCE COMMITTEE

  • Torstein Braaten (Chair)
  • Rob Hemming
  • Larry Waters
  • Donna Scott
  • Valerie Lavigne
  • Peter Bradley

GOVERNANCE & ETHICS COMMITTEE

  • Fiona Cochrane (Chair)
  • Valerie Lavigne
  • Martha Henderson

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE

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HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

  • Kate MacLennan
  • Barbara Pike
  • Fiona Cochrane

 

OPERATIONS COMMITTEES

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

  • Andrew Robertson
  • Scott Collinson
  • Trevor Maguire
  • Peter Wickwire
  • Damien Etchaubard
  • Todd Irving

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

  • Wendy Loat (Chair)
  • Jenny Davey
  • Andrea Fitzgerald
  • Dale King
  • Rob McLean
  • Tof Nicoll-Griffith

TCAC SUB-COMMITTEES

RACE MANAGEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Daniel Conrod (Chair)
  • Paul Brennan
  • Graham Dougall
  • Tof Nicoll-Griffith
  • Jennifer Ross
  • David Sprague
  • Anne-Marie Palfreeman
  • Rob Woodbury

JUDGES SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Joe Jospe (Chair)
  • Katie Coleman Nicoll
  • Wendy Loat
  • Eric Turner
  • Luke Porter
  • Tom Sitar
  • Dale King

UMPIRES SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Andrew Alberti (Chair)
  • Katie Coleman Nicoll
  • David Pelling
  • Dave Pyron

CANSAIL SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Andrea Fitzgerald (Chair)
  • Alex Byczko
  • Braden Gray
  • Laurence Page
  • Delani Hulme Lawrence
  • Sophia Josenhans
  • Chris Tully
  • Joey Kristiansen

CRUISING SUB-COMMITTEE

  • Ian Leitch (Prairies)
  • John Gourlay (B.C.)
  • Pierre Harel (Quebec)
  • Dan Cloutier (Maritimes)

RACING APPEALS COMMITTEE

  • Lynne Beal (Chair)
  • Andrew Alberti
  • Rick Hatch
  • Joe Jospe
  • Irene McNeill
  • Leo Reise
  • Martin Rhéaume (Secretary)
  • Michael Turner

RACING RULES COMMITTEE

  • Rick Hatch (chair)
  • Andrew Alberti
  • Leo Reise
  • Elizabeth Rouget
  • Robert Stewart
  • Lesley Taylor

OFFSHORE COMMITTEE

  • Guy Perrin (Chair)
  • Richard Hinterhoeller
  • Mike Evans
  • David Sutcliffe
  • Diane Reid

 

INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY & EQUITY COMMITTEE

  • Nick Allinson – Chair (Sail Canada)
  • Emmanuelle M. Barea (she/her)
  • Zac Baum (he/him)
  • Sarah Douglas
  • Braden Gray
  • Delani Hulme-Lawrence
  • Yanick Landry
  • Amanda Norquay
  • Lisa Ross