Principal Investigator:Giles, Audrey R. Licensed Year(s):
2007
Summary:
Since 1967 the NWT Aquatics Program has brought aquatic leaders from southern Canada to the North to teach northern residents water safety in an effort to decrease high drowning rates. The NWT Recreation and Parks Association in conjunction with the Lifesaving Society of Canada will be piloting the Shallow Water Pool Lifeguard certification to address the problem of having very few northern reside...
Principal Investigator:Giles, Audrey R. Licensed Year(s):
2007
Summary:
Since its inception in 1967, the NWT Aquatics Program has brought aquatic leaders from southern Canada to the north to teach northern residents the importance of physical activity, leadership and water safety from a southern perspective, in an effort to decrease high drowning rates.
The NWT Aquatics Program has escaped academic scrutiny required to learn from its successes and address its shor...