Canoe-Kayak New Brunswick is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to the promotion of safe recreational paddling in the province of New Brunswick. Back in the early 1970's in Canada the paddling communities of Canada recognized the need for organizations in each province to promote safe paddling in all paddling disciplines regardless of whether your interest was in flatwater, moving water, ocean and irrespective of your choice of watercraft, be it canoe or kayak, so long as it was self-propelled.

Standards for instruction in canoeing and kayaking have been developed by Paddle Canada and Canoe-Kayak New Brunswick, as the official representative of recreational paddling in New Brunswick, is pleased to provide access to certified paddling courses through our instructors. We also encourage and assist in the development of canoe clubs throughout the province as yet another means to make the sport safe for all of you.

• To promote, foster and perpetuate recreational canoeing and kayaking as an educational, cultural, historic and constructive recreational experience.
  
  
• To establish and encourage the development and recognition of standards in canoeing and to facilitate certification of leadership training and levels of achievement in canoeing.
  
  
• To promote the preservation and enhancement of the outdoor recreational environment in the province of N.B.
  
  
• To encourage training programs and conferences on a national level for leaders and other personnel.
  
  
• To support efforts by provincial, territorial, and federal interest groups to ensure the protection and perpetuity of canoeing as a unique Canadian heritage.
  
  
• To provide liaison with other provincial territorial, national and international canoeing and kayaking associations.
  
  

Other reference:

NB Paddle Canada Board Member Nomination: Jamie Maillet

Getting on the water early on a day in New Brunswick is one of the most enjoyable aspects of canoeing and kayaking. The flat calm reflects the blue sky and the morning mists blur the line between the water and the rising sun that we see in the east before anyone else in the country.

The First Nations people are responsible for giving us the canoe and kayak, both perfect small boat designs that have evolved over thousands of years. Their easily driven shapes cut a clean bow wave and leave only a whisper of a wake. The logo is a circle, a shape that figures prominently in the First Nations’ belief structure and red is the colour that is used to represent the First Nations people on the Medicine Wheel.

The logo uses simplified contrasting shapes to create a visual character that is recognizable from a distance or on a tiny lapel pin. To keep the shapes simple and bold the details have been left out requiring closure from the viewer. The viewer decides the details based on the shape. Looking at the basic triangular shape slicing through the water the viewer can complete the shape as either a canoe bow or a kayak bow depending on their own experience. It is generally felt that this process will help personalize the logo for the viewer allowing them to feel more connected to the design. This helps make the logo more memorable.

Process: Committee chairs to report committee activity to the CKNB VP — Doug Stewart, — including workplan, subsequent budget needs & ongoing activities.

Process: to report to the CKNB President — Tim Humes, .