We take pride in providing you with a safe and enjoyable time on your course, our instructors have experience paddling all over the world and have been teaching for many years in different locations across Canada.

Amanda White
    Amanda grew up in a canoe, going on extended back-country trips in Northern Ontario. As a teenager, Amanda was introduced to kayaking and she now enjoys both types of paddling. Amanda is an ORCKA certified canoe instructor, Paddling Canada flatwater kayak instructor and whitewater kayak instructor. She is also an instructor in various swimming, life guarding and first aid disciplines, and is a Swiftwater Rescue Technician. Amanda has taught in both Northern and Southern Ontario.

Jamie Bingham
    Just like Amanda, Jamie had his first taste of paddling when he was young. He gained experience in a canoe, and then later in a kayak. At home on the ocean or on a river, Jamie is a Whitewater Ontario certified whitewater kayak instructor, an ORCKA certified canoe instructor, Paddling Canada flatwater kayak instructor, sea kayak 1 instructor and assistant sea kayak guide. Along with his paddling certifications, Jamie is a Wilderness First Responder and Swiftwater Rescue Technician. Jamie has enjoyed teaching in both British Columbia and Ontario, and is the author of "Paddling Niagara" a kayaking and canoeing guidebook for the Niagara region of Ontario.

DIMITRI KUZMIN
    Dimitri started out in competitive sprint kayaking before being introduced to whitewater by his brother. If he's not teaching with us on the weekend, then he's probably spending his time getting wet on the Ottawa river. After paddling in a group for 10 hours across Lake Ontario in 2005, Dimitri's first words were "I wonder how fast we can do it next year?" Dimitri is a Paddling Canada flatwater and whitewater kayak instructor.