Canoeing with Dr. Ernest Byers: Learning and Leadership

Join Dr. Ernest Byers at the Squam Lakes Association (SLA) for a morning filled with canoe insights! There will be an opportunity to learn about sprint canoeing followed by a demonstration of this difficult but beautiful sport. Solo and tandem canoe skills will be taught including paddle strokes and the theory behind them.

Participants will be able to get out on the water in SLA's canoes to practice the strokes, explore the cove, and engage in thoughtful paddling that connects mind and body.

All ages are welcome. Children must be accompanied by adults.

Participants should be prepared for rain or shine. Bring sunscreen and be prepared to be at our shorefront and out on the water! While late june tends to be warm, weather can cool so a warm layer may be helpful for the early morning. Partcipants may bring their own life jackets and canoes.

Dr. Ernest Byers is the founder of Firshand leadership. He is also a C-1 canoeist with a history of paddling that started on the St. Lawrence River as part of the Pointe Claire Canoe Club, to becoming a medal-winning Master's competitor for the Balmy Beach Canoe Club in Toronto.

Dr. Byers' professional philosophy reflects a curiosity and endorsement of humanity as an evolving social construct in which individual leadership styles are aligned with stories of growth and improvement.

Dr. Byers' visits his family's property on Squam Lake year after year.

The Squam Lakes Association

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