Welcome Canadian Coast Guard: Our Special Guest At Welcome Canadian Coast Guard: Our Special Guest At Vision 2023, CPS-ECP National Conference & AGM

Vision 2023, our National Conference and AGM in Windsor, Ontario from October 18-22, provides CPS-ECP and special guest the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) with an excellent opportunity to nurture our relationship.

Aug 23, 2023

 

Vision 2023 – Windsor, Ontario
Caesars Windsor
October 18-22, 2023
Conference information & registration
Hotel reservations or call 1-800-991-8888 (quote Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons group code ACP1016)

Vision 2023, our National Conference and AGM in Windsor, Ontario from October 18-22, provides CPS-ECP and special guest the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) with an excellent opportunity to nurture our relationship.

“From my perspective, it’s a good working relationship that we are establishing between the two organizations,” says Maureen Kelly, Deputy Marine Superintendent for the Great Lakes Sector, Central Region, CCG.

“The fact that everyone involved has an interest in the marine industry and a stake in the marine industry, this is a great opportunity for us all.”

CCG at Vision 2023

Deputy Marine Superintendent Kelly oversees the day-to-day operations of CCG vessels and personnel that are assigned to the Great Lakes. She hopes to attend Vision 2023 at Caesars Windsor to coordinate Coast Guard participation in the event and to ensure that conference attendees learn about Canadian Coast Guard College options and career possibilities for themselves, family and friends of various ages.

“Recruitment is a huge file for us. We have a variety of people of different ages on board our vessels. I’m in my fifties and I have people working on ships that are older than I am,” says Deputy Marine Superintendent Kelly, a CCG employee for 15 years who has been in her current Sarnia, Ontario-based role since 2020.

CCG’s goal for Vision 2023, depending on operational circumstances, is to have an icebreaker or other fleet asset docked a short walk from the hotel on the Detroit River so that tours can be made available to conference attendees.

CPS-ECP is honoured to welcome Canadian Coast Guard Captain Stacey Trombley of Amherstburg, Ontario (in Windsor-Essex) as our keynote speaker on Thursday afternoon of the conference. She will talk about the motivation, commitment and challenges of her journey from a cadet in the Canadian Coast Guard College to Commanding Officer of one of the largest icebreakers on the Great Lakes, the CCGS Samuel Risley. Captain Trombley will also discuss maintaining crew morale and motivation during 28-day rotations as they perform buoy maintenance in the summer and icebreaking in the winter.

The Samuel Risley is a light icebreaker with an ice class of Arctic Class 2, which certifies that the ship has the capability to break ice up to two feet (0.61 metres) thick, but in practice can successfully maintain continuous progress in up to three feet (0.9 metres) of ice.

At Friday’s luncheon, the CCG will address the importance of electronic navigation. A career information table will be located near to the conference registration desk.

More about the Canadian Coast Guard

The Canadian Coast Guard was founded in 1962 as a special operating agency within Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Headquartered in Ottawa, the organization has more than 4,500 employees across the country. Operating regions include Atlantic, Central, Western and Arctic.

The Coast Guard is a nationally recognized and world-leading maritime organization that provides frontline services 24 hours a day, seven days a week to Canadians from coast to coast to coast. It supports government priorities and economic prosperity by contributing to the safety, accessibility and security of Canadian waters.

Programs and services include aids to navigation, environmental response, fees, icebreaking, communications, security, waterways management, and search and rescue.

CCG operates 119 vessels of varying sizes, designs and purposes, and 23 helicopters along with a variety of smaller crafts. The Canadian Coast Guard is responsible for Canada’s 202,080 kilometres of coastline (109,110 nautical miles), and its vessels and aircraft operate over an area of ocean and inland waters covering approximately 2.3 million square nautical miles.

VISION 2023
Vision without a task is only a dream.
A task without a vision is drudgery.
But vision with a task brings a dream fulfilled.
What is your vision?

CCG Deputy Marine Superintendent Maureen Kelly

CCGS Samuel Risley

Photos: Courtesy of Canadian Coast Guard