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Charlene Kopansky
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"The Foundations of Vertical Water Training - The Kopansky Method Pre-Requisite Course and the Group Aqua Fitness Specialty Training and Certification Course have been launched in Ontario and Alberta thus far. All other provinces continue to use the CALA Combined Foundations of Fitness Theory and Aquafitness Leadership Training Course, Part 1 & Part 2. Any person who has completed the CALA Combined Foundations course, is not required to complete the Vertical Water Training Course or the Group Aqua Fitness Specialty Course."


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Upcoming conferences are listed on the upcoming page.  Each year CALA hosts and presents at national, local and international conferences. If you are traveling the world, why not plan to attend an international conference where CALA is presenting.

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Take some time to look at some of CALA's past conference brochures.  See what you have missed.  There are some video clips of the CALA Spring Kitchener Conference.

2011-2012 Upcoming Conference Dates

2011 Fall CALA-CARA Aquatic Post Rehabilitation & Reactivation Conference
September 9-10, 2011
Mississauga, ON, Canada
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2012 West CALA Conference
April 14-15, 2012
Canmore, AB, Canada
Offering the CALA Water Running Specialty Training and Certification Course as a pre-conference. Details to be announced.

2011 CanFit Pro 
Aug. 17-21, 2011
Toronto ON, Canada
Our great CALA team  will be presenting

2012 East CALA Conference
Mar. 23-25 2012
Kitchener, ON, Canada

Check the Upcoming Event page for a list conferences.  Plan to attend these "not to be missed" conferences.

Feedback from UK Training

Testimonial by Jane MacKenzie, AMAC, UK. Aqua Trainer, Note to Fitpro UK, Written by Jane MacKenzie....
AMAC will be hosting an aqua workshop presented by Charlene Kopansky from Canada. She is the founder of CALA and known all over the world for her pioneering work within water based exercise. She will be delivering 2 workshops on Sunday 20th March 2011 at Beckenham Spa. The titles are ‘Longevity with Vim and Vigour’ & ‘Exploration of Space and Time in Water’. We are extremely lucky for her to fit in a workshop in England as she is currently very busy presenting all over the world and has not been to England since October 2009. I have been lucky enough to have worked alongside Charlene in the past at an Aqua Conference in England and she is truly an inspirational educator and ambassador for exercise in the water. I want to make sure as many people within the fitness industry are aware of this workshop and have the opportunity to attend. The last workshop she delivered here was not near London and we have chosen a venue which will allow a large amount of instructors easy access to this event.

We are currently working on the promotional material for the workshop which will have a photo of Charlene on it. I know she has recently spent some time in Israel taking the CALA qualifications to them and hosts several conferences at different locations around the world. If you look on her web site you will see that there is a very active educational programme across Canada and other parts of the world.

I can’t tell you how excited I am to be able to offer instructors in England the opportunity to experience this high standard of education from Charlene for the Aqua industry. Amac training, who I work for, are an educational provider in Kent and therefore always looking at how we can help instructors grow and improve their skills and this workshop is one way to do this for them. As a member of Fitpro myself I know that you will be able to reach so many more instructors than we will alone.

Feedback from Western Conference 2009

Congratulations on presenting the absolutely best conference of any sort that I have ever attended....it was just fantastic!!!  Between you and Karl, the two of you presenting were awesome...great interaction, and a great learning experience for all who attended. I loved the yoga, very well done, and the kickboxing! I was at a workshop in Calgary, I believe it was in 2000, downtown Calgary, and you introduced, I think it was just 'boxing' and you said, 'giving and receiving' energy then....I have been doing a bit of that in the last few years, but that segment refreshed my knowledge and gave me a new take on the whole exercise, so thank you.  Your 'sexy' class in the shallow pool was really wonderful too....I just loved those moves, hope I can come at least somewhere close in my classes....my first time for ages in the deep pool with a 'belt' really had a hard time staying upright, I always use a noodle in deep water, and that darn belt, well, I won't go into that......Thanks again for the great weekend conference, wish I could have done the water running too.. Compliments again to all of it....Marge Pollard

 

 

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