Basic swimming ability is a fundamental requirement in any meaningful attempt to eliminate drowning in Canada.
The Lifesaving Society offers training programs from learn-to-swim through advanced lifesaving, lifeguarding and leadership. Contact your local municipal pool, Y, summer camp, school, college or university.
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"Whomsoever you see in distress, recognize in them a fellow human being" is the modern interpretation of the Lifesaving Society's Latin motto Quemcunque miserum videris hominem scias, from a play by 1st-century Roman philosopher (and tutor to Nero) Lucius Annæus Seneca.
