Overview of Rowing Canada Aviron

Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) - Fostering excellence and teamwork for life through rowing

• RCA's strategic plan can be found here (full version) and a downloadable summary is here
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What is RCA?

RCA is a nonprofit organization recognized by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee as the national governing body for the sport of rowing in Canada. RCA represents 15,000 registered members at all levels, novices, juniors, university students, seniors and masters, whether they row for recreation, health and fitness or competition.

RCA is a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron (FISA), the international federation for rowing.

RCA was originally founded as "The Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen" in 1880 by the rowing clubs then in existence - to coordinate and regulate the sport of amateur rowing. In 1974 the name was changed to "The Canadian Amateur Rowing Association - Association Canadienne d'Aviron Amateur", which is still the legally constituted name, although Rowing Canada Aviron is now used as the operating name.

RCA's mandate and commitment to deliver value

RCA is empowered by its member rowing clubs to govern the sport of rowing in Canada and to develop the sport by all means open to it. It is committed to delivering value to its members in the key areas of:

• governing the sport;
• enhancing individual's competencies;
• encouraging competition;
• leading the sport in international competition;
• promoting the sport; and
• providing services to individual members.

For more details, see our member services section.

Governance

The Rowing Canada Aviron Constitution establishes the following governance structure:

a) a Board of Directors responsible to the membership for overseeing the affairs of Rowing Canada Aviron and for the development of policies for Rowing Canada Aviron.
b) an Executive Committee responsible to the Board for the management of Rowing Canada Aviron as well as for the performance of such duties as may be assigned to it by the Board.

For a detailed description of how Rowing Canada Aviron is governed click here.

See RCA's governance policies in the Member Services/Policies section of this site.

For more information on RCA activities, e-mail rca@rowingcanada.org.