When Barbara Byers, a senior research officer at the society, was asked if the shortage can be dangerous or even deadly, she said “it can be” in some cases at the beaches.
Even during pre-pandemic days, Byers said Canada didn’t have enough lifeguards working, so the challenge is now to try and staff up all the pools. Paul D’Eon, director of the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service, said that two years of training was essentially lost for young swimmers as a result of COVID-19 restrictions that closed beaches and municipal pools.
“If we need to close some sites, we will probably pick the least dangerous and places where we have made the least rescues,” he said.Christopher Love of the Lifesaving Society of Manitoba told Global News earlier in May that the traditional recruitment demographic for the industry — young people between 16 and 23 years old — is finding itself pulled in many directions these days, and youth may not be willing to go through the amount of training needed to become a qualified lifeguard.
Well part of the problem is that they haven't been offering courses for YEARS. My daughter had been waiting to get her certifications and there hasn't been a single course since covid due to lack of instructors. At least where we live
GlobalBC What is with the world wide shortage of lifeguards? Train more young people then.
Maybe they don't want to have to look after all the drunks since Canada seems to have gone on a binge with increasing drinking opportunities at beaches and parks.
When drowning and a lifeguard risks his life to save you. You had better check he is vax'd Thus why the shortages?
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