On November 20-26 2017, Boxing Canada hosted its first AIBA 1-star Coaching certification course at INS Québec (Institut National du Sport du Québec) in Montréal, where 24 Canadian coaches from across the country had been selected to go through the first level of International certification. The week-long seminar taught by the instructor Fabricio Leclercq from France.

Congratulations to all the coaches, we now have 24 newly certified AIBA 1-star coaches! "With this course, we now have a larger pool of certified coaches that will be able to travel internationally." mentions Daniel Trépanier, Boxing Canada's High Performance Director. 

Here's the list of the Canadian coaches who obtained their certification through this seminar:

• Vincent AUCLAIR (QC)

• Joseph BLANCHARD (NB)

• Jonathan BOCHNER (ON)

• Pascal BRABANT (QC)

• David BRETT (BC)

• Mandy BUJOLD (ON)

• Socrates CELESTIAL (ON)

• François DUGUAY (QC)

• Samir EL MAIS (AB)

• Shyloe Marie FIACCO (SK)

• Ariane FORTIN-BROCHU (QC)

• Dewith FRAZER (ON)

• Vladimir GOLDENSTEIN (AB)

• Wayne GORDON (NS)

• Warren GRENIER (AB)

• Jason HAYWARD (NL)

• Miranda KAMAL (ON)

• Benoit MARTEL (QC)

• Raymond NAPPER (ON)

• Robert PEGUES (BC)

• Jill PERRY (ON)

• Jesse PINEIRO (BC)

• Ghislain VAUDREUIL (QC)

• Stephanie WALKER (NS)

This coaching seminar is the second AIBA course being held in Canada in 2017, following a 1-Star referee and judges Certification course that took place in Quebec City during the Canadian Championships.