Collision Repair Training | Australia
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Current Events/News: I-CAR Press Releases
I-CAR CELEBRATES 25 YEARS IN CANADA AT CANADIAN ANNUAL MEETING HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL –October 21, 2008 – I-CAR, the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, held its Canadian Annual Meeting on October 17, at the Hilton Montreal Airport in Dorval, QC. The day-long event, which attracted nearly 200 collision repair inter-industry professionals, was held in conjunction with the meeting of the Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF). The I-CAR event offered technical training, special sessions for instructors and volunteers, an industry “Town Hall” meeting for a discussion of I-CAR’s potential future in Canada, and a dinner program that recognized the contributions and achievements of Canadian volunteers. The I-CAR training event provided an opportunity for participants to attend Electric and Electric Hybrid Vehicles and Aluminum Panels and Structures Damage Analysis, conducted in French. Other courses, Steel Unitized Structures, Technology and Repair, and Steel Full Frame Technologies and Repair, were offered in English. The “Town Hall” meeting, at which the results of a market study sponsored by I-CAR and conducted by Creative Partners in Performance, Inc., of Toronto, were presented, was well-attended by as many as 100 participants. I-CAR President and CEO, John Edelen expressed his thanks to the volunteers and staff who made the event possible. “The Québec committee, under the leadership of Patrice Marcil, has done an outstanding job of ensuring the success of this event,” he said adding that, “(I-CAR Area Training Coordinator) Joe DaCunha and (assistant) Marilyn Jones-Sooman have worked diligently with this team, as well as instructors Raymond Bourgeois and Claude Fortier, to engage both the local Québec market along with representation from the national audience.” The day’s events concluded with a dinner at which four original members of the Québec committee — Claude Lapointe, Philippe Fugère, Denis Barriault, and Normand Laurendeau — were honored for their contribution in bringing I-CAR training to Québec 25 years ago. DaCunha also acknowledged Canadian achievements that had been previously recognized at the July, 2008 I-CAR International Annual Meeting. Those awards included the Superior Performer Award, presented to Patrice Marcil of the Québec Committee for achieving the highest percentage over goal attainment in students taught and setting a high standard for consistently offering I-CAR classes to the industry; the Instructor of the Year Award, presented to Saeed Ahmed who most exemplified the I-CAR presence in the classroom, a commitment to excellence, and keeping pace with technology; and the Founders Award presented to Claude Lapointe for his commitment to the I-CAR Volunteer spirit.
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