National Officials Committee (NOC)
Terms of Reference
The National Officials Committee is comprised of 6 officials who represent all the Canadian regions and different levels of officiating: Pacific, Prairies, Alberta, Ontario, Québec, and Atlantic. Under new Badminton Canada's mandate, each PSO/TSO is responsible to contact their NOC representative in all matters regarding National Umpires and Referees such as:
• National umpire accreditation/certification
• National Officials assignments
National Officials Committee
Chair - Mark Briscombe - nocchair@badminton.ca
Mike Walker - British Columbia Regional Representative (BC/YT)
Milaine Cloutier - Alberta Regional Representative (AB / NT)
Cinnati Loi - Prairies Regional Representative (MB / SK / NU)
Ian Lagden - Ontario Regional Representative (ON)
Jessy Bérubé-Sodhi - Quebec Regional Representative (QC)
Gérald Arsenault - Maritimes Regional Representative (NB / NS / PE / NL)
Valerie St-Jacques – Board Member
Janice Dawson, ChPC (Non-voting) - Sport Programs Officer
National Representation
Our goal is to have all officials in Canada represented by the National Officials' Committee, we urge officials nation wide to contact their regional representative for upcoming evaluations, international umpiring opportunities, and other suggestions or concerns you may have. All comments are welcome.
Ontario representative - Ian Lagden
Level: BWF Referee (retired)
Atlantic region representative - Mark Briscombe
Level: Pan Am Accredited Umpire
Alberta representative - Milaine Cloutier
Level: BCAN Certified
Prairies representative - Simon Liew
Level: BCAN Certified Umpire
Pacific region representative - Mike Walker
Level: BWF Umpire Assesor
Quebec - Jesse Berube
Level: BCAN Accredited
Badminton Canada Staff representative - Janice Dawson, ChPC
Sport Programs Officer
Email: jdawson@badminton.ca