Our Team

Our story

After a fifteen-year career as a canoeist that took him to the Olympic Games, Maxime Boilard founded CANU in 2007.

The origin of the name?

It's similar to canoeing, Maxime's space of legitimacy at the time of his transition from high-level sport to supporting management teams. It also means "can you?", an invitation to leaders to create a space of accomplishment in their company where each individual can make a connection between their paddle strokes and the organization's progress toward its objectives.

Over the years, canoeing has found its rightful place in the experience CANU provides its clients through on-water simulations. CANU has developed a reputation based on this extraordinary organizational and human diagnostic tool, which provides a vivid picture of a team's dynamics.

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Today, CANU helps management teams "find their glide," meaning they can define together how they want to feel as they work to articulate and achieve their organization's mission. CANU offers them tailored support services ranging from team coaching to business strategy, placing people at the center of interactions and decisions.

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To be well first, and then be great.