Baker Kanj

Baker is the Project Manager-Swim Brothers and Her Swim School. He is a young emerging leader in the aquatic & recreational health sector. He has led the design and implementation of an Australian targeted swim program aimed at increasing access to swimming for the most vulnerable.

His lived experience as an Australian Lebanese Muslim & with a bachelor’s degree in Recreational Therapy, and experience as a specialist trauma informed Swim Instructor he offers fresh insights into the changing dynamic of people accessing swim programs.

Feroz and Baker will lead a interactive keynote that is designed to offer the aquatic sector valuable tools and considerations to engage, expand and represent more connection and inclusion. Feroz said “beyond kickboards and pool noodles we think about how swim teachers and aquatic operators have a powerful role in recognising positive connections and interaction are rewarding and regulating. It is with this lens we develop our programs and outcomes.