Weekly Update: July 2 – 8
National Training Camp Scheduled for August in Quebec Cancelled
COVID-19 continues to bring significant changes to our daily training and preparation for the 2020-21 season. While we are slowly beginning to return to sport at different paces across the country, making decisions with our community’s safety top-of-mind is always our top priority. As a result, we have decided to cancel our planned National Training Camp in Quebec, scheduled for August 3-13, in a continued effort to respect direction from our federal and provincial government and health officials.
That said, our high-performance staff is working with coaches, sport science and medical teams across Canada to find creative and innovate ways for us to stay connected as a training community during this scheduled camp timeframe. We are in the midst of producing online information sessions that we hope to roll out in the near future. These sessions may include sport and professional development sessions. More details will be communicated once they are finalized.
FIS Licenses: New for the 2020-21 Season and Currently in Effect
FIS license applications are integrated with the Nordiq Canada race license and ONLY available when purchasing a Nordiq Canada race license online. FIS licenses take up to 72 hours to process.
Canada Winter Games 2023 Update
Start quotas for each P/TSO for Cross-Country
Able Bodied:
- 6 female athletes
- 6 male athletes
- 2 coaches
- 1 other
- Total: 15
Para:
- 2 female athletes
- 2 male athletes
- 1 Coach
- 1 Manager
- Total: 6
*For the 2023 edition of the Canada Winter Games in PEI Cross-Country eligible athletes will be U20 only. There will not be a U23 category at these Games.
Summer Update–High Performance Committee and Policy Updates
Nordiq Canada’s priority this upcoming season is to work with our partners to improve the high performance program while creating stronger alignment between the Olympic and Paralympic pathways. As part of these improvements, this summer the High Performance Committee will be retired and replaced with the:
- High Performance Selection Committee (HPSC), and the
- High Performance Development Committee (HPDC)
The NST Selection Policy and the Dispute Resolution and Appeals Policy will also be updated. Details inside this Community Update and HPSC Terms of Reference.