Divisions Update

Weekly Update: September 18 – 24

September 28, 2020

Nordiq Canada Club Support Grant

Alongside the AltaGas Ski at School Grant program announced last week we are also adding the Nordiq Canada Club Support Grant program for the upcoming season. This new initiative hopes to inject up to 100 00$ in support of:

increasing active membership and club growth,
retention within SDPs and conversion to athlete development pathways,
professionalization and sustainability of coaching,
as well as club sustainability.

Application to these programs can be submitted to Nordiq Canada by division or club, leaving open a broad range of options and creativity and potential impact. These options should cater to the varying realities that exist from one division to the next. Ultimately we hope to foster enthusiasm, growth and quality throughout the ski community.
Please note that closing dates for applications to both programs is November 1^st 2020.

Do not only free to call for clarifications and questions, but we encourage you to call us in exploring options and possibilities. Above all we are seeking to have an impact.

Ski at School Scholarship

This scholarship is to be awarded to an individual who combines excellence in both academics and cross country skiing. The scholarship has been funded by Canadian university alumni cross country skiers and other interested parties to encourage students to continue to combine excellence in both academics and cross country skiing as they proceed with their post- secondary, university or college education. If no individual applies who meets the requirements as determined in the sole discretion of the selection committee, the scholarship will not be awarded. In such event, a second scholarship may be awarded in a subsequent year. Apply Here.

National Coaches Week

The CAC is saying #ThanksCoach by providing several eLearning courses for FREE throughout the week. Visit the eLearning page to take NCCP Coaching:

· Athletes with a Disability

· NCCP Making Headway in Sport

· NCCP Emergency Action Plan

· Safe Sport Training

· NCCP Coach Initiation in Sport.

#ThanksCoach for all you do!

Frozen Thunder

Returning to Canmore from October 19 – November 13, 2020. More information to come next week.

Learning Facilitators Update Webinar

All Community Coach (CC) Learning Facilitators are invited to the following LF update webinar:

When: Oct 27, 2020 02:00 PM Montreal
Topic: CC LF Update Webinar 2020

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

All Learning to Train (L2T) and Training to Train (T2T) Learning Facilitators are invited to the following LF update webinar:

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Oct 29, 2020 08:00 PM Montreal
Topic: L2T T2T LF Update Webinar 2020

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

While not mandatory, we highly recommend that all active LFs attend as we will be addressing key gaps and offering proposed areas for attention and proposed solutions lending to increasing our effectiveness in developing passionate and competent skiers.

The Webinars will be hosted by Chirs Manhard (BC Provincial Head Coach) and Stephen Novosad (Nordiq Canada Manager for Coach and Athlete Development)