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Get involved in Sports Day in Canada on September 18!
August 18, 2010 — Sports Day in Canada on Saturday, September 18 is a national celebration of sport, from grassroots to high-performance levels, in communities across the country. More...

Jul 12, 2010 Gabor Csepregi appointed Chair of CAC Board of Directors
Jul 05, 2010 What It Takes To Win: Perspectives from Vancouver 2010
Jun 30, 2010 Women in Coaching Apprentices Selected for 2010-2013
Jun 04, 2010 CAC Announces Publication of a Ground-breaking Book
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NCCP Competition – Development Modules Now Available
As of April 1, 2009, the NCCP Theory 3 has now been officially phased out and coaches are now required to complete Competition – Development modules. The modules are available within a package or as stand-alone modules. Coaches wishing to complete all of the training in the Competition – Development context will need to complete six multi-sport modules and a number of sport-specific modules. Contact your Provincial/Territorial Coaching Representatives to learn when and where training will be held in your region.

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Coaches as Newsmakers

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Women in Sport Advocate Recognized
The Globe and Mail newspaper’s annual list of Canada’s Top 50 in sport is an eagerly anticipated annual news happening. On the list this year was women-in-sport activist Guylaine Demers whose citation read: “University of Laval professor and president of Égale Action, she pushes for more female coaches at the elite level of sport in Canada.”

Read the Guylaine Demers - Coaches as Newsmakers story

Read the Jay Triano - Coaches as Newsmakers story (May 2009)


Women in Coaching

Taking the Lead: Strategies and Solutions from Female Coaches

A joint initiative of the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) and the University of Alberta Press, is an extensive and frank exploration by leaders in women’s coaching of the values women bring to the coaching profession.

The issues covered in Taking the Lead include the quest for equal access; ways career aspirations and motherhood are juggled; how to negotiate contracts; communicating with clarity; mentorship; and encounters with homophobia, harassment, and bullying. Also identified are the challenges to progress and essential changes that need to be made. More...

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OUR Sport: Moving Forward
We are all a part of it: the ever changing sport community we live in with its economic pendulum, funding level adjustments, system cycles, and priority shifts. With so much on the line every day, each of us has a role to play in OUR Sport: Moving Forward.

Join the EXPERTS in Ottawa for the premier annual sport event, Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif, where top coaches, sport administrators, coach educators, leaders in the corporate community, and sport scientists come together to CONNECT, LEARN, NETWORK, and CELEBRATE together OUR Sport.
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Keith Russell: 2009 Geoff Gowan Award Recipient
For close to 40 years, Keith Russell has helped to guide the development of every gymnastics coach in the country through his teachings and his mentoring, in all disciplines and at all levels of performance.  More...


 
Whether you are a first-time participant at the community sport level or a national team athlete, proper nutrition is essential to overall good health and optimal athletic performance. More...

 
Browse through some coaching tips and tools that may help you to make a difference in the lives of those that you coach. More...


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