Each year, the Coaching Association of Canada’s (CAC) Women in Coaching (WiC) program holds a workshop for Canada’s top female coaches. Initially aimed at female national team coaches, the workshop has evolved into an intensive, three-day professional development and leadership opportunity for female coaches from across the country whose work ranges from Canada Games athletes to Olympic medallists.

“The workshop is a unique opportunity for some of Canada’s most talented coaches to share experiences and expertise,” says workshop organizer Sheilagh Croxon, a two-time Olympic coach and head coach of synchronized swimming at the Granite Club in Toronto. “Every workshop is unique, but this year it was particularly rewarding to welcome up-and-coming coaches in addition to some of Canada’s most experienced and successful female coaches. This powerful combination will help to ensure a strong transfer of knowledge to the next generation, which is so vital to changing the numbers at the top of the profession.”

To read the full report on the 2011 Women in Coaching workshop, click here.