Safe Sport and You
Location: Delta Hotel 11700 99 Ave
Date: February 1, 2025
Join us for an engaging and impactful seminar led by Olympian and Safe Sport advocate Allison Forsyth, founder of Generation Safe. Allison has been a trailblazer in Safe Sport education and awareness, resonating with over 50 sport organizations and more than 5,000 people across Canada. Her real-talk approach, combined with her lived experience as a survivor of sexual abuse within the sport system, provides a unique and crucial perspective on creating safer environments in sport.
Recently named one of Canada’s Top 25 Women of Influence in 2023, Allison will share her guiding principles on transforming Safe Sport policies into actionable practices. With extensive experience, including co-founding ITP Sport, the only full-service Safe Sport consulting agency in Canada, and serving as the Safe Sport Officer for Canada Soccer, Allison brings both professional and personal insights to the conversation. Attendees will gain a deep understanding of trauma-informed approaches and learn practical strategies for systemic implementation of Safe Sport from national to grassroots levels.
Whether you are a coach, administrator, athlete, or parent, this seminar will equip you with the tools and knowledge to contribute to a safer, more inclusive sport community for all.
This event is designed for youth, athletes, parents, and coaches. Athletes will explore the importance of self-advocacy, respect, and kindness in sport, while parents and coaches gain practical Safe Sport education with real-world insights from Allison’s lived and professional experiences.
Athlete Taping Clinic
Location: 8805 Resources Rd
Date: February 8, 2025
Cost: $175
The Athletic Taping Course hosted by the Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection and facilitated by Steven Novakowski, PT with Kinesis Physio is an opportunity for athletes, coaches, and trainers to learn the art of taping. This course covers things you need to know to effectively apply athletic tape to prevent and treat sports injuries.
Please wear comfortable athletic attire to this course – preferably shorts and a T-shirt.
Boards That Work
Location: Online
Cost: $99
Serving on a board can be a very meaningful and rewarding experience. You have the opportunity to support an organization you care about, while also expanding your own knowledge, skills and network of relationships. Whether you work in the nonprofit sector, serve on a nonprofit board or are thinking about one day volunteering on a board, this course is designed to help you understand how boards work.
Learning Objectives
- Explain what a board is and why we have them.
- List the 3 duties, 4 roles and 10 responsibilities of boards.
- Clarify the relationship between the board and the chief executive.
- Distinguish when to create a committee and when to use a task force.
- Describe the board’s role in fund development.
- Communicate leading effective board practices.
Making Headway in Sport
Location: Online
Cost: FREE
Concussions can occur while participating in any sport or recreational activity. Since the circumstances under which a concussion can be sustained are so varied, it’s important for all coaches, parents, and athletes to be aware of the signs, symptoms, and what to do if a concussion occurs.
These free NCCP modules will help you gain the knowledge and skills required to ensure the safety of your participants.
