Canada Soccer AccelerateHER Program Awards Grants and Funds All-Women C-Diploma Workshops

Canada Soccer is proud to share the progress within the AccelerateHER program, which goals to boost gender fairness within the Canadian superior teaching panorama. This replace highlights the allocation of grants to 50 coaches and the funding of 4 all-women C-Diploma workshops in collaboration with provincial associations.

Grants Awarded to 50 Coaches ​

AccelerateHER has offered monetary help to 50 ladies coaches nationwide all through eight provincial organizations. ​

“Canada Soccer obtained overwhelming curiosity from ladies coaches throughout the nation in response to the AccelerateHER program launch,” stated Sara McConaghy, Director of Group & Fund Growth. ​ “The demand underscores the necessity for initiatives like AccelerateHER to advance and help ladies in teaching. The extremely enthusiastic engagement we now have obtained highlights the untapped potential and eagerness amongst ladies coaches to excel in our sport. AccelerateHER is an important step in direction of creating an inclusive and equitable teaching panorama in Canada Soccer.” ​ ​
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The listing of grant recipients contains:

A-Diploma Workshop:

British Columbia  ​
​Brianna Morden – Coquitlam Metro Ford Soccer Membership ​

Alberta ​
​Cat Fox – New Frontier Soccer Academy ​ ​
​Aleasha Weicker-Pasternak – St. Albert Affect

Manitoba ​
​Tonya Derkson – Université de Saint-Boniface ​

Ontario ​
​Mallory MacDonald – Brams United Soccer Membership ​ ​
​Melanie Jimenez – BVB Worldwide Waterloo ​ ​
​Laura Arduini – North Mississauga SC ​ ​
​Christina Romanelli – Toronto Blizzard SC ​

Québec ​
​Julie Casselman – CF Montreal ​

Nova Scotia ​
​Fawn Mulholland – United DFC ​
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B-Diploma Workshop:

British Columbia ​
​Tanya Laine Racher – Nanaimo United FC ​ ​
​Lee-Ann Denham – North Shore Women Soccer Membership ​ ​
​Haley Bartram – Kamloops Youth Soccer Affiliation

Alberta ​
​Bryn Cleasby – Scottish United Soccer Membership ​ ​
​Angie De Benedetto – EMSA / Warriors Soccer Membership ​
​Marni Devlin Moses – Edmonton Sting FC ​
​Marie Ingram – KC Trojans Soccer Affiliation ​ ​
​Catherine Ridgeway – Swan Metropolis FC ​

Saskatchewan ​
​Shirley Potts – FC Regina ​ ​
​Tarin Ballan – Queen Metropolis Soccer Membership

Manitoba ​
​Anisha Kinnarath Salam – A.Ok. Soccer Academy ​ ​
​Alison Clarke – Manitoba Soccer Affiliation ​ ​
​Rochelle Dziadekwich – Manitoba Soccer Affiliation

Nova Scotia ​
​Sylvie Smith-Ford – Inter Halifax Soccer Membership ​ ​
​Meghan Earle – Suburban FC / Soccer Nova Scotia

Yukon ​
​Sarah Hanson – Yukon Soccer Affiliation ​

Ontario ​
​Andrea Petrina – Hamilton United Elite Soccer Membership ​
​Natasha Araya Lentz – Toronto Excessive Park FC ​ ​
​Brogan Marhsalsey – BVB Worldwide Waterloo ​ ​
​Sydney Vander Hoef – Guelph Youth Soccer Membership ​
​Laura Twidle – Oakville Soccer Membership ​
​Simone Chiodo – FC Durham Academy ​
​Francesca Cardwell – Burlington Soccer Membership ​
​Faziela Haffejee – FC Durham Academy ​
​Tessa Dimitrakopoulos – Oak Ridges Soccer Membership ​
​Sarah Pacheco – London TFC

Québec ​
​Andréa Fox – Celtix du Haut-Richelieu ​
​Andréanne Thériault – Membership de Soccer de Trois-Rivieres ​
​Chloé Cummings – Membership de Soccer de Roussillon ​
​Elena Waldispuehl - CS Montreal ​
​Éloïse Bélec – A.S Blainville ​
​Gilleanne Estrada-Cortez – Affiliation Regionale de Soccer Concordia ​
​Katy Fontaine – Revolution FC
​Mélanie Desrosiers – Revolution FC
​Sheila Couture – Mistral de Sherbrooke ​
​Stéphanie Lopez – Membership Soccer Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve ​
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Youngsters’s Diploma Workshop:

Alberta ​
​Gabriela Tiemstra – Calgary Villains FC

British Columbia ​
​Meegan Maultsaid – North Shore Women Soccer Membership

Saskatchewan ​
​Jaime Drader – Valley Soccer Affiliation

Ontario ​
​Cassandra Briscoe – Future Women Soccer United

All-Girls C-Diploma Workshops

Along with particular person grants, the AccelerateHER program has partnered with Alberta Soccer, Manitoba Soccer Affiliation, Soccer Quebec, and Soccer Nova Scotia to fund and host all-women C-Diploma workshops. ​

Particulars about these workshops can be communicated instantly by every Member Affiliation. ​

Additional Parts

AccelerateHER will proceed to help all ladies coaches accepted in Canada Soccer’s 2024/25 Superior Coach Schooling Workshops by providing entry to an extra nationwide community of help and complete program content material, which is able to improve their expertise and diploma workshop expertise. ​