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.”
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
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
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.