Are you passionate about promoting inclusivity in sports and empowering students with intellectual disabilities? Join us in expanding and supporting Unified Sports programs in schools across Alberta!
As the Unified Sports Program Manager, you will lead initiatives to grow inclusive sports programs in elementary, junior high, and high schools, working with Special Olympics Alberta and the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association (ASAA). Your role will also focus on facilitating student transitions from school sports to community-based Special Olympics programs.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the expansion of Unified Sports programs across Alberta.
Coordinate school-based events and ensure they align with Unified Sports principles.
Build relationships with schools, community partners, and sport organizations.
Support student transitions to local Special Olympics programs.
Track and report program growth and success.
Skills & Qualifications:
Experience in program/event management or sports administration.
Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Valid Alberta driver’s license and ability to travel within the province.
Compensation: Starting at $65,000 plus a comprehensive benefits package.
Application Deadline: November 20, 2024.
Send your resume and cover letter to Jill Moore, Vice President – Sport at jmoore@soalberta.ca.
Honored to accept the Special Olympics Presidents Award for our partnership with Special Olympics PEI for unified bocce on helping bring inclusivity to school sport. Accepting is PEISAA President Joel Arsenault and Sport Coordinator Mike Connolly.
“In October, she pushed herself to take on three events at the Zone Championships, which was a significant personal achievement.” Congratulations to our October 2024 Athlete of the Month Presented by @bcmilk, Kaitlyn Morovic! #BCSSAthleteOfTheMonth
“His passion and involvement in athletics and academics have led him to become a role model to all athletes at his school.” Congratulations to our October 2024 Athlete of the Month Presented by @bcmilk, Laird Scabar! #BCSSAthleteOfTheMonth
Congratulations to our October Athletes of the Month Lillie Hussey and Amelia Lane.
Lillie is an accomplished athlete who excels at multiple sports. She leads by example on and off the field. She brought her enthusiasm from Team NB and Nationals back to her high school team, where she has shared skills and drills with all of us. Even when injuries occasionally sidelined her, Lillie continues to encourage and push her teammates to play to the best of their ability. Her competitive nature and sportsmanship has earned the respect of teachers, coaches and officials wherever she goes. She uses her sports skills off the field as well, as she is a high academic student as well as the president of the Student Council, where she works diligently to encourage and motivate every student in the school.
Amelia is a high calibre, multi-sport athlete in her senior year at Bonar Law Memorial School. She is a natural leader for her teammates and peers on and off the field. Her fierce drive, commitment, and determination to her athletics have easily earned her the role of captain for multiple teams. She plays hard but trains harder, and leads her senior girls soccer team in goals for the second straight year, and is responsible for bringing back cross country to her school. Amelia is the only student representing Bonar Law in cross country this fall. When she is not training, she is dedicating her time to the future generation of athletes, acting as an assistant soccer coach to elementary aged youth and working in future athletics, volunteering to run the Track and Field Trailblazers program for the Rexton area.
Congratulations to both athletes and thank you to the coaches and staff for taking the time to acknowledge these amazing students.
A huge congratulations to Brooke Rousselle from Bishop
A huge congratulations to Brooke Rousselle from Bishop Carroll High School (Home of the Cardinals) for being named our Female Athlete of the Month!
Brooke has shown incredible dedication and perseverance in Cross Country, and her hard work this season has truly paid off. Her commitment to excellence both on and off the track embodies the spirit of student-athletes in the ASAA.
We’re so proud to celebrate her achievements and can’t wait to see what’s next for this rising star!
A massive congratulations to Harkirat Singh Randhawa from Elder Dr. Francis Whiskeyjack for being named the ASAA Male Athlete of the Month for October!
Harkirat’s incredible performance in Cross Country this season has set a new standard of excellence. His hard work, determination, and sportsmanship have earned him this well-deserved recognition.
A big thank you to Alberta Milk for their continued sponsorship and support of student-athletes like Harkirat, helping to recognize and celebrate their achievements!
Our Leadership Training Program courses offer information and resource packed sessions that will help elevate and streamline operations of your Athletic Department. Take Professional Development that is directly related to your role and day-to-day operations. These courses are also the stepping stones to our CIAAA Certification program and can be used towards your Grace Masters Program prerequisites.
Our CIAAA Partner Province members receive a $25 course discount. Use the code #CIAAA25 at check out to apply!
Need to activate your 2024-25 membership as a Partner Province (BC,AB,SK,MB & PEI), email caleigh@ciaaa.ca for your code.
Wednesday November 13 – 504C: Legal Issues I – The Basics of Negligence, Liability, and Risk Management This course covers liability, negligence, and risk management practices for athletic administrators. Legal concepts will be introduced to athletic administrators through the use of case law, case studies, and guided discussion. Appropriate risk management documentation procedures for athletic administrators will be identified. Attendees will benefit from discussing real-life case law scenarios and defining the duties and standards of care that the law requires of athletic administrators. Attendees will leave the course with new knowledge and actionable strategies for managing risk. **LTP 504C is the one of three fundamental courses required for the CRAA Certification
Monday November 19 – 720C: Creating a Character-Based Athletics Program Character based educational athletics can only truly succeed when the entire community — School Board, Superintendent, Principal, Parents and Boosters — support and embrace the values and views lived daily in the school setting by the student and strategies needed to implement these programs within the entire community athletes, coaches, athletic department and school faculty. Without question, teachable moments in athletics prepare students for life when the whole community supports and reinforces those life lessons. This course will empower the athletic administrator to help motivate in order to be a key figure in helping the school community to understand and embrace important character expectations for the school program.
Monday November 25 – LTP 602C: Creating Your Athletic Handbook This course is designed to guide attendees through the process of creating a complete and effective athletic handbook. Effective athletic handbooks provide vision/direction for your program, disseminate critical information to your constituents and can save Athletic Administrators countless hours. This is a working course where attendees will be provided with a number of templates as a starting point and surrounded by experienced Athletic Administrators leading the course. Attendees will be expected to come prepared with a list of school and district-specific documents to guide them during the handbook creation process.
Thursday November 28 – LTP 501C: Philosophy, Organizational Structure, and Professional Development This course is aimed at assisting athletic directors set the tone for their program. Origins of athletic administration are addressed in addition to codes of ethics. The concept of “educational athletics” is discussed and refined. The role of the athletic administrator and the importance of having a school philosophy are addressed and workshop participants have the opportunity to interact with others to refine their own philosophies. Organizational relationships are examined from a provincial, national and international perspective. Key policies are also reviewed. Current and future courses are highlighted and the certification program is described. **LTP 501C is the one of three fundamental courses required for the CRAA Certification
Do you have an upcoming PD session, convention, or staff day to fill! Let the CIAAA take care of the planning with full day, half day or single sessions available. Contact caleigh@ciaaa.ca for more information.
Are you ready for some football? Check out our upcoming Bowls Series Schedule!
For the second straight year, the 2024 OFSAA Football Bowls Series will take place at Acumen Stadium at the St. Clair College campus in Windsor on November 25-27.
Yellowknife – St. Pat’s and Sir John Franklin high schools are proud to announce that this year’s Wade Hamer Challenge Cup is the 40th Anniversary of the game!
As part of how we are honouring this momentous occasion, we are having an ALUMNI 3 on 3 challenge!
If you have ever played in a Wade Hamer Challenge Cup game – as a student or staff – you are invited to join in and play!
The game is being held on November 19th (one day before this year’s Wade Hamer Challenge Cup which happens on November 20th) from 5:30-8pm on the Ed Jeske ice.
If you would like to participate, or want some more information on the Alumni challenge, please contact Rob Hart at rob.hart@ycs.nt.ca
Spread the word folks; this is going to be AWESOME!!!!!!
The Georgetown District High School 87s won the novice girls OFSAA cross-country championship, the school’s first provincial cross-country title in 35 years. Team members are (from left) Kayla Claringbold, Mackenzie Connell, Grace Maramieri and Lilly Smith.Lisa Labe photo
It had been more than two minutes since the winner had crossed the finish line and yet as Kayla Clarington sprinted toward the end, she looked as if she were racing for a gold medal.
With 20 metres left, she ran past Ottawa’s Aaliyah Bourdreau and had the race been maybe three metres longer, she may have caught Christ the King’s Scarlett Quira and Ottawa’s Avery Shula as well as the runners crossed the line, separated by less the two-tenths of a second.
Clarington’s dash earned her a 95th place finish at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association cross-country championships in Ottawa, but more importantly, it helped the Georgetown 87s secure their first provincial high school cross-country title in 35 years.
“It was amazing,” said Georgetown coach Dan Hipson. “We had a really good chat before the race where (coach) Lisa (Labe) and I told them, ‘Just worry about where you are in the moment, you could be 50th, you could be 100th, but just pick off every spot you can.'”
That would be valuable advice as Georgetown claimed the novice girls’ division by four points, the closest finish in any division at OFSAA since Georgetown’s Christ the King won the novice girls’ title by three points in 2012.
“I was so impressed with how hard they ran right to the end,” Labe said.
Leading the way for the 87s was Grace Maramieri, who finished 20th with a time of 16 minutes, 13.77 seconds. Maramieri took an early lead in the race, attacking the first of two steep hills on the course. Though she would eventually be overtaken, Maramieri maintained her pace throughout, taking just 11 seconds longer to complete the second lap of the course and still had something left for the end of the race.
“We were about 300 metres from the finish, and we were counting runners,” Hipson said. “When Grace went past us, she was in 24th place, so she picked up four places in those last 300 metres.”
After Claringbold finished in 17:33.09, Lilly Smith followed 13 seconds later to place 104th and another 10 seconds later Mackenzie Connell crossed the line in 114th out of 268 runners.
That gave Georgetown a total of 333 points, while LaSalle’s St. Thomas of Villanova finished with 337. As if that wasn’t close enough, Oshawa’s R.S. McLaughlin finished with 341 points and Toronto’s T.D. Riverdale was fourth, 20 points back with 353.
By comparison, the next closest division finish at this year’s OFSAA was the junior boys’ division, where 22 points separated first and second.
Georgetown’s margin was so slim that if each of its four runners had run the four-kilometre course two seconds slower, Villanova would have beaten them for the title.
The Georgetown novice boys’ team finished 14th, led by Connor Ferguson (25th) and Michael Byrne (58th) while the junior girls’ team placed 20th.
Georgetown’s Ziva Palmer placed fifth in the para girls’ race while Jorja Padt was 14th. The para team is coached by Sylvia Springer.
CCI cross-country team top in the province, three-years running
The team brought home banners and medals from the Nov. 4 championship races in Ottawa
CollingwoodToday Staff
Collingwood Collegiate Institute
The following article was submitted by the CCI cross-country running team.
The Collingwood Collegiate Fighting Owls cross-country running team put an exclamation mark on an historic 2024 season by capturing the overall combined team title at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) provincial championships held in Ottawa on Nov. 4.
Five of Collingwood’s six teams had top-eight finishes en route to the overall first place finish in Ontario. This marks the third straight year that CCI has tallied the most team points at OFSAA when all six team-based races are combined.
The Owls competed against the 17 other secondary school sport associations in Ontario and proved they are one of the best programs in the province. Each race featured up to 38 teams and 285 individual runners.
For the first time ever, the overall girls’ team championship was won by the CCI girls – novices, juniors and seniors combined.
On the guys’ side, their combined efforts were good for second place in all of Ontario.
As a result, the overall team combined to take the top honours in cross-country running again this year.
The day began with the novice girls team which captured a sixth place finish – led by Iris Green. Adalyn Farnand, Lucy Davis, Jane Evans and Leya Hamelin also ran great races in their OFSAA debuts to add valuable points to the girls’ and overall team titles in the process.
The novice boys race then produced the individual performance of the day as Alistair Wark ran to a bronze medal finish at his first OFSAA. This was the first medal by a CCI male since Jay Morrell in 2002.
The novice team also matched the best finish for a CCI boys’ team as they took fourth place. Lane van der Valk, Ashton Veldhuis, Charlie Johnson and Cameron McDermid rounded out the team that was a mere 12 points off the podium.
The junior girls then took to the challenging OFSAA course and battled fiercely to end up in 22nd position in the province. Stella Lennox led the way for the Owls followed closely by Julia Lehmann. Taylor Steinberg, Beatrice Cheek and Racheal MacMillan rounded out the junior squad.
On the guys’s side, Nolan Liotta paced the team to an impressive eighth place finish – again adding valuable points to the overall title. Cole Rouse, Liam McFarlane, Cole Elmes and Logan Wood all placed solidly in the top half of the field to grab the impressive team result.
The senior girls then took on the wind, the rain and a challenging field to emerge as OFSAA gold medallists. Sabine Cornell led the team in 15th position and the entire team posted results in the top 100. Ruby File, Sofia Mundle, Elly Moore and Sadie Johnson all put together championship runs to post the lowest score in the province for Senior Girls. In addition, this is CCI’s first ever senior gold medal at OFSAA.
The last race of the day featured the CCI senior boys who raced to another impressive finish taking sixth in Ontario. Wes MacMillan led the way in 23rd spot, followed closely by Johnny Liotta. Evan Moore, Nathan Sims and George Hamburg completed the senior team and posted a result that sealed the second place finish in the overall boys’ standings.
In all, it was a fantastic 2024 season, capped off with both individual and team successes. The regular season saw 24 team victories in the 24 Georgian Bay Series races.
The Owls then took top honours in the six team races at the GBSSA Championships. They have their first ever overall girls’ team title and have now amassed more points at OFSAA Cross-Country than any other school three years in a row.
