“We are delighted to work with our partners at Sport Manitoba to bring the Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif conference back to the great city of Winnipeg,” said Lorraine Lafrenière, Chief Executive Officer of the Coaching Association of Canada. “Winnipeg has an active sport community and as a host city for the FIFA Women’s World Cup this summer, and the Grey Cup in November, it is the perfect place to cap off the Year of Sport in 2015.”
“We’re thrilled Winnipeg is getting the opportunity to host more than 400 delegates for the Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Conference in 2015. This is a chance to showcase Winnipeg to national sport coaches and decision makers, and to demonstrate why they should bring their next national sporting championship or event here,” said Chantal Sturk-Nadeau, senior vice president of Tourism Winnipeg. “It also gives local coaches an advantage as they’ll be able to attend sessions and implement what they’ve learned prior to Winnipeg hosting the 2017 Canada Games.”
The Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Awards Gala is a conference highlight which recognizes Canada’s most dedicated, inspiring, and successful coaches. Annually, award recipients are honoured for exemplifying the values and competencies of the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) and for their influence in positively shaping the Canadian sport community.
“Following the success of the 2014 conference in Ottawa, Petro-Canada, a Suncor business, is honoured to once again be playing a major role in offering Canada’s coaches, sport administrators, and leaders an opportunity to come together to learn, celebrate, and network at the 2015 conference in Winnipeg,” said Deborah Gullaher, vice-president of Marketing, Suncor. “With the focus of the event on coaching excellence, this conference has become the focal point for many of Canada’s national sport leaders.”
For more information on the Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif conference, visit:www.coach.ca/sportleadership