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Meet Your 2021 Directors – Samantha Pritchard, BSc, MSc

Samantha is the Sr. Manager of Sport Science and Sport Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Prior to joining UBC in 2018, Samantha was lead, Sport Biomechanist and Performance Analyst for the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific. In her role, she worked with hundreds of provincial and national team athletes from a variety in sports ranging from freestyle skiing to wheelchair rugby. Samantha holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from McMaster University where she started her sporting career as a strength and conditioning coach.

January 1, 2021|Categories: CSCA|

Meet Your 2021 Directors – Shauna Forsyth, MS, CSCS, PN1

Shauna is the owner of Maritime Strength and Conditioning in Windsor Nova Scotia where her work primarily focuses on developing area youth and high school athletes. She also provides personal training and injury rehabilitative services to the community and is responsible for the strength and conditioning programming for the King’s-Edgehill School Prep Athletic Programs. Shauna has worked as a strength and conditioning coach for 15 years in both the private and university sector. She earned an Athletic Therapy degree from Northern Vermont University before obtaining a master’s degree in Applied Exercise Science, specializing in strength and conditioning from Springfield College [...]

January 1, 2021|Categories: CSCA|

Meet Your 2021 Directors – Sheldon Persad, MSc, CSCS, CPTN-CPT.M, SWC

Sheldon’s clientele has extended to four continents. Sheldon is an NCCP certified coach in several different sports and also a certified Stress and Wellness Consultant (Canadian Institute of Stress & Hans Selye Foundation). 2021 will be Sheldon's 35th year as a sport coach.  As an S&C coach, his experience includes working with athletes who have competed at world championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Pan-American games, and the Olympics (summer and winter) from close to two dozen different national team programs. He is a co-founder of the Certified Professional Trainers Network (CPTN), a co-founder of the Canadian Strength and Conditioning Association [...]

January 1, 2021|Categories: CSCA|

Meet Your 2021 Directors – Trevor Cottrell, PhD, CSCS

Dr. Trevor Cottrell has been a professor of Kinesiology and Health Promotion at Sheridan College for the past 15 years. His education includes an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology from the University of Waterloo, a Masters degree in Exercise Science from Northern Arizona University, a doctoral degree in Physiology from the University of Arizona, and postdoctoral work at Queen’s University. His expertise spans human physiology from cellular biochemistry to applied human performance with a current research focus on optimizing training interventions for maximal power performance. He has developed extensive curriculum in human performance coaching and developed coach education programs in Canada [...]

December 1, 2020|Categories: CSCA|

CSCA Director Spotlight: Richmond Oval’s Andrew Clark

CSCA: How did you get started in the industry? I first started working with athletes towards the end of my undergrad at the University of Victoria. At the time, UVIC’s Exercise Science and Physical Education department had some inspiring professors and a great group of master’s students including Ben Sporer and Chad Benson. I worked at the university’s gym and was continually exposed to these individuals and the varsity athletes. Similar to a lot of young coaches I tried to absorb as much as I could from those around me, read as much as possible, attended seminars and started to [...]

January 30, 2020|Categories: CSCA|

About the Canadian Strength and Conditioning Association

BRIEF HISTORY Conversations about the formation of a Canadian S&C Association have been on-going in pockets across Canada for over 20 years. On April 4, 2013 we were close. However, debates centred around what the association’s focus should be, without conclusion. Nevertheless, there is a debt of gratitude that needs to be expressed to many individuals for their outstanding work and time devoted in attempting to get an association off the ground at that April 4th meeting in Toronto. In attendance at that meeting were practitioners who worked in the universities, colleges, public sector, private sector, amateur high-performance sport and [...]

January 26, 2019|Categories: CSCA, Industry|
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