Academy News – The Latest from the Team.
Looking for a Social Media Contractor
The Alberta World Cup Society is looking for a Social Media Contractor: Through our social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, X) we are trying to raise awareness of the Alberta World Cup Society (AWCS) and our mission, vision and values, supporting cross-country ski...
October is Fundraising Month: Strides & Glides – Taste of Fall Fundraiser
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: 3rd Annual Strides & Glides Duathlon Event, in cooperation with Strides Canmore. When: October 24, 2024, 6:00pm - 7:30pmWhere: Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park Three Categories:6:00pm: Competitive6:15pm: Leisure6:30pm: Youth (U16)....
Alberta World Cup Society announces Academy Team for 2024-25
We are proud to announce Field Law as our new partner:Field Law is a western and northern regional business law firm with offices in Canmore, Calgary and Edmonton and Yellowknife. More than 130 lawyers work together to provide a wide variety of legal services to...
Annual Dale Swanson Distinguished Athlete Award Winners
The annual Dale Swanson Distinguished Athlete Award recognizes athletes’ work ethic and their personal values of perseverance and integrity. An athlete who represents the Academy does so not only through their skiing ability, but correspondingly through their leader-...
Position Opening: High Performance Coach
The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy (AIAWCA) has a current opening for a High Performance Coach (HPC) for the 2024/25 training and competition year. The HPC would work with a dynamic team of coaches, administrative and technical staff to oversee and...
Thank you Jouni Pitkänen
Thank you Jouni for two years as the Development Coach for the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy. Jouni is returning to Finland to be closer to his family and to pursue a Master's degree at the University of Jyväskylä. In his own words: "I want to...
Thank You to our Community!
Dear Friends of the Alberta World Cup Society, WE HAVE RAISED OVER $15,000 FOR THE ALPINE INSURANCE ALBERTA WORLD CUP ACADEMY! Thank you for coming to our Taste of Fall Cocktail Dinner and bidding on our silent auction items! The start of our race season is just...
Strides & Glides Duathlon – October 26, 2023
Once again, the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy will be hosting a fun community event to ring in the ski season: Strides & Glides - a run/ski duathlon held at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Frozen Thunder for all skiers and runners - professionals,...
Dale Swanson Distinguished Athlete Award Winners announced
The annual Dale Swanson Distinguished Athlete Award recognizes athletes’ work ethic and their personal values of perseverance and integrity. An athlete who represents the Academy does so not only through their skiing ability, but correspondingly through their leader-...
Alberta World Cup Society announces Dale Swanson Distinguished Athlete Award
The Alberta World Cup Society has created an annual award to support Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy athletes in their pursuit of cross-country ski goals and personal growth. This award will assist with some of the financial demands associated with...
Reminder: AIAWCA Team Application for 2023-24 closes March 31, 2023
Join our 2023-24 Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy Team Having started in the spring of 2008, the Academy was an idea born out of a need for something different, a program that catered to athlete’s needs. 15 years have passed, and there have been a lot of...
AIAWCA Athletes qualifying to represent Canada on the international stage
The Cross-Country ski season is in full swing, and 15 of our 27 academy athletes are representing Canada in a variety of international cross-country ski and biathlon races: 2022/2023 FIS Cross Country World Cup Races, 2023 FIS Nordic Junior/U23 Cross-Country World Ski...
Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy Fundraiser – Online Auction
Join us for our Online Silent Auction, our main Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy Fundraiser! Christmas Stockings & Gifts, Event Tickets, Food & Beverage, Clothing & Equipment, and lots more! With your support, we successfully raised more than...
Strides & Glides Duathlon 2022
THANK YOU to all participants and volunteers, and especially Strides Canmore. We raised over $2,100!! Thank you also to Anna Sellers / Burstall Media for the great photos of the event!
Job openings – Head Coach and Development Coach
The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy (AIAWCA) is growing and has current openings for a Head Coach and a Development Coach for the 2022/23 training and competition year. The Coaches would work with a dynamic team of coaches, administrative and technical...
Duathlon Strides & Glides 2021
Join us for the annual fundraiser Duathlon Strides and Glides 2021, organized in collaboration with Strides Canmore. When: Thursday, October 28th, 2021 at 6:45 PM Where: Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park - Canmore, Alberta 3km Running Race on Banff Trail followed...
Position Opening: Business Assistant
We are looking for a Business Assistant to join our team and assist the Society in fulfilling its numerous mandates in growing the sport of cross-country skiing sport in Alberta, including management of the National Training Centre as operated by the Alpine Insurance...
Position Opening
Position Opening: High Performance Coach The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy (AIAWCA) is growing and has a current opening for a High Performance Coach for the 2021/22 training year. As a designated National Team Development Centre, the Academy is...
How Do I Switch Insurance Companies?
Brought to you by Alpine Insurance It is a good idea to shop around every few years to make sure that you have the best coverage at the best price. Circumstances are constantly changing and evolving in the insurance industry, so having a knowledgeable broker working...
Team Announcement 2020-21
Dear Academy Supporters As everyone knows all too well, last year’s racing season ended abruptly in March as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of everyone’s lives. We still had a lot to prove last year, especially with the opportunity to race against the best in the...
Behind the Scenes of Success
Our athletes normally take centre stage, and this is how it should be. Sport centres around the players, but there are no games without countless people behind the scenes, most of whom are there asking for no pay, no accolades, often time no sleep and more often with...
Strides and Glides Duathlon
Welcome to the Strides and Glides Duathlon This event is a fundraiser for Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy and is organized in collaboration with October 24th, 2019 6:45 pm Start Time Strides and Glides Duathlon 3 km Running Race on Banff Trail followed by 5...
Taste of Fall 2019
Please join us for our annual Fundraiser Dinner, where our athletes will be serving you a four-course meal with wine pairing. Come and bid on our extensive offering of Silent Auction items and support our athletes in their pursuit of becoming Olympians. This is sure...
Team Announcement 2019-20
The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy is proud to announce our new team for the 2019-20 season. Comprised of two formal training groups, one in Calgary and one in Canmore, the 2019-20 team is the most diverse group of athletes to date. Led by six...
New program guidelines
Welcome to the 2019-20 Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy program. Having started in the spring of 2008, …
Canada Winter Games
The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy is proud to announce that five of its athletes will be attending the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, starting on February 23rd.
The Thomas/Fedun Foundation Education Bursary
The recent introduction of an added training centre based out of Calgary has provided athletes with another avenue to pursue elite training opportunities while continuing their post-secondary education at the University of Calgary. The Alpine Insurance Alberta World...
Nishikawa joins elite group of Canadian skiers
The Tour de Ski is considered by some to be the toughest event in the sport. Combining seven races spanning over four countries in 10 days, it requires incredible levels of strength and stamina to survive. Most of the field drops out well before the finish. But for...
Strum Climbs Canadian Biathlon Ranks
The hits just keep rolling for Matthew Strum. The Alpine Insurance AWCA's lone biathlete strung together three solid races in North America before Christmas, which was enough to convince Biathlon Canada he had earned a trip overseas. Strum made his first IBU Cup tour...
From NWT to Canmore
Bennett finds balance in skis and schooling When deciding where to pursue his ski career, Yellowknife's Nick Bennett was picky. He wanted strong coaching. He wanted fast teammates. He wanted academic opportunity. But perhaps most importantly, he didn't want to train...
Colorado speedster finds home within AWCA Rockies
Two years ago, Lauren Jortberg found out she is one of the fastest young skiers in the world. Lined up against a field of world cup ready athletes at the 2017 world junior championships in Soldier Hollow, Jortberg cast aside her doubts and flew like an eagle around...
Taste of Fall 2018
Please join us for our annual Fundraiser Dinner, where our athletes will be serving you a four-course meal with wine pairing. Come and bid on our extensive offering of Silent Auction items and support our athletes in their pursuit of becoming Olympians. This is sure...
Harvey, Beatty roll to victory in Canmore Sprints
In a killer field full of Canada’s best skiers, Alex Harvey and Dahria Beatty outsprinted the competition under golden light at the first Sunset Sprints roller ski event Thursday (July 5) at the Canmore Nordic Centre. The FIS-sanctioned race was the first of its kind...
The Academy is 10 years old
For the past ten years, the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy has shaped young athletes into Canada’s strongest cross-country skiers. That deserves a pat on the back. The Academy took an evening to celebrate its past, present and future Sunday (June 24) at...
Team Announcement 2018-19
The Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy is proud to announce our new team for the 2018-19 season. Headed by veteran Canadian National Team members and 2018 Olympians, Dahria Beatty and Emily Nishikawa, this year’s team truly encaptures diversity and...
Hosting First Sanctioned Rollerski race in Alberta
On July 5th the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup will be hosting the very first sanctioned rollerski race in Alberta! We’re still looking for a few more volunteers, mostly as marshals for the course, which will be run around the Bill Warren Training Centre. If you...
AIAWCA Ski Waxing
This is an edit of a wax article I wrote a few years ago. The goal was to share some of our processes and highlight some of our favourite waxes. We work very closely with Start ski wax, a sponsor of ours, and this line has become a cornerstone of our wax box. Over the...
Allison McArdle – New High Performance Coach
Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy announces Allison McArdle as new High Performance Coach The Alpine Insurance AWCA is very pleased to announce that Allison McArdle will be joining our organisation starting January 1st, as a High Performance Coach. Allison...
Is Silver Star Better than Lake Louise?
The rest of the AIAWCA skiers followed snow into the west for a mini-camp at Silver Star resort in Vernon. The result was days of solid, consistent training, and a trip down memory lane for Jeffries. “I haven’t done a camp in Silver Star since I was an athlete in...
Carlyle’s Euro-Trip pays off
Jack Carlyle pulled off the best European result of his young career with a 38th place finish in Bruksvallarna, Sweden on Nov. 11, and performed well in the men’s 10 km freestyle race on Nov. 17 against a field of World Cup calibre skiers. Carlyle finished 67th, about...
Holy meatballs!
AIAWCA women are super troupers in Sweden Deep in the land of ABBA, two athletes completed their last tune up before embarking on the final leg of their Olympic journey. At a glance, head coach Chris Jeffries believes his skiers are on track for a successful ‘winner...
Calgary Based Training Centre
Alberta World Cup Launches Cross-Country Ski Training Centre in Calgary New option for Elite development cross country skiers to combine higher education and high performance training November 16, 2017 CANMORE – Bridging the gap between high performance sport and...
Calgary Based Training Centre
Alberta World Cup Launches Cross-Country Ski Training Centre in Calgary New option for elite development cross-country skiers to combine higher education and high performance training CANMORE – Bridging the gap between high performance sport and higher learning, the...
We give back to sport through Northern Camp
Alpine Insurance AWCA, CRTG give back to sport through Northern Camp When it comes to cross-country ski champions, Northern Alberta has a rich history. Beckie Scott changed the sport from Athabasca. Olympians such as Graeme Killick, Amanda Ammar, Jamie and Amanda...
Race Ski Wax Clinic
Thank You Scott
Scott was upfront with us at his initial job interview that his professional goal at the time was to pursue a firefighting career, and that he was in the queue for enrollment without any kind of timeline or guarantee of employment. He was fresh off of his World Cup...
New Zealand camp casts spell on Canadians
New Zealand camp casts spell on Canadians, as quest for speed marches onward Bursting through dark mountains like a crimson flame in the tempest, the Canadian women conquered the glaciated trails of New Zealand as their quest for untapped speed and strength drew them...
Alberta XC Regional Camp
On October 13-14, the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy and the Capital Region Training Group (CRTG) are jointly hosting a dryland training camp for young (11 and 24 years old) cross-country skiers from across Central and Northern Alberta. High performance...
Happy Canada Day from Thunder Bay
Our team has arrived this afternoon in Thunder Bay for the third annual National Alignment Camp, hosted by the NTDC Thunder Bay. Previous years were hosted in Canmore (NST/AWCA), and Mt. Tremblant (CNEPH). Attending the camp from the Alpine Insurance Alberta World...
Alpine Insurance AWCA names 2017/2018 squad
With an eye on the 2018 Winter Olympics, the Alpine Insurance Alberta World Cup Academy has announced its stable of high calibre skiers for the 2017/2018 season. Dahria Beatty, Knute Johnsgaard and Emily Nishikawa appear to be locks for Canada’s Olympic team, while...
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