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Orienteering Canada Learning Summit

Inspiring coaches, officials and mappers

Orienteering Canada will host the Orienteering Canada Learning Summit on Aug 12-13 immediately following the Canadian Orienteering Festival in the Ottawa area.

The Summit is an opportunity for mappers, coaches and officials to develop their skills.

There are minimal registration fees to help cover the room rental and lunch costs.

Note that the venue in Ottawa is still being confirmed. We will post the Ottawa location info as soon as it's available. We'll also post the instructors as they are confirmed.

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Learning Summit Offerings

including descriptions, pre-requisites, fees, etc.

  • Officiating: IOF Event Advisor (EA) Seminar

    Instructor: David Rosen, Chair IOF Rules Commission
    Dates: Aug 12, 10:00-17:00; Aug 13, 09:00-15:00
    Fee: $75, two lunches included
    Location: to be confirmed - will be in the Ottawa area

    The IOF requirements for licensing as an IOF EA are:

    >Be an active foot orienteer.
    >Have competed in countries other than your own.
    >Have successfully controlled major national events in the last 3 years.
    >Be competent to communicate with IOF and the organising Federation (mainly in English).
    >Have attended, and have been an active participant in an IOF Event Advisers Clinic.
    >Be familiar with the IOF Rules and other relevant publications.
    >Be recognized as a top standard controller/event adviser and endorsed as suitable by your Federation.

    The following IOF publications will be used at the Clinic:

    >IOF FootO Competition Rules
    >International Specification for Orienteering Maps, ISOM
    >International Specification for Sprint Orienteering Maps, ISSprOM
    >IOF Control descriptions
    > IOF Manual for World Ranking Events

    Eligibility for Canadian participants:

    >Orienteering Canada members should have their O300 CP certification to get the most out of this course. If a candidate has studied and passed the O300 CP exam, but still have to do the practicum, this course would also be worthwhile.
    >Achieving IOF EA (O400) certification does not automatically include O300 ED and O300 Controller certification. OC requires people to pass the O300 ED and O300 Controller modules to serve that function at a Canada Cup event.
    >In order to be nominated by Orienteering Canada to be an IOF EA, and therefore an Orienteering Canada O400 official, the candidate must meet the following prerequisites:
    -->Certified as a Level O300 Course Planner (O300 Controller and/or O300 Event Director are recommended)
    -->Member of Orienteering Canada (ie. a member of a club or PTOA affiliated with Orienteering Canada)
    -->Receive endorsement from Orienteering Canada which will submit the forms to the IOF. The IOF will verify the applicant’s credentials.

    Eligibility for non-Canadian participants:

    We encourage you to participate in this International-level training that is applicable to all IOF-member Federations. After completing this course, you will need to follow the certification process used by your orienteering Federation.

  • Officiating: O300 Course Planner (CP)

    Leader: TBA (may be Erik Blake)
    Date: Aug 12
    Fee: $40, lunch included
    Location: to be confirmed - will be in the Ottawa area

    Requirements: 

    • For Canadian participants, certified as an Orienteering Canada O200 official.
    • For foreign participants, O300 is the highest level of official certification in Canada. O300 certification is available in three specializations, and is required to officiate at championship-level events in Canada.
  • Officiating: O300 Controller

    Officiating: O300 Controller
    Leader: TBA (may be Erik Blake)
    Date: Aug 13 morning
    Fee: $22.50, lunch included
    Location: to be confirmed - will be in the Ottawa area

    Requirements: 

    • For Canadian participants, certified as an Orienteering Canada O200 official.
    • For foreign participants, O300 is the highest level of official certification in Canada. O300 certification is available in three specializations, and is required to officiate at championship-level events in Canada.
  • Officiating: O300 Event Director (ED)

    Leader: TBA (may be Erik Blake)
    Date: Aug 13 afternoon
    Fee: $22.50, lunch included
    Location: to be confirmed - will be in the Ottawa area

    Requirements: 

    • For Canadian participants, certified as an Orienteering Canada O200 official.
    • For foreign participants, O300 is the highest level of official certification in Canada. O300 certification is available in three specializations, and is required to officiate at championship-level events in Canada.
  • Mapping: Advanced Mapping Fieldwork

    Leader: Jeff Teutsch, Navigation Sports
    Date: Aug 12
    Fee: $140, lunch is not included - please bring your own lunch
    Location: This course is not at the Learning Summit location, but is taught at Calabogie (the same location as the NAOC Long event the previous day)
    See here for complete details.

  • Mapping: Introduction to Mapping Fieldwork

    Leader: Jeff Teutsch, Navigation Sports
    Date: Aug 13
    Fee: $132, lunch included
    Location: to be confirmed - will be in the Ottawa area
    See here for complete details.

  • Coaching: NCCP Community Coach training

    Leader: Bill Anderson and other Orienteering Community Coach Learning Facilitators
    Date: Aug 12
    Fee: $40, lunch included
    Location: to be confirmed - will be in the Ottawa area

    Requirements:

    • Some orienteering experience, and a desire to teach orienteering skills to youth. Being a coach is a rewarding and exciting experience as you help athletes reach their full potential through training, preparation, analysis and evaluation. 
    • Classroom learning in the morning, and field training in the afternoon.
    • To become a coach, you must also complete a number of on-line multi-sport training modules provided by the CAC/NCCP:
      -->Make Ethical Decisions
      -->Create an Emergency Action Plan
      -->Safe Sport
      -->Making Headway (concussion protocol) if mandated by the P/T Sport Assoc
      -->These modules are offered through the Provincial/Territorial Coaching Representative (more details)
      -->All the above modules can be taken in any order, including the course being offered here
      -->If there is a fee for these modules, support for taking the prerequisite modules may be available from your province/Territory or your local Orienteering Club

    This workshop will also be an opportunity for newly trained Community Coach Learning Facilitators (LF) to deliver the course under the supervision of experienced LFs. If this applies to you, do not register for this session. Please contact Bill Anderson at bill@wgacarto.ca for more information.

    For additional information, visit here.

  • Coaching: Certification of trained NCCP Competition-Introduction coaches

    Leader: Bill Anderson and other certified Evaluators
    Date: Monday Aug 12
    Fee: $40, lunch included
    Location: to be confirmed - will be in the Ottawa area

    Requirements: Comp-Intro coaches who have completed all the training modules and the other prerequisites for Evaluation can attend this workshop. 

    • For more information see:  Comp-Intro Coach
    • The format of the evaluation process consists of a coach-planned practice session delivered under the observation of trained Evaluators. The main objective is to provide the coaches with good feedback on their plans and delivery, rather than a strict test of competence.
  • Coaching: NCCP Competition-Introduction Coach Workshop

    Leader: Bill Anderson and other Comp-Intro Coach Learning Facilitators
    Date: Aug 13
    Fee: $40, lunch included
    Location: to be confirmed - will be in the Ottawa area

    Requirements:

    • The Analyze Performance and Support the Competitive Experience workshop is for coaches prepared to provide developing orienteers with the basic skills necessary for successful competition, with an emphasis on technical development and seasonal practice plan design. It is the orienteering-specific skills workshop in the NCCP Competition Stream set of training modules.
    • Training for Comp-Intro coaches includes additional on-line coaching-related multi-sport NCCP/CAC modules:
      -->Make Ethical Decisions
      -->Create an Emergency Action Plan
      -->Safe Sport
      -->Making Headway (concussion protocol) if mandated by the P/T Sport Assoc
      -->These modules are offered through the Provincial/Territorial Coaching Representative (more details)
      -->All the above modules can be taken in any order, including the course being offered here
      -->If there is a fee for these modules, support for taking the prerequisite modules may be available from your province/Territory or your local Orienteering Club

    This workshop will also be an opportunity for newly trained Comp-Intro Learning Facilitators (LF) to deliver the course under the supervision of experienced LFs. If this applies to you, do not register for this session. Please contact Bill Anderson at bill@wgacarto.ca for more information.

    For additional information, visit here.

US and overseas participants are very welcome!
Indeed, we very much hope that our US and overseas friends will take advantage of the mapping courses and IOF EA clinic. The coaching and O300 officials clinics are geared to Canadian norms, but might be of interest nonetheless.

Questions? Email president@orienteering.ca

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  • Learning Summit Refund Policy

    Refunds will be granted, if necessary, as follows:

    • Prior to June 15: 90% of fees will be refunded
    • June 16 to July 15: 75% of fees will be refunded
    • After July 15: no refunds
    • 100% will be refunded if Orienteering Canada cancels a course due to insufficient registration or an issue arising which effects our ability to hold the course