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    Request for Proposal: National Winter Sports Development Association

    April 5, 2019

    The NWSDA was established through the foresight and donation of the Disbrow family. This generous support of the NWSDA is aimed at assisting coaches, athletes and competitive racing programs in Canada with a long-term goal focus of boosting and sustaining Canada’s performance level and ranking at the international level. 

    One of the priorities of support of the NWSDA is to enhance athletic opportunities that our currently available to developing cross-country skiers in Canada. NWSDA has made a commitment to supporting selective developing athletes who have demonstrated potential to achieve international excellence in cross-country skiing and have a clear financial need for support to reach that level of performance. 

    Another important priority of the NWSDA is  assisting cross-country ski clubs with proven ability to develop competitive skiers and coaches based on long-term development planning.

    Selection Process:

    • All applications will be reviewed by a Selection Committee designated by Nordiq Canada
    • The Selection Committee will determine a short list of candidates.
    • The Selection Committee will send the short list of candidates to the NWSDA Board for final selection and approval.
    • Successful candidates will be notified by phone and/or e-mail.
    Application Deadline: April 30th, 2019