National Coaches Week celebrates the positive impact coaches have on athletes, participants, and communities across Canada. This week is an opportunity to recognize coaches for the integral role they play by saying #ThanksCoach. With virtual activities held across the country to celebrate coaching, National Coaches Week provides coaches with the recognition they deserve for the time they devote to ensuring Canadians live an active, healthy lifestyle. For more information on events happening in your region, visit www.coach.ca/nationalcoachesweek or contact your Provincial or Territorial Coaching Representative.
2023 Coaches Week Featured Coach Silvana Huber of Penticton, BC!
Silvana is an EC Certified and Licensed Coach who has obtained English Competition Coach and Western Instructor certifications. She is actively pursuing Learning Facilitator status and is trained to administer the English and Weste
rn Rider levels. We asked her a few fun questions to get to know her a little better!
What is one item you can’t go to the barn without? Well, I generally try and bring Kaia, my dog with me!
What inspired you to start coaching?
Pony Club! The education I received was amazing through the local pony club and it pushed me to get my A level in pony club.
What’s your coaching philosophy?
I really put emphasis on safety and awareness. Through pony club, I have a bit more of a classical approach with safety in mind.
Congratulation to the newly certified 2023 Equestrian Canada Coaches and Instructors
| Leila Templin | English Competition Coach Flat and Jump |
| Caitlyn Cote | English Instructor |
| Laura Fanning | English Instructor |
| Patricia Cowland | English Competition Coach |
| Talor McManus | English Competition Coach |
| Samantha Ramirez | English Competition Coach |
| Sarah Barber | English Instructor |
| Renee Kalkman | English Competition Coach |
Congratulations to our new trained English Rider Evaluators in 2023
| Jessica York | English | Level 1-6 |
| Karen Weitemeyer | English | Level 1-8 |
| Margaret Woloschuk | English | Level 1-8 |
| Sarah Laxton | English | Level 1-8 |
| Jenn Therriault | English | Level 1-6 |
| Karen Erickson | English | Level 1-8 |
| Cassandra Thorsteinson | English | Level 1-8 |
| Lara Ghannoum | English | Level 1-8 |
| Maeve Drew | English | Level 1-8 |
| Selena Pellizzari | English | Level 1-8 |
| Jenny McGruer | English | Level 1-8 |
| Wanda Gust | English | Level 1-8 |
Thank you to our 2022 Summer Games Coaches and Support Team
| Maeve Drew | Coach |
| Brandy Saunders | Coach |
| Nicole Berthelot | Coach |
| Val McKay | Coach |
| Tracy Comte | Coach |
| Silvana Huber | Coach |
| Shandelle Mathusz | Coach |
| Kirsty Evans Hernes | Coach |
| Melissa Reimche | Coach |
| Carolyn Dobbs | Coach |
| Stella French | Coach |
| Kim Scott | Coach Support |
| Koryn Weber | Coach Support |
| Ashley Sudds | Coach Support |
Congratulations to newly EC Certified coaches and instructors in 2022
- Linnaea Crawshaw – English Instructor
- Tallis Dixon – English Instructor
- Amy Forsberg – English Competition Coach
- Cayen Heppner – English Instructor
- Sarah Laxton – English Competition Coach
- Analise O’Brien – English Competition Coach
- Cassandra Tattrie – English Competition Coach
- Beverley Bonner – English Instructor
- Jennifer Therriault – English Instructor
- Eleanor Walton Knight – English Instructor
- Jennifer Therriault – English Instructor
- Alicia Harper – Western Competition Coach
- Sarah Grant – Western Instructor
- Lynette Crowley – Western Instructor
- Wanda Gust – English Competition Coach
- Brooke Doherty – English Instructor with Jump
- Lara Ghannoum – English Instructor
- Faye Marges – English Competition Coach
- Ellie Walton-Knight – English Instructor
Congratulations to newly certified coaches and instructors in 2021
- Megan Lochhead – English Competition Coach
- Lizzy Knight – English Instructor
- Leslie Therriault – English Instructor
- Cheryl Keith – High Performance 1, Jump
- Carolyn Weeks – English Competition Coach Specialist Jump
- Julia Balcom Spreen – English Competition Coach Specialist Jump
- Haley Fellows – English Competition Coach
Congratulations to newly certified coaches and instructors in 2020
- Hannah Dixon – Western Instructor
- Cassandra Floris – Western Instructor
- Camilla Woods – Western Instructor
- Awna Gilding – English Instructor with Jump
- Beverly Van Guilder – English Competition Coach
- Kirsten Mitchell – English Instructor
- Sarah Allison – English Instructor with Jump
- Nicole Berthelot – English Competition Coach
- Sahra Rajani – English Instructor
Congratulations to the newly certified coaches in 2019
- Mickhaela Parsons English Competition Coach
- Tamara Mercer English Instructor
- Mairi Rathy – English Instructor
- Faye Marges – English Instructor
- Maeve Drew – English Competition Coach Specialist Eventing
- Brandy Saunders – English Competition Coach Specialist Eventing
- Storm Todoruk – Western Instructor
- Jacquie Doucet-Howes – Western Instructor
- Emma Wallin – English Instructor
- Wanda Dee Thompson – Western Competition Coach Specialist Reining
The following coaches are now trained and approved to teach the new EC National Rookie Rider Program
- Wendy Price
- Carole Stewart
- Stephanie Laversin
- Angel Robson
- Colleen Ware
- Joyan Winter
- Carley Johnstone
- Vanessa Fraser
- Janette Lauritzen
- Sarah Bradley
- Christine Hassell
- Sue Thompson
- Tosca Kocken
- Tara Prevedoros
- Susan Gosnell
- Lisa Marshall Graham
- Natalie Wood
- Nina Sheldon
- Karan Moore
- Susan Harrison
- Shandelle Mathasz
- Sabine Molfentner
- Erin Robinson
- Indiana Wynne Smith
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