Blog: What should I expect for the Youth Nationals?
CEC and the Calgary Climbing Centre (CCC) are hard at work preparing for the 2022-2023 Youth National Championships - Boulder and Lead. This 6 day event will take place from May 18 to 23 in Calgary, AB. We invite all participants to stay connected with the event...
CEC Publishes Mental Health Emergency Action Plan (MHEAP)
As a part of CEC’s ongoing commitment to athlete well-being, we are pleased to share the newly created Mental Health Emergency Action Plan (MHEAP). This policy, created in collaboration with Dr. Lauren McBride, R.Psych, Mental Health Practitioner at CSI Pacific,...
Blog: How does CEC plan to develop high performance athletes?
Since posting my first-ever blog post on Monday, I took the time to read and reflect on every single question and comment received and posted online. I want to take a minute to truly and sincerely thank everyone who contributed to the debate. Regardless of what...
Blog: Why were Regionals “so easy”?
During the Regional events held this weekend in both Surrey, BC, and Kanata, ON, we received a lot of feedback on the difficulty of the qualification boulders, with some feeling that they were too easy, and questioning why this differed from experiences in the past....
Youth Nationals LiveStream Fundraising Campaign
Climbing Escalade Canada needs your help! The CEC has been holding National Championships each year in order to support our athletes in reaching new international heights. However, did you know that each time the CEC hosts a national event, it loses significant money?...
2023 NACS Kick Off
The first event of the 2023 North American Cup Series took place this past weekend in Redlands, CA, USA. A total of 86 women and 110 men participated in this Boulder event, including many Canadian athletes. Congratulations are in order to our CEC athletes that showed...
Youth C Licensing 50% Cost Reduction
CEC is pleased to announce that the cost of a CEC license for Youth C athletes will be reduced by 50% to $75 for this year only, and we will be extending the registration deadline for Youth C to April 16th. If you have already registered for Regionals, we will...
Call for Applications – NACS 2023
Climbing Escalade Canada is calling for applications to fill paid contractor positions for the NACS 2023 Series To apply, please review the below Job Descriptions and Date Expectations, then Fill out this Application Form. If you haven’t worked a CEC event in the last...
NCCP Coach Workshops – A huge milestone for CEC
CEC took on a large challenge and has reached a very important milestone - we are submitting our first climbing-specific NCCP Coach Training workshops to the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) for approval! It all started in September of 2022. Sport Canada and the...
CEC Teams Ready To Launch 2023 IFSC Campaign
The 2023 CEC High Performance Program and Events National Teams are starting to take form! CEC Olympic and National Squads With Paris 2024 looming in the horizon, CEC is implementing, as of January 1st, 2023, the Olympic and National Squads divisions within the...
Para-Climbing Application – 2023 IFSC Events
CEC is calling for applications from para-climbing athletes who wish to compete in the 2023 IFSC Events. The selected athletes will represent Canada at the 2023 Para-Climbing World Cups and World Championships! Canadian Athletes interested in representing Canada at a...
Job Postings – 2023 YWCh Staff
2023 Youth World Championships - South Korea CEC is calling for applications for the following positions: Youth Team National Head Coach (Women's Team) Youth Team National Head Coach (Men's Team) Youth Team Assistant Coaches Youth Team National Manager Deadline for...
