Each year the High Performance Committee establishes selection criteria governing the composition and selection of teams that will represent Canada in international competition. This criteria is based on CCC's Policy And Procedures For National Ski Team Selection, Nomination And Announcement document.
The objectives of establishing criteria are to ensure that:
- athletes and teams representing Canada in cross-country skiing are credible and competitive;
- a successful high performance program is sustained over the mid and long term; and
- athletes receive the required information in a complete, accurate and timely manner.
Criteria are intended to state the requirements and standards – both objective and subjective – which will be applied in the selection process, and how they will be applied. In general, selection of athletes and support to selected athletes will be prioritized based on: objective measurements – results achieved in specified races, as measured against international standards through the Canadian Points List (CPL) or Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) points; and subjective assessments – relating to an athlete’s commitment, assessed potential and ability to perform and contribute in a team context.
Other factors which will be considered in the selection process are:
- the Cross Country Canada (CCC) Strategic Plan to 2018(+) page 11
- the HP Operational Plan 2011/12 – in particular, the Program Philosophy and Program Operating Principles
- the NST Budget, which may be a limiting factor.
2011-12 National Ski Team (NST) Selection Criteria
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May 16, 2012
CCC is proud to name the following athletes to the National Talent Squad for the 2012-13 season » More
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March 13, 2012
The NTS 2012-13 Program aims at better preparing athletes in the early part of the L2C stage to benefit from NDC programs when they reach that level of performance and development. » More
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February 16, 2012
The following athletes have been chosen to compete at the IPC World Cup Finals in Vuokatti, Finland (March 21 – April 1, 2012) » More
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January 26, 2012
The following athletes are selected to the European FIS/OPA tour team that will be competing in the OPA cup races in Campra (SUI), Madona (Latvia) and Albu (Estonia). » More
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January 17, 2012
Athletes selected to the Junior and U23 World Championship Teams competing in Erzurum, Turkey (Feb.19-26, 2012) » More
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January 5, 2012
The selection committee designated to appoint athletes to these events, in accordance with the National Ski Team Criteria 9.0 and 10.0 will be as follows: » More
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October 27, 2011
Three athletes from the National Development Team have been selected to join the World Cup Team for early FIS races in Bruksvallarna, Sweden and Rovaniemi, Finland. » More
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September 30, 2011
FIS Cross-Country Continental Cup series is the most important FIS series for
developing and young athletes » More
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September 23, 2011
The objective of this document is to describe the policies and procedures and the selection criteria that will be used by the CCC’s High Performance Committee in selecting athletes for: international competition trips in the 2011-12 season; National Teams in the 2012-13 season » More
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May 24, 2011
CCC would like to announce members of the 2011-12 National Talent Squad (NTS). Athletes between the ages of 15 and 17 have been nominated to the team based on their overall 2010-11 race results. » More