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• ET: Exercise Theory - ZM (S21)

  • Start
    04 May 2021
  •  
    6:30 PM (ADT)
  • End
    08 Jun 2021
  •  
    8:30 PM (ADT)
  • Location
    online via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    4

  Registration is closed

  Exercise Theory (ET)

  Learn the technical knowledge required for all NSFA/NFLA teaching certificates.
  

  
  

  Please note:

  - Registration closes 1 week before the course begins

  - This course is 6 evenings in the classroom Via ZOOM software
  

  - The exam is NOT written during the course.*
  

  - This course is required for the completion of all fitness teaching certificates. It is not a certificate to teach by itself.
  

  This is the pre-requisite module in the Nova Scotia Fitness Association’s (NSFA) Certification Program. This course covers the Anatomy, Exercise Physiology, Bio-mechanics, Nutrition, Safety and Legal Liability required to successfully complete the course work, and to work in the exercise industry with one of our specialization certificates.

  Dates: May 4, 11, 18, 25 and June 1 & 8, 2021
  

  Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
  

  Fee: $300.00
  Fee includes: manuals, materials, exams, and NSFA/NFLA  associate membership for 1 year. ***Please fill in your full mailing address if you're outside of the Halifax area so we can mail your manuals to you***
  

  Payment:  You can pay online via PayPal (this website will take you to the PayPal interface when you complete the registration information) or you can pay by cheque. The NSFA does not accept any credit cards or e-transfers.  Payment must be received before the course begins.

  Course Conductor(s): Terri Roberts, Linda Donelley, Doreen MacLean
  

  (See our course conductor's bios here: http://www.nsfitness.ca/Staff-&-Board)
  

  Exams:  Normally we book a Provincial Exam Day in January and June every year for students to write any NSFA exam.  Due to COVID-19 we don't know yet if we can't hold those days.  We will therefore be doing everyone's exams by private proctoring via Zoom until we can resume in-person exams.   A session with an exam proctor can be booked after your course is finished.

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• Exercise Leadership Summit 2021 - Part 2

  • When
    29 May 2021
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:30 PM (ADT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  Welcome to the NSFA 2021 Exercise Leadership Summit, Part 2
  

  **Please note** Registration closes at 11:59pm on May 27th, 2021.

  A Zoom link will be sent to registrants the day before the event.

  
  

  Session 1- 1pm

  What trainers need to know to help LGBTQ clients

  Presented by Madonna Doucette & Aiden Waden-Lynk, LGBTQ Youth Project Coordinators, Cape Breton.

  The 2SLGBTQ+ Fitness presentation is designed to help you be aware of and feel comfortable using language describing gender and sexual identities. the goal of this presentation is to educate you on how to make your training more inclusive while teaching about gender-affirming therapies and practices and their impact. The main topics for this presentation are allyship, identifying barriers and understanding the impact of trans health care on training.

  Session 2, 2:15 pm

  Teaching online; the Rules, the Tech, & How to Bring the Money In

  Presented by Terri Roberts, NSFA Executive Director & YouTuber

  Join Terri for a crash-course in teaching fitness content online. This workshop covers the insurance rules applicable to NSFA members, a few basic & cheap solutions for technology solutions, and a look at some online platforms that'll help you get paid! Terri works full time in the fitness industry as an instructor, as the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Fitness Association, an academic researcher and YouTuber.
  

  
  

  Bios:

  Madonna Doucette

  Madonna Doucette is a grassroots community organizer originally from New Waterford with a long history of activism and volunteerism.  She has been a vocal advocate for women’s rights and gender equality, the LGBTQ community and child poverty in Cape Breton.  Her passion for change has led her to be a candidate for the NDP in the last 2 provincial elections. 

  Madonna has deep roots with the non profit communities in the CBRM and is a proud past employee of the Ally Centre of Cape Breton.  Currently she is employed with the Youth Project where she continues to offer educational workshops and queer support to all ages across the island. 

  On a personal note, Madonna is recently married to her beautiful partner Mary.  Between them, they have 7 adult children, 2 grandchildren and 3 dogs and a very happy life together.

  

  Aiden Wadden-Lynk

  When Aiden was 14 years old, he came out as transgender. After coming out, he began noticing just how hard being a trans athlete was and became very discouraged from taking part in any physical activity. When he moved to Alberta after graduation, he reached out to Queerflex which was the only specifically queer-inclusive gym in Canada at the time. Since coming into contact with Queerflex, Aiden has learned and taught others about how to change gym culture, being an ally, and the effects of hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries on training.

  Terri Roberts

  Join Terri for a crash-course in teaching fitness content online. This workshop covers the insurance rules applicable to NSFA members, a few basic & cheap solutions for technology solutions, and a look at some online platforms that'll help you get paid! Terri works full time in the fitness industry as an instructor, as the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Fitness Association, an academic researcher and YouTuber.

  
  

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• ET: Exercise Theory - ZM (F21)

  • Start
    05 Oct 2021
  •  
    6:30 PM (ADT)
  • End
    02 Nov 2021
  •  
    8:30 PM (ADT)
  • Location
    online via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    11

  Register

  Exercise Theory (ET)

  Learn the technical knowledge required for all NSFA/NFLA teaching certificates.
  

  
  

  Please note:

  - Registration closes 1 week before the course begins

  - This course is 6 evenings, live Via ZOOM software
  

  - The exam is NOT written during the course.*
  

  - This course is required for the completion of all fitness teaching certificates. It is not a certificate to teach by itself.
  

  This is the pre-requisite module in the Nova Scotia Fitness Association’s (NSFA) Certification Program. This course covers the Anatomy, Exercise Physiology, Bio-mechanics, Nutrition, Safety and Legal Liability required to successfully complete the course work, and to work in the exercise industry with one of our specialization certificates.

  Dates: October 5, 12, 19, 26, & November 2, 2021
  

  Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
  

  Fee: $300.00
  Fee includes: manuals, materials, exams, and NSFA/NFLA  associate membership for 1 year. ***Please fill in your full mailing address if you're outside of the Halifax area so we can mail your manuals to you***
  

  Payment:  You can pay online via PayPal (this website will take you to the PayPal interface when you complete the registration information) or you can pay by cheque. The NSFA does not accept any credit cards or e-transfers.  Payment must be received before the course begins.

  Course Conductor(s): Terri Roberts, Linda Donelley, Doreen MacLean
  

  (See our course conductor's bios here: http://www.nsfitness.ca/Staff-&-Board)
  

  Exams:  Normally we book a Provincial Exam Day in January and June every year for students to write any NSFA exam.  Due to COVID-19 we don't know yet if/when we can't hold those days.  We will therefore be doing everyone's exams by private proctoring via Zoom until we can resume in-person exams.   A session with an exam proctor can be booked after your course is finished.

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