The Shift Forward Program
New for the 2026-2027 season, Hockey Canada and Hockey Alberta are launching The Shift Forward: Evolving Hockey Culture, which is the new home for national education and training courses for Team Officials & Parents/Guardians.
The Shift Forward is an enhanced education program that was created following an extensive consultation process & Training Needs Analysis to review national programs and understand how education and training can better support participants and the key objective of changing unhealthy behaviors in the game. The new platform will reflect the overwhelming feedback that the courses should be age-appropriate, modernized, engaging, specific to how participants engage with hockey, and be progressive as they go through their hockey journey.
These online courses will replace the previous requirements of RIS- Parent & RIS - Activity Leader. In effort to support a successful transition to The Shift Forward, Hockey Alberta will continue to recognize existing RIS - Parent & RIS - Activity Leader certification for the duration of the individual course expiry dates.
Please review the FAQ document below for all information on this new program.
Shift Forward - Course Registration
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