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Accreditation in Canada

Five of Canada's seven regional coaches organizations are committed to using accreditation systems based on the model pioneered by the Association of Life Skills Coaches of Ontario. At the 1995 Winnipeg meeting the ASLSC presented a report that contrasted and compared the Accreditation processes in use in Alberta, Ontario and the Maritimes, along with the BC Pilot Project material. It was clear that there are grounds for determining a national standard and a transferable inter-provincial credential.

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Alberta Society of Life Skills Coaches (ASLSC)

Association of Life Skills Coaches of Ontario (ALSCO):
ALSCO has been accrediting coaches since 1988. It now has 66 Accredited Coaches and 84 Interns in process. It was ALSCO that pioneered accreditation of coaches, and it is ALSCO’s process that ASLSC, LSAM, SLSA and MALSC have adapted and/or adopted for their accreditation purposes and that LSCABC is testing in a Pilot Project. ALSCO defines competencies (as described in NewStart materials), eligibility (not limited to NewStart training) and procedures. Thus NewStart content is preserved without having to define and verify NewStart training. ALSCO Guidelines For Mentors

Life Skills Association of Manitoba (LSAM):
LSAM is getting started on accreditation, considering the process to be a useful focus of activity for the organization. Having accepted the idea in principle, they are moving to define their process with a system based on the ALSCO model.

Life Skills Coaches Association of BC (LSCABC)


Maritime Association of Life Skills Coaches (MALSC):
MALSC uses ALSCO’s 67 competencies. To date, MALSC has accredited ten coaches. MALSC is developing and assessing long distance mentoring techniques.

Saskatchewan Life Skills Association (SLSA)