At Acedar, we believe people of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities deserve and benefit from the coaching relationships and coaching skills development.

• We believe diversity brings invaluable richness and depth to our learning programs and our organization.

• We welcome participants and leaders of all walks of life, and seek to foster an environment where all people are included, valued, heard, respected, and empowered.

• We commit to making diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice central tenets of all our initiatives, as well as our organizational structure, policies, Board of Directors, goals, and vision.

• We commit to actively building a community that is diverse across many dimensions, including race, sex, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, ability, culture, nationality, socioeconomic status, occupational status, education, life experience, religion, political opinion, and level of comfort and experience with the outdoors.

• We commit to constantly examining our programming and evolving our practices to eliminate discrimination, ensure fair and equitable treatment for all, and to recognize and involve underrepresented, marginalized, and excluded groups and individuals.

• We commit to identifying, minimizing, and removing barriers to full and meaningful participation, striving always to include and respect diverse voices, perspectives, knowledge, practices, and lifeways.

• We commit to meeting the specific needs of community members, staff, and participants by actively providing support and accommodations for differences.

• We commit to model and promote among our leaders and participants a welcoming, open-minded, inclusive, and respectful attitude.

• We commit to continually being transparent about our progress and taking concrete action to move us forward towards our goals.

For a Certificate of Completion to be issued, the participants must have recorded at least 90% attendance of synchronous contact hours. 

ACEDAR Coach Training (ACT) program does not allow for the transfer of credits from other institutions. All participants must complete the required courses and meet the program’s criteria to receive certification.

Subject to valid reasons being given, candidates may defer their course or assessments dates. If candidates fall sick on day of class or assessment MCs must be presented within 3 calendar days after the assessment date stating candidate was sick on day of assessment. Candidates may defer only once and the new date shall be at ACEDAR’s discretion. Course and assessment fees for any deferment will be forfeited if candidates do not attend on the dates proposed by ACEDAR.

1. All payment must be made via designated payment platform. No cash or cheque is acceptable. 

2. Receipt will be issued once the payment is confirmed.