Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance
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The Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance (CSIA), founded in 1938, is an association of more than 20,000 professional skiers located across Canada. The CSIA's purpose is to ensure a nationwide ski teaching standard that also promotes the importance of ski safety. It helps to develop effective skiing techniques and teaching methods.
The organization grants four levels of certification as well as several module certifications to ski instructors. Each successive level demonstrates competence in ski instruction, pedagogy, as well as individual ski performance. As such, the highest level (four) is difficult to attain, with only a handful holding that level within each region.
