Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance

The Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance (CSIA), founded in 1938, is an association of more than twenty thousand professional skiers located across Canada. The CSIA's purposes are to ensure a nationwide ski teaching standard through the development of effective skiing techniques and teaching methods and promote the importance of ski safety.

The organisation grants four general levels of certification, modular certification in snow park instruction, as well as ongoing professional development for ski instructors. Each successive level demonstrates competence in ski instruction, pedagogy, as well as individual ski performance.