Skate Manitoba AGM
Date: May 1th, 2025
Location: Zoom
Awards Celebration
Award celebration tickets coming soon
Volunteer & Coach Conference
Saturday May 3rd 2025 at 145 Pacific Avenue
We are pleased to be hosting a full day conference for our volunteers and coaches. Sessions on Governance with Sport Law, Strategic Plan reveal and more!
Special thanks to Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries for their support of this conference!
Volunteer & Coach Speakers
Kelly Sommerfield is a Registered Professional Counsellor and somatic EMDR practitioner specializing in trauma-informed therapy. She is the founder of Colorful Roots, where she helps individuals and groups navigate healing through somatic practices, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and nervous system regulation. With a passion for fostering healthy relationships and personal growth, Kelly delivers engaging workshops on topics such as boundaries, emotional resilience, and stress management. She has worked with athletes, professionals, and community leaders, providing practical tools to enhance communication, well-being, and self-awareness.
Will Russell is an experienced sport lawyer with a background in dispute resolution, employment, governance, and Sport Integrity matters.
Will moved to the Maritimes in 2006 to attend Mount Allison. While spending his summers working on a Search and Rescue crew, Will fell in love with the East Coast, later completing degrees at Dalhousie University and the University of New Brunswick. He practiced with a leading labour and employment firm in Halifax before joining Sport Law in 2021.
Will’s focus is assisting sport organizations across the country at every level navigate disputes and develop effective frameworks to allow his clients to pursue their goals.
In recent years, Will has been deeply involved in governance and Sport Integrity matters, including co-authoring the national conduct standard for the Canadian Olympic Committee and working with NSO/MSOs during the introduction of the Abuse-Free Sport initiative. He completed the International Olympic Committee’s Safeguarding Officer in Sport training in 2024.
