{"id":559405,"date":"2026-03-25T09:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/559405\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:07:10","slug":"cfl-unveils-nine-participants-for-2026-women-in-football-internship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/559405\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL unveils nine participants for 2026 Women in Football internship program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-10.jpg\" data-caption=\"CFL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"365\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-10-696x365.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Women in Football\"\/><\/a>CFL<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Football League has unveiled a new cohort of participants in this year\u2019s Women in Football internship program.<\/p>\n<p>All nine CFL franchises will welcome one participant to join their football operations department for approximately four weeks. Participants will also be paired with a mentor from KPMG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a league, growing the game is a responsibility and mission that we proudly take on,\u201d said CFL chief revenue officer Tyler Keenan in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re grateful to continue our work with KPMG to provide a platform for these women to contribute to the game they love. We\u2019re honoured to have these participants learning with us, while they channel their expertise through the league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the fifth year of the program. Several participants have since been hired full-time or on a contract basis with CFL teams, including Edmonton Elks head strength and conditioning coach Erin Craig, video coordinator Shaylee Foord, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats director of corporate partnerships Paige Ottaviano.<\/p>\n<p>The participants are as follows.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal: Angela Iadeluca | Coaching | Montreal<br \/>\nOttawa: Jenna Gray | Football Operations | Toronto<br \/>\nToronto: Anjali Verma | Athletic Therapy | Brampton, Ont.<br \/>\nHamilton: Andrea Vera | Coaching | Milton, Ont.<br \/>\nWinnipeg: Alyssa Regie | Strength and Conditioning | Regina<br \/>\nSaskatchewan: Julia Cameron | Marketing | Truro, N.S.<br \/>\nCalgary: Kyria Ossa | Coaching | Ottawa<br \/>\nEdmonton: Kelsey McKnight | Coaching | Barrie, Ont.<br \/>\nB.C.: Alicia Gladue | Coaching | Fort McMurray, Alta.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information regarding the program, including eligibility requirements for future participation, can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/prezlymail.com\/c\/777602a5-5747-4849-b540-fb6050ba83a1\/1bb8a450\/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cfl.ca%2Fwomen-in-football-presented-by-kpmg%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/prezlymail.com\/c\/777602a5-5747-4849-b540-fb6050ba83a1\/1bb8a450\/https%253A%252F%252Fwww.cfl.ca%252Fwomen-in-football-presented-by-kpmg%252F&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774450949316000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0hiK0yrxzQzJcvtmaJxrEW\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CFL The Canadian Football League has unveiled a new cohort of participants in this year\u2019s Women in Football&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[166835,166836,216355,216356,216357,216358,216359,11137,49,943,48,7028,521,522,520,13264,527,15655,216360,163072,216361,216362,941,14967,4400,82,15656,7504,1297,197093],"class_list":["post-559405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-3down","tag-3downnation","tag-alicia-gladue","tag-alyssa-regie","tag-andrea-vera","tag-angela-iadeluca","tag-anjali-verma","tag-b-c-lions","tag-ca","tag-calgary-stampeders","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-edmonton-elks","tag-football","tag-hamilton-tiger-cats","tag-jenna-gray","tag-julia-cameron","tag-kelsey-mcknight","tag-kyria-ossa","tag-montreal-alouettes","tag-ottawa-redblacks","tag-saskatchewan-roughriders","tag-sports","tag-toronto-argonauts","tag-winnipeg-blue-bombers","tag-women","tag-women-in-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}