the CRU's mandate. It was now clear that two of its member leagues, the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union in Eastern Canada and the Western Interprovincial Football Union in the West were far more competitive than other circuits. 1956–1967, shift to amateur governance By the 1950s, the two major unions had become openly professional, and in 1956 formed the Canadian Football Council (CFC) as an umbrella organization. In 1958, the CFC seceded from the CRU and became the Canadian Football League, which was solely awarded the Grey Cup (though the amateurs had effectively been locked out since 1954). During the CFL's Grey Cup meetings in November 1966, the CRU transferred its ownership of the Grey Cup to a CFL trusteeship. In exchange, the CRU received $50,000 per year to assist the development of amateur football. As an organization with no direct jurisdiction over the professional clubs and having become a distinct sport from rugby union by this time, the CRU changed its name to the Canadian Amateur Football Association (CAFA) in 1967. The CAFA changed its name again to Football Canada in 1986. In French, its name had long been Football Canada. Provincial members British Columbia Provincial Football Association Football Alberta Football Saskatchewan Football Manitoba Ontario Football Alliance Football Quebec Football New Brunswick Football Prince Edward Island Football Newfoundland and Labrador Football Nova Scotia Associate members Canadian Football League Canadian Football Officials Association U Sports Canadian Junior Football League National championships Football Canada Cup Flag Football National Championships 6 Nations Challenge Women's Challenge Cup National teams Men's Junior National Team Senior Flag Football National Team Women's Women's National Team Senior Flag Football National Team Former national teams Senior National Men's Team International Bowl series First played in 2014, the annual International Bowl series is a collaboration between Football Canada and USA Football featuring a series of exhibition games between the rival football nations in Texas in January and February. The event built on the previous International Bowl (2010 – 2013) format of Team USA vs. Team World. Canada's under-18 team for the International Bowl is selected from the top players and coaches at the prior summer's Football Canada Cup. National Coaching Certification Program Football Canada offers coaches training through the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) for flag, touch and tackle football. NCCP streams Community Sport Competition-Introduction Competition-Development Safe Contact As part of its NCCP program, Football Canada's Safe Contact module teaches