Equity issues - women and girls
How to improve equity in the sport of tennis
Equity issues - women and girls
Intl women’s day :
"Accelerating Action," is a call to each of us to move beyond words to tangible steps that drive equity and empowerment for women at all levels of sport.
Together, we can create a future where every woman has the opportunity to lead, thrive, and break barriers in and through sport.
Coach Celina Clark hands out brownies at the end of a practice at the Aldershot Arena in Burlington.
Giovanni Capriotti/Special to the Star
Clark said she typically bakes a treat for the players every week — sheet-pan brownies are a favourite — and that she and her fellow coaches take pains to create “a positive space that’s welcoming and supportive
... See moreSaid Clark: “That’s something people are sometimes afraid to talk about — that you need a different approach for girls.”
Clark said there’s organizational pride that this season only four of the 288 registered girls in the U7 learn-to-play program haven’t returned. If retaining players for the long haul has historically proven a challenge — Hockey Canada data estimates the average boy stays in the sport about 2 1/2 years longer than the average girl — there is hope t
... See moreFor all that, as the folks who run the Barracudas will tell you, growing the game at the grassroots level is far from simple. Launching the free-of-charge learn-to-play program required no end of effort, including lobbying for more ice time at municipal arenas, where the per-hour cost typically runs about half the price of privately owned pads.
“I c
... See more“(The 170,000 number is) definitely not something that we would hit if we just kept the status quo and didn’t do anything,” said Gillian Apps, a former national team player and the chair of Hockey Canada’s steering committee for women’s and girls’ hockey. “All of the work that we’re doing right now comes with the hope that we can make women’s
... See moreWhen you have a game-changing insight you’ll often have to repeat it for 5-7 years before people start to really get it.
The women, Patty said, have been a little better than the men at buying into what she described as “a culture where champions pull up champions.”
Anouk Patty
“Sometimes fear does not subside and you must do it afraid.”
– Elisabeth Elliot