In The Loop – CAAWS eNetwork February

Join CAAWS in Ottawa to hear about the results of our newest Women in Sport Leadership Snapshot. 

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• Check out the Recommendation Report from the Federal-Provincial/Territorial Sport Committee Work Group on Women and Girls in Sport! CAAWS CEO Allison Sandmeyer Graves was one of the 12 working group members. 
• Canada Games Coaches and Mission Staff: stop by Coach House on Thursday, February 21 and Monday, February 25 for our Canada Games Women and Sport Days, hosted by CAAWS and the Coaching Association of Canada! Come to celebrate the women coaching at the games, learn more about how you can #ChampionChange for gender equity in sport, and connect with sport experts! 
• If you’re in Red Deer, register for one of our Leading With Confidence workshops – happening from 9:00-11:00 AM MST on February 21 and February 25 at Red Deer College!
• If you’re a woman interested in taking on a leadership role in sport but aren’t sure where to start, check out our February 27 webinar with Marg McGregor! Marg is the Director of Sport System Excellence with the Canadian Olympic Committee and a board member of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada. Register to reserve your spot!
• Long Term Athlete Development is crucial to helping athletes reach their full potential. Join our webinar on March 19 to learn how to adapt the LTAD model to serve girls and young women! This webinar will be presented in French by Sylvie Béliveau and Chantal Daigle.  
• Interested in learning about how to create an inclusive board culture, the value of adding women to your board, and strategies to recruit more women? Join our Women on Boards Webinar on March 27, presented by Dave Patterson, President and CEO of the Canada Games Council. Register to reserve your spot! 
• Positive coaching is one of the top reasons why girls stay in sport. Learn more about how to embrace “The Power of Positive Coaching” in our webinar with Jane King on April 3! 
• The International Physical Literacy Conference (IPLC) 2019 will be held in Winnipeg this coming May – CAAWS will be presenting on our project, Supporting Inclusion of Newcomer Girls and Women. Early bird registration is open until March 7!   
• Learn how to educate, support, and empower young girls and women! Join CAAWS at York University’s Women and Girls Sport Leadership Conference in Toronto this May, where we’ll be delivering a Leading With Confidence workshop. 

Features
What’s catching our eye this month?

In November, South Carolina Women’s Basketball coach Dawn Staley wrote an op-ed in the Player’s Tribune titled “Where are all the black coaches?” 

Staley says that the most important part of her legacy as a black woman coach is that she changed the face of opportunity for other black women and girls.  

Spotlight
Celebrating organizations that #ChampionChange

girls addicted to basketball (g.a.b.) is a not-for-profit organization that aims to educate, empower, and build confidence in young girls through the game of basketball.  

Tanya Callaghan, the founder and director of g.a.b., started the program while volunteering for the Swaziland National Basketball Association. She decided to bring the program to Toronto and continue to use basketball as a method to get young girls and women engaged and feeling confident in themselves.

The program focuses on more than just participation; they encourage the girls to consider post-secondary education in Business and Health related fields, and provide leadership opportunities for former participants who return to the program as coaches.  

Considering the whole athlete, including their lives outside of one sport, allows girls to stay engaged and motivated. By offering former participants support and mentorship, g.a.b. is creating a pipeline of loyal and experienced coaches to continue to propel the program forward. 

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