Financial barriers are a challenge to sport participation. Sport can be expensive and it is beyond the registration fees. This session will share some of the education, understanding and empathy needed in making sport welcoming and accessible to low-income families.
Panelists
Rebecca Foshole-Luke (she/her): Rebecca is a registered forensic social worker who is passionate about the intersection of social work and the law, and how to better serve Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities. She holds a B.A in Sociology and Women’s Studies, and a Bachelor of Social work degree. Her work is focused on dismantling the family regulation system or child welfare legal system. She is interested in exploring how human-centered and evidence-based approaches using an equity lens, can be used to transform the way programs and services are developed and delivered. She is passionate about using her lived experience, education, and skills to find ways to influence anti-racist and anti-oppressive organizational and policy changes. She hopes to continue to contribute to finding solutions that will allow individuals systematically excluded to truly thrive and have access to equitable resources and supports.