Gender Equity

She belongs

A positive social environment has a big impact on girls’ sport participation. For many girls, a sense of social belonging enhances their performance. Girls are also motivated to stay in sport to make friends and be part of a team....

• Coaching
• Gender Equity
• Sport Participation

Family-friendly golf

Golf offers health benefits and opportunities for social connection, but the time commitment and cost of lessons, practice and memberships can be a barrier for moms with busy family schedules. Flexible opportunities, such as family-friendly events or playing fewer than 18...

• Gender Equity
• Health and Lifestyle
• Sport Participation

Lone girls in sport

If you type “lone girls in sport” into Google, you’ll find several newspaper articles and social media posts about girls creating #HERstory competing alongside boys. But on the academic front, there are few studies focused on girls who play in...

• Equity/Diversity/Inclusion
• Gender Equity
• Sport Participation

Signals versus noise: Gender equity in Canadian sport

April 22, 2022

Highlights The Government of Canada is committed to achieving gender equity in sport at all levels by 2035.Ongoing research has demonstrated the majority (over 90%) of Canada’s sport’s media coverage is focused solely on men’s sport, and that women and girls have...

• Equity/Diversity/Inclusion
• Gender Equity
• Research to Practice

Mentoring Black women coaches: Developing confidence through relationships and learning

April 22, 2022

Photo credit: Conestoga College Condors Athletics Highlights Some coaches are the “only” in their organization: the only woman, only racialized person or only racialized woman. Being the “only” relates to feelings of otherness and isolation, threatening coaches’ confidence. Social support...

• Anti-Racism
• Coaching
• Gender Equity

Social justice in youth sport

Positive youth development and life skills have long been important in youth sports research. A new position paper from Canadian researchers suggests that these approaches need to include a social justice lens. One way of doing that is by training...

• Anti-Racism
• Equity/Diversity/Inclusion
• Gender Equity

Women's hockey under the radar: What's driving participation?

April 20, 2022

It has been almost a quarter of a century since women's ice hockey debuted at the Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan. Despite a heartbreaking loss for Team Canada in the final of the first Olympic women’s hockey competition, it was...

• Athlete Development
• Gender Equity
• Sport Participation

Women in sport leadership

What “works” for advancing women into sport leadership positions? E-Alliance is conducting new research to answer this exact question. E-Alliance is exploring how allyship, mentorship and sponsorship, more “formal” and gender equitable hiring processes, and implementing quotas for women as...

• Equity/Diversity/Inclusion
• Gender Equity
• Leadership and Governance

Keeping girls in sport

Does age of entry into sport influence girls’ future sport participation? A new study suggests that girls who begin participating in sports from the ages of 6 to 9 have higher retention rates than those who begin participating later in life. These...

• Children and Youth
• Gender Equity
• Sport Participation