Canadian Women & Sport and Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities (Jumpstart) are proud to announce the 46 sport and recreation organizations participating in the third cohort of the Same Game Challenge, taking place from October 2023 to April 2024.
Through the Same Game Challenge, sport leaders will build competencies and develop the skills they need to close gender equity gaps as well as create positive and sustainable change in sport.
Participating organizations in cohort 3 include:
Amateur Athletic Union Canada (AAUC)
Arborg Bifrost Parks and Recreation Commission
East Vancouver Basketball Society
Manitoba Magic Basketball club
Municipality of the District of Lunenburg
Ontario Intercollegiate Women’s Football Association
Prince George Track and Field Club
Richmond Gymnastics Association
Rocky Mountain Adaptive Sports Centre
Sackville Minor Baseball Association
Sackville Minor Hockey Association
Saskatchewan Alpine Ski Association
The Ontario Speed Skating Association
Town of Minnedosa – Parks and Recreation
Tri Cities Female Ice Hockey Association
University of British Columbia Athletics & Recreation
University of Guelph Women’s football
University of Victoria, Athletics and Recreation Department
Vancouver Stormcrows Quidditch Club
“I am excited to be launching our third nationwide cohort of the Same Game Challenge with Jumpstart. Together, we have had the privilege to do deep work with 195 organizations to date since January 2023,” said Leah Ferguson, Program Manager at Canadian Women & Sport. “It feels big….because it is!”
The program provides sport leaders with learning opportunities, mentorship, action planning and collaboration through a range of tools, including:
- An online gender equity journey that includes creating a gender equity vision, implementing activities and so much more.
- A $1,000 honorarium to support organizational gender equity activities.
“I started the Same Game Challenge because I wanted to level the playing field for females, who wish to participate in baseball — a predominantly male dominated sport. I want girls to feel valued and respected, and this means not getting the leftover field time and not having to fight for the same/equal rules,“ said Glenna Ingraham of the North Nova Highlanders, a youth amateur baseball program for girls ages 8-16 located in Antigonish, NS.
Canadian Women & Sport and Jumpstart have partnered to deliver five cohorts of the Same Game Challenge reaching 240 sport, physical activity and recreation organizations across Canada.
The next cohort application period will open in the fall 2024. Interested in learning more? Sign up here.
Looking for resources to begin your organization’s gender equity journey? Learn more about Same Game – a free online tool that provides a step-by-step approach to embedding gender equity into your organization.
Proudly in partnership with Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities.
Same Game is made possible thanks to funding support from Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities.