Fast and Female will be hosting a three-part virtual series to celebrate International Day of the Girl and raise funds for programming, aimed at keeping girls healthy and active in house.

The series will highlight Team Canada Olympic and Paralympic female athletes and hopefuls for Tokyo 2021, and their experiences with leadership, resilience and the power of sport.

The Team Canada Tokyo 2021 Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls are: Temi Ogunjimi – Rugby, Skylar Park – Taekwondo, Miah-Marie Langlois – Basketball, Kara Douville – Para Cyclist, Katarina Roxon – Para Swimming, Erica Gavel – Wheelchair Basketball. Our moderators will include Erica Wiebe, wrestling gold medalist, and Tammy Cunnington paralympic swimmer.

The final celebration keynote: Waneek Horn-Miller. Olympic athlete, broadcaster, a Mohawk from Kahnawake, Quebec, co-captain of Canada’s first Olympic women’s water polo team and a gold medallist in water polo at the 1999 Pan American Games.

This powerful three-part series will take place virtually over Zoom the first week of October, 2020. Mark your calendars and join us for:

• Tokyo 2021 Olympic Panel on October 1, 2020 at 12pm MDT*

• Tokyo 2021 Paralympic Panel on October 5, 2020 at 12pm MDT*

• Keynote Speaker on October 7, 2020 at 12pm MDT*

*Please note: All three events will take place at 12:00pm (noon) Mountain Time.

You can purchase tickets now via Eventbrite. Ticket options are as follows:

• $20 – to join ONE virtual session

• $50 – to join ALL THREE virtual sessions

• Donation of any amount (without a ticket)

All funds raised through this celebration of International Day of the Girl will support our 2021 programs that remove barriers to girls participation in sports.

Fast and Female is a registered Canadian charity. For more details, go to the Fast and Female website. To discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact CEO and founder, Chandra Crawford (ccrawford@fastandfemale.com).