In The Loop – CAAWS eNetwork January
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- Aleksandra Wozniak, former world no. 21, who retired from her tennis career.
- Beckie Scott, Olympic gold medallist and advocate for clean sport, who was appointed to the Order of Canada.
- Billie Jean King, who won the BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Elisabeth Walker-Young, a six-time Paralympic medallist, who was announced as an Honorary Member of the Order of Canada.
- Nicole Luchanski, who retired from her career in women’s baseball as one of the most decorated Canadian athletes in the sport.
- Rhoda Wurtele Eaves and Rhona Wurtele Gillis, twin sisters and trailblazers for women in downhill skiing, who were appointed to the Order of Canada.
- The women who ran the first-ever all-women hockey broadcast on Western University’s campus and community radio station.
- A special congratulations to ProMOTION Plus, British Columbia’s organization for girls and women in physical activity and sport. The organization will be merging its advocacy, gender equity, recognition, and its operations with Sport BC.