In the Loop – CAAWS eNetwork November

• Many sport organizations are turning their attention towards gender equity, but what are key practices to help create lasting change? Where should you start? Join us for a French webinar on November 27 about how data collection and planning can support organizational excellence in gender equity! Register here.
• Six sport organizations have signed on to pilot the Gender Equity Playbook with us over the next year! Find out who our pilot partners are here.  
• Save the date! CAAWS will be in Ottawa on March 5^th and in Toronto on March 6^th to celebrate International Women’s Day. Keep your eyes on our newsletter for more details.

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Megan Rapinoe, activist and star of the U.S women’s national soccer team, was named one of Glamour magazine’s 2019 Women of the Year.

In her acceptance speech, she thanked Colin Kaepernick for his activism around racism in the U.S. and called on others to do more to address injustices in the world around them.

Rapinoe credited her mother with instilling values of caring and community in her and her sister, calling “scarcity culture” the opposite of the kind of culture she wants to help create: one where we “move on from losing alone to the belief in winning together.”

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Despite Hockey Canada offering free coaching clinics for women as part of the We Are Coaches program, the number of women coaching hockey was still low. Close to 500 women had participated in a clinic, and it hadn’t meaningfully impacted participation or growth of women in coaching.

After identifying this gap and conducting some research, Hockey Canada realized that a lack of women instructors, targeted invitations, and mentorship models in place to continue support were barriers to meaningful coach development.

Next season these delegates will be delivering We Are Coaches clinics for women and acting as mentors. Focused on growing the pool of women coaches at the grassroots level, Hockey Canada is also in the process of creating a series of tools for clinic participants, minor hockey associations, and head coaches to ensure that the coaching clinic participants are well supported in their pathway to becoming a successful coach.

Their belief is that by supporting women in leadership roles, more girls will see themselves in the game and strive to be leaders and coaches, and the number of girls participating in hockey will increase.
 

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• Phyllis Sadoway, the Geoff Gowan Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
• Kathy Brook, this year’s National NCCP Coach Developer Award winner.
• All the women recognized as Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence award recipients at this year’s Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Awards Gala.
• Colette Bourgonje, Jayna Hefford, Waneek Horn-Miller, Vicki Keith, and Guylaine Bernier, who were inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
• Christine Girard, Emilie Heymans, the Vancouver 2010 Women’s Hockey Team, and the London 2012 Women’s Soccer Team, who were inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.
• Colette Bourgonje, Viviane Forest, and Kathy Newman, who were inducted into the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame.