January Newsletter: New year offers opportunity to set organizational vision

Our Same Game Toolkit helps sport leaders at all levels bring their gender equity vision to life. Participants walk through a systematic process for embedding gender equity into their organizations from creating a vision, to implementing initiatives, to reflecting and revising, and all the steps in between. Start the toolkit or access the infographic.To access more resources, tools, and learnings, visit our Resource page on our website.Upcoming Learning Opportunities:

  • Our Gender Equity LENS e-learning module is always available to help you and your organization access the information and tools you need to act on your commitment to inclusion and make policy and program decisions that better serve women and girls in sport. Access the module now.  
  • In the Keeping Girls in Sport e-learning module, coaches and activity leaders will build their understanding of how to: address common motivators and barriers for girls in sport; navigate the ways girls and boys experience sport environments differently throughout their development stages; foster positive sport environments for girls; and keep girls engaged in sport. Access the module now. 

Organizational Updates:

  • Our 2021 Women in Sport Leadership Snapshot identified that despite the barriers COVID-19 placed on women in the workforce, sport leadership roles held by women either held steady versus the previous year or moved slightly up. Interested to know where the system stands this year? Stay tuned for our 2022 Snapshot coming soon. For more details on the current landscape of women in decision making roles, download the 2021 snapshot.

Gender Equity Initiatives From Our Friends:

  • Program Manager for BC Wheelchair Basketball Society (BCWBS), Nadine Barbisan, is leading a monthly drop-in Womens Only Wheelchair (WOW!) program in lower mainland British Columbia this winter. This program focuses on introducing women and girls (aged 15+ years) to the sport of wheelchair basketball in a safe, fun, and welcoming environment. The WOW! Program features team building, skills development, scrimmages, and an opportunity to try something new. The program is offering opportunities for women to participate on January 24th, and each month leading up to a celebration of women and wheelchair basketball on the weekend of April 8-10, 2022. This event is open to all levels of experience. Details in link above.

Have a gender Equity initiative you want to share? Click here.Thanks for reading!About Canadian Women & Sport  Canadian Women & Sport is dedicated to creating an equitable and inclusive Canadian sport and physical activity system that empowers girls and womenas active participants and leaderswithin and through sport. With a focus on systemic change, we partner with sport organizations, governments, and leaders to challenge the status quo and build better sport through gender equity.

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