2019 Year in Review
As we ease ourselves into the year ahead, here is a round-up of the most popular SIRCuit articles and SIRC blogs from 2019! Top 5 SIRCuit Articles Gender Equity is Good Governance – Lessons from the Sport Sector Cannabis and Sport: Perspectives from a Seat in the Canadian Senate Managing the Risk of Athlete Burnout…
Speechless syndrome
“Speechless syndrome” occurs when someone lacks the facts to confidently respond to a faulty argument. The October edition of the Canadian Journal for Women in Coaching provides the stats and facts to respond to four common assumptions that create barriers to advancing women in leadership.
Gender Equity in the Media
Media coverage of tennis sensation Bianca Andreescu during the US Open provides insight into what quality coverage of women’s sport should be. Andreescu’s rise was covered with “hype and enthusiasm,” storylines focused on her athleticism and mental toughness, and decisions were made to expand coverage to build on national excitement (in one case pre-empting a…
Gender Equity at the 2019 Pan Am Games
After Day 6 at the Pan American Games, Team Canada women have won 32 of Canada’s 55 medals (58%) plus 4 mixed team event medals. This success is in line with the 2015 Games, where women won 51% of the the team’s medals, and 61% of the golds. As the number of events for women…
Women’s World Cup 2019 – About More than Just Soccer
Since June 7, 2019, televisions, radios and mobile phones around the world have been tuned in to the Women’s World Cup. And while the play on the field has amazed, inspired and delighted us, the Women’s World Cup has also provided an opportunity for social transformation. Players are speaking out against gender discrimination in soccer,…
Women’s World Cup 2019
The Women’s World Cup has amazed, inspired and delighted us…while also providing a platform for players to draw attention to persisting inequities in the sport. Today’s SIRC blog provides an overview of some of the key issues raised by the players, and provides recommendations for influencing positive change in sport, whether you’re committed to achieving…
Curling Canada gender equity action
CAAWS’ 2019 Women in Sport Leadership Snapshot revealed that 4 in 10 national sport and multisport service organizations have less than 30% women on their boards of directors. According to Catalyst, the 30% threshold represents a critical mass at which the perspectives of women are more likely to be heard around the board table. Curling…
Governance & Gender Equity
A review conducted by Canadian Securities Administrators and supported by the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance demonstrated that boards of directors with a written policy on gender equity had a higher percentage of women than those without (Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, 2018). Learn how Curling Canada, Ontario Soccer and Triathlon NB integrated gender equity…
Gender Equity Research Hub
In 2018, the Government of Canada set a target to achieve gender equity at every level of sport by 2035. Today and tomorrow, SIRC is excited to lead discussion with sport researchers, government representatives and members of the Canadian sport sector to inform the development of a Canadian Gender Equity in Sport Research Hub to…
Red Deer Declaration
In February 2019, federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for sport committed in principle to developing a “strategy tailored to their own jurisdiction so that boards of directors of funded sport organizations reach [gender] parity by December 2024.” Known as the “Red Deer Declaration”, this raises the bar for national and provincial/territorial sport organizations to…