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Players on Canada’s senior women’s hockey teams are demanding a “thorough and transparent investigation” into recent allegations of sexual assault involving Hockey Canada teams, and say the organization has a lot to do to address “toxic behaviour” in the sport. The players from Canada’s most recent Olympic and world championship …
Read More »Canadian women down Turkey for 4th win at Volleyball Nations League
Alexa Gray tallied 22 points, while Kiera Van Ryk added 20 to help the Canadian women’s indoor volleyball team edge Turkey 3-1 (25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 25-23) in Calgary on Tuesday for their fourth Volleyball Nations League win of the season. Hilary Howe, who — like Gray — was playing in her hometown, had 14 …
Read More »Transgender women athletes’ future in competition uncertain as sports organizations change rules, issue bans
Just 18 months after transgender athletes competed for the first time at the Olympics, international sporting federations are reconsidering whether transgender women should be allowed to keep participating in elite women’s competitions, as debate rages in sports and politics circles over who has the right to play. Some sports organizations introduced bans …
Read More »More women contact RCMP with allegations of abuse by retired Manitoba residential school priest
Warning: This story contains distressing details. At least two more women have come forward with allegations of abuse at the hands of a retired priest at Fort Alexander residential school in Manitoba. Maureen Fontaine, 67, is one of them. “I was a young age, and I had to go to …
Read More »Women have sucked up the pain of birth control devices for decades, but do they have to?
When she was in her late 20s, Katie O’Byrne heard about a newer product that promised to eliminate all pregnancy risk without needing to remember to take a birth control pill each day. Back in 2010, she paid $450 for the hormonal intrauterine device, or IUD. The tiny T-shaped device — first …
Read More »No token hires: Putting women in top jobs in men’s sports is about winning
When Cammi Granato was young, she had a fantasy: she and her hockey-mad brothers would win the lottery and buy a hockey team and manage it together. This plan, they figured, was the only way Granato, as a girl, would be able to contribute. Tony and Don Granato went on …
Read More »Upstart Maritime basketball league hopes to keep women on the court
The Maritime Women’s Basketball Association (MWBA) was made for people like Ellen Hatt. Hatt, a 25-year-old from Halifax, finished her four-year run on the Acadia women’s basketball team in 2019. Graduation, however, brought an abrupt end to her basketball career. “It was such an identity for me. But there was …
Read More »International Women’s Day: Five Women Who Are Leading the Way and Making a Difference in the World of Tech
On International Women’s Day, we look at women who have broken the glass ceiling and are leading the way in the tech industry. Before you dive right ahead, we would like to remind you that this is not a list of the ‘best women achievers in tech’. Every achievement is …
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