Suggestions for creating a promising future for women’s professional hockey
Attending the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) Clarkson Cup final between the Calgary Inferno and Les Canadiennes de Montreal was an enjoyable, entertaining experience for my brother and I last March. There was lots of excitement in Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto as the seats were filled with many young fans relishing the opportunity to see […]
New Year’s resolution idea: bring your children to women’s university sports games
Children of all genders need to see women excelling in sport. Sports are generally stereotyped as a male-dominated realm, which is a mindset that needs to change if we want young female athletes to know they are allowed to dominate an ice rink, wear baggy basketball shorts and develop strong muscles. Unfortunately reality right now […]
The broadcasting gap: where female athletes have to prove themselves, but males . . . don’t?
Photo courtesy of ESPN. It is no secret that women’s sports barely receive any media coverage, with a significant gap seen in the area of broadcasting. How come at a time when women’s rights are an increasingly relevant topic we still aren’t seeing any change? The argument that seems to repeatedly come up when this […]