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L’atelier défi-santé avec les communautés racialisées

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:53:24 +0000

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CAAWS at PARC SYMPOSIUM

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 02:44:40 +0000

We will be at the PARC Symposium in Toronto. Be sure to stop by to learn about our newest project; the healthy living experiences of girls and young women from diverse ethnic communities.

The Making Healthy Connections with Racialized Communities project is designed to enhance capacity at the community, regional and provincial levels to increase healthy living opportunities for girls and young women from ethnic communities. The project was funded through the Healthy Communities Fund of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, and builds on On the Move, CAAWS’ national initiative to increase opportunities for inactive girls and young women ages (9-18) to participate in sport and physical activity.

http://www.caaws.ca/onthemove/e/racialized_girls/index.htm

CAAWS BOARD IN ACTION

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 01:06:31 +0000

Congratulations to CAAWS Board Member Cynthia Menzies who is Manitoba Tri Athlete of the Month for April.

http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=3e32f68c55b2dcaee3ec6a934&id=e2940ddda7&e=[UNIQID

WOMEN and SPORT NIGHT

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:32:41 +0000

CAAWS is working with the Ottawa Senators to promote a Women in Sport night on April 18th for the Senators vs Washington Capitals hockey game.

Tickets as low as $24.75 which includes a food and drink voucher.
Thursday April 18, 2013 @ 7:30p.m.

All ages of women/girls sports teams are welcome and encouraged to wear team jerseys!
Two girls hockey teams will get the “Future Sens NHL Experience” and play a game on Scotia Bank Ice before the Senators that night! Spots go quickly – get your team signed up today!

Enter the VIDEO CONTEST to win a chance to watch the Sens game in one of our Gallery Suties with Professional Female Athletes. Contest Details: submit a 30 second to 1 minute video stating the best part of being a female athlete – Why is it important for girls to be active? Creativity is encouraged! For more information contact Alison Maier, Account Manager, New Business Development, Ottawa Senators Hockey Club maiera@ottawasenators.com

Download the ticket form (.pdf)

AUSTRALIA OLYMPIC 42% WOMEN

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:05:46 +0000

Women will play a key role in the running of the Olympic Movement in Australia in the future following a massive shift in the gender balance on the Executive of the AOC.

Three female Olympians will join the AOC Board: Kitty Chiller (modern pentathlon), Danielle Woodward (canoe-kayak) and Nicole Livingstone (swimming).

They will join Helen Brownlee (canoe kayak) and Kim Crow (rowing) and hold five of the twelve elected positions on the AOC Board.

The AOC President, John Coates, has long been an advocate of greater gender diversity on the AOC Board. “Women comprise 45% of our Summer Olympic Team and 50% of our Winter Olympic Team, and in recent times they are winning the bulk of our Olympic medals, it is only right that women therefore have a greater presence on our Board” Coates said.

“The new candidates are three outstanding women, on and off the field of play, and I am looking forward to working closely with them in the future. They have much to offer”.

Kitty Chiller competed at the Sydney 2000 Games and has remained very much involved in sport. She has been the President of Modern Pentathlon Australia since 2009 and was Deputy Chef de Mission of the Australian Olympic Team at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Danielle Woodward is a triple Olympian, 1992, 1996 and 2000, winning a silver medal in Barcelona in 92. Danielle is President and Chair of Australian Canoeing and a federal agent for the Australian Federal Police having worked for the United Nations in East Timor in
2002 – 2003.

Nicole Livingstone is also a three-time Olympian, 1988, 1992 and 1996, winning silver and two bronze medals. Out of the pool she established herself as a leading television host and broadcaster and recently became a member of the Swimming Australia Board.

Nominations for the election on May 5th closed today. AOC President John Coates will be elected unopposed.

Only seven nominations have been received for the seven Board positions meaning their election is a formality.

Helen Brownlee will move up to become the AOC’s first-ever female Vice-President joining Peter Montgomery. They will also be elected unopposed.

The elected AOC Board will comprise:

John Coates – President
Peter Montgomery – Vice President
Helen Brownlee – Vice President
Russell Withers
Ian Chesterman
Nick Green
Andrew Plympton
Kitty Chiller
Nicole Livingstone
Danielle Woodward
Kim Crow
James Tomkins

Kim Crow and James Tomkins are elected by the athletes, the other ten voting members are elected by the member sports of the AOC. The elected AOC Board includes seven Olympians of whom five are Olympic medallists.

In addition, IOC member, Kevan Gosper, remains a voting ex-officio member until his retirement from the IOC at the end of the year. He was a silver medallist at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

AOC Secretary- General, Craig Phillips, continues as an appointed non-voting member of the Board.

http://corporate.olympics.com.au/E58812D0-9CB5-11E2-A71F005056A37760

INSPIRING WOMEN TO LEAD

admin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:06:48 +0000

Nothing inspires success in one woman more than the success of another. A great VIDEO from the Women Athlete Global Leadership Network by Ernst & Young.

Ernst & Young, an official supporter of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, has launched a program to tap the leadership potential of elite female athletes and Olympians after their retirement from competitive sport.

This three-part program will:

Create a first-of-its kind global leadership network
Tell unique stories of inspiration
Study the impact of women’s advancement in sport and society

Our Women Athletes Global Leadership Network will connect women athletes who seek a meaningful career outside of their sport with retired elite athletes, including women Olympians, who successfully transitioned to an impactful second career.

We will also connect these women athletes with our robust business network of top women leaders and entrepreneurs around the world, many of whom have sports in their background.

The network will be designed to share lessons learned from career transitions, to mentor, open doors, create opportunities and inspire the next generation to maximize their potential.

PROFILES IN LEADERSHIP

admin — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:09:44 +0000

Around the Rings (ATR) has created the Golden 25 Women, a list of women who are thought-leaders and personalities worldwide projected to have an impact on the Olympic Movement in 2013.

FROM AROUND THE RINGS – PUBLISHERS NOTE

http://aroundtherings.com/G25/2013-G25W/G25W-201336-PublishersNote.aspx

International Women’s Day – March 8 – has been celebrated worldwide for more than 100 years; in fact, this Friday is a national holiday in more than two dozen countries.

We’re using the occasion to launch the first Around the Rings’ Golden 25 for Women, made possible by Ernst & Young. We’d like to thank them for their support, and for their commitment to advancing women in sport and business.

As the majority owner of Around the Rings, I take a personal interest in women’s issues and how they play out in the business world. For the 20-plus years we’ve published Around the Rings, we’ve made a point to hire and promote women at all levels, in all areas. I like to think we’ve been reasonably successful.

Unfortunately, the same is not true in many other areas of world sport. The paucity of women in leadership roles in the world of Olympic sport is staggering:

Of the 101 members of the International Olympic Committee, only 21 are women

Of more than 200 NOCs, only 10 have women presidents

None of the three Olympic organizing committees are headed by women

Only three of the 33 Olympic sport federations are headed by women

On the plus side, women serve as secretaries general at nearly 20 NOCs and at five Olympic sport federations. All three 2020 bid cities have women serving in key roles. It’s entirely possible that at least one serious contender for the next IOC president will be a woman.

In 1997, we launched the first of our Golden 25 series – annual rankings that look ahead to note who will be the most influential in the coming year. I’ll be candid: most years it has been a challenge to maintain even a semblance of gender balance. To date, no woman has been named to the #1 spot.

So you can imagine our excitement when the opportunity arose to extend our Golden 25 brand by recognizing 25 of the most important women in Olympic sport. While there are far more than 25 women of influence in the Olympic Family, this is our attempt to begin to set the record straight.

The women on our list work in many different areas and it would be difficult to select just one as “most influential”; hence our decision to list everyone alphabetically.

The Golden 25 Most Influential Women

IF ACTIVE WOMEN DON’T EAT ENOUGH

admin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:10:17 +0000

Mar 16, 2013 – Female runners and other active women who limit their food intake are at an increased risk for menstrual problems and osteoporosis, according to a new study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

These adverse health effects are part of what’s call the female athlete triad, three overlapping conditions that include calorie restriction or disordered eating, bone loss or osteoporosis, and amenorrhea (absence of menstruation).

The study is part of a larger investigation called REFUEL, which is looking at the effects of increased caloric intake on menstrual and bone health in active women with menstrual disturbances over the course of a year.

The current study’s findings build on previous research that linked calorie restriction to menstrual problems, but it was the first to examine the relationship between calorie consumption and “low energy availability” in exercising women.

Low energy availability doesn’t refer to your fatigue level. Rather, it is the amount of fuel the body has to function properly. When calories are scarce, the body diverts resources to vital operations like cell maintenance and body-temperature regulation. Since a women’s menstrual cycle is not considered critical to survival, this system slows or shuts down, which can affect estrogen levels and bone health. Low energy availability can be a result of inadequate food intake and/or exercise level—thus the triad.

Energy availability is used as an indicator for potential health risks, so researchers set out to better understand how calorie restriction affects energy availability in active women. After evaluating the food and exercise logs of 87 women and putting them through a battery of lab tests to measure energy and menstrual cycle hormones, the researchers found that the women who ate less (about 1600 calories per day) had lower energy availability and greater frequency of menstrual problems than women who took in 1,900 calories per day. This was not surprising. But here’s what was: women with higher-than-expected energy availability still had menstrual problems.

What does this mean? Mostly, the researchers note, that more research is needed. But it suggests the “energy-availability” threshold that puts women at greater risk for health problems may be higher than the researchers thought, or it may differ for active women than inactive women.

The researchers note that its also unclear how long it takes for a woman with low energy availability to develop mentrual abnormalities and the cause-and-effect relationship between eating behavior and health remains an ongoing investigation.

RUNNERS WORLD: http://www.runnersworld.com/health/what-happens-when-active-women-dont-eat-enough#.UUZMqirmL8Y.twitter

GIRLS’ EMPOWERMENT WEBINAR

admin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:04:06 +0000

CAAWS will present as part of this Webinar for girls’ empowerment groups to promote action on healthy living issues for girls on Monday March 25, 2013.

Webinar with:

Nancy Poole (British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health)
Ginny Gonneau (British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health)
Tatiana Fraser (Girls Action Foundation)
Sydney Millar (Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity)

When: Monday, March 25th 2013 at 12:00-1:00PM (EST)

Language: English

About this webinar:

Girls Action Foundation is launching 3 new backgrounders intended to support the work of facilitators of girls’ empowerment groups, programmers and organizations working with girls and young women. The backgrounders offer current information, resources, practical tools, web-based materials and sample group activities on:

Girls, Alcohol and Depression
Girls, Smoking and Stress
Girls, Physical Activity and Culture

Join in to learn more about these resources and related tools that are grounded in a study of Girls’ Perspectives on Girls’ Groups and Healthy Living (2011)
which explored promising practices in girl-centred health promotion (See English and French reports). These backgrounders were developed in collaboration
with the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, the Girls Action Foundation and the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity.

Special Note: Please register by March 23rd. Once you register, you will be sent complete instructions for joining on the day, and the number to contact for support. If you have questions or would like more information contact: bccewh@cw.bc.ca

About the BCCEWH: The British Columbia Excellence for Women’s Health (BCCEWH) wishes to improve the health of women through innovative research and the development of women-centred programs, practice, and policies. We promote a women-centred approach to the health of girls and women. We partner with local community agencies, provincial initiatives, national organizations, and international agencies to conduct research and/or to exchange knowledge among community members, academic researchers, policy makers, and health care professionals.

About CAAWS: The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity is a national non-profit organization dedicated to increasing opportunities for girls and women to participate and lead in sport and physical activity in Canada. CAAWS provides leadership and education, and builds capacity to foster equitable support, diverse opportunities and positive experiences for girls and women in sport and physical activity.

RESOURCE TO INSPIRE GIRLS

admin — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:08:29 +0000

Mar 11, 2013 – With the COC, we have launched a classroom resource to inspire girls to Get Active. It includes downloads, resources and a video. Please share.

Building on the Momentum of International Women’s Day, Canadian Olympic Committee and CAAWS Launch New Classroom Resource to Inspire Girls and Young Women to be active in Sport and Physical Activity through the Olympic Movement

“CAAWS is very excited to be celebrating International Women’s Day by partnering with the COC to launch the Canadian Olympic School module inspiring girls and young women to be active as well as hosting Women and Leadership workshops in Ottawa, Halifax and Vancouver,” said Karin Lofstrom, CAAWS Executive Director. “It is a great opportunity to have these five female Olympian role models sharing their stories with us as we continue to work to create more opportunities for girls and women to participate and lead in sport and physical activity.”

Fewer than one in twenty girls and young women currently get the recommended amount of daily physical activity, while less than one in ten boys accomplish the same. The Canadian Olympic School Program’s latest classroom module: Give Your Everything: Get Active, includes a classroom module, a teacher’s guide and targeted articles to help parents, teachers, coaches and youth leaders help engage girls and young women, as well as boys and young men, in the tangible benefits of getting and staying active.

Give Your Everything: Get Active was drafted by educational experts in collaboration with CAAWS.

http://www.olympicschool.ca/resources/give-your-everything-get-active/