- CAAWS PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE
- CAAWS IS LOOKING FOR THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN SPORT
AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN 2012
- NEW CAAWS PROJECT - MAKING HEALTHY CONNECTIONS IN RACIALIZED
COMMUNITIES: GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES WITH
SPORT, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY LIVING
- ACTIVELY ENGAGING WOMEN AND GIRLS – CALL FOR SUCCESS
STORIES
- ACTIVE LIVING AFTER SCHOOL RESOURCES NOW AVAILABLE!
- IAPESGW’s 17TH WORLD CONGRESS 2013
- NEW WEBSITE ON LGBT ISSUES IN SPORT
- UPCOMING EVENTS
- CELEBRATIONS
1. CAAWS PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE
CAAWS would like to thank you! – As
part of its strategic planning process, CAAWS invited key
stakeholders to complete an online survey to ultimately ensure
that our programs and services meet the needs of girls and
women in sport and physical activity. CAAWS would like to
thank all those who responded to the survey. The findings
will be analyzed and presented to the CAAWS Board of Directors
at their upcoming Board Meeting taking in place in Ottawa
next month.
Moving, Mentoring, Motivating Mothers –
With funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, CAAWS will
be offering a total of 15 incentive grants to groups and/or
organizations interested in increasing physical activity and
sport participation among Ontario mothers and their families.
Through this opportunity, CAAWS is excited to announce the
following recipients:
Project Amik Residents Committee (Toronto);
West Nipissing Community Health Centre (Sturgeon
Falls); Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (Tyendinaga
Territory); Community Living Brant – Ontario
Early Years Centre: Brant (Brantford); Ontario
Early Years Centre: Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office
(Toronto); Flemindgon Neighbourhood Services
(Toronto); Odawa Native Friendship Centre
(Ottawa); Township of Tyendinaga (Shannonville);
Oil Heritage District Community Centre (Petrolia);
Centre des services communautaires Vanier (Ottawa);
Grandir Ensemble (Ottawa); Sioux
Lookout Mothers in Motion (Sioux Lookout); Terrace
Bay & Schreiber Mothers in Motion Committee (Terrace
Bay); and, Moms in Motion (Toronto).
For more information on CAAWS’ Mothers in Motion project,
visit the website at www.caaws.ca/mothersinmotion/e.
Keeping Girls in Motion – CAAWS Executive
Director, Karin Lofstrom, had an opportunity
to sit down with Saskatchewan in motion – re:activity
host Lisa Peters and talk about getting and
keeping girls active. To see what Karin had to say, click here. re:activity is a multi-media memo
to parents regarding physical activity. And the message? Your
kids aren’t as active as you think they are. But the
good news is that it doesn’t take a super hero to make
physical activity the easy choice. To see more stories, advice
and practical tools to re:activate your family, visit http://www.saskatchewaninmotion.ca/reactivity.
2. CAAWS IS LOOKING FOR THE MOST INFLUENTIAL
WOMEN IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN 2012
CAAWS wants your help to identify powerful and influential
women in sport and physical activity. Next month, CAAWS will
be seeking your input for its Most Influential Women in Sport
and Physical Activity List for 2012.
Who is an influential woman? She is a powerful
woman who is influencing sport or physical activity in
2012. She may be a podium athlete who has achieved
national and/or international recognition, or has had to overcome
challenges but lead by example. Perhaps she is a volunteer
or a Mission Staff team member who’s donated countless
hours to coaching or organizing. She may be making a significant
impact in physical activity. Or she is an executive who has
led an organization or team with a clear defined vision. It
may even be someone in the print or broadcast media who influences
coverage of girls and women at the Games.
Women previously named to the list may be nominated again.
A panel established by CAAWS will review all nominations.
They will develop the final list of the Most Influential Women
in Sport and Physical Activity for 2012. See our past lists for info. CAAWS will be accepting nominations starting
November 2012 – stay tuned for more details!
3. NEW CAAWS PROJECT - MAKING HEALTHY
CONNECTIONS IN RACIALIZED COMMUNITIES: GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN’S
EXPERIENCES WITH SPORT, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY LIVING
The Making Healthy Connections in 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.
Earlier this year, CAAWS hosted focus groups with ethnic
girls and young women, and practitioners involved with sport
and physical activity programs and services for this target
group. The focus groups provided the foundation for a new
report that discusses the sport and physical activity needs,
interests and experiences of girls and young women from ethnic
communities, shares successes and challenges from an organizational
perspective, and provides recommendations to enhance program
and service delivery. Available November 2012; email caaws@caaws.ca
to request a copy.
In addition to the Report, the project also involves the
training of 10 women as workshop facilitators, and the delivery
of 20 workshops across the province. Workshops are half-day,
interactive, issue-based sessions that provide an overview
of the project, share focus group findings, discuss the complexities
of race and multiculturalism in an increasingly diverse society
as they apply to sport, physical activity and healthy living,
and provide tips and recommendations to increase the participation
of girls and young women from ethnic communities.
Applications to become a workshop facilitator
and/or to host a workshop are now available on the CAAWS website
– the deadline is November 30, 2012.
For more information about the project, visit http://caaws.ca/onthemove/e/racialized_girls/index.htm.
To download the facilitator application form
(download PDF)
To download the workshop host application form
(download PDF)
4. ACTIVELY ENGAGING WOMEN AND GIRLS
– CALL FOR SUCCESS STORIES
To support work to enhance the Canadian Sport and Physical
Activity system and build on the Canadian Sport for Life movement,
CAAWS is seeking success stories from national, provincial/territorial
and community organizations that have increased opportunities
for women and girls to participant and/or lead. These could
include targeted Learn to Play programs, codes of conduct
to make your team more inclusive, female-only coach certification
opportunities, mentorship initiatives, and more. Send a description
of your success story to Sydney Millar, CAAWS’ National
Program Director, via snmillar@caaws.ca.
To download CAAWS’ CS4L resource, Actively Engaging
Women and Girls: Addressing the Psycho-Social Factors and
targeted supplements for NSOs, P/TSOs, Coaches, Program Leaders,
Educators and Parents, visit http://www.caaws.ca/ActivelyEngaging/.
5. ACTIVE LIVING AFTER SCHOOL
RESOURCES NOW AVAILABLE!
PHE Canada has just launched its Active Living After School
(ALAS) initiative as part of the Canadian Active After School
Partnership (CAASP) funded by Public Health Agency of Canada.
Developed to assist after school program administrators in
delivering high quality programs that involve increased access
and opportunity to engage in physical activity and healthy
living, the ALAS initiative includes a How-to-Guide and an
equipment Activity Kit to help administrators in support of
their programs. PHE Canada has partnered with Canadian Tire
Jumpstart to provide qualified after school programs with
the ALAS resources at no cost. For more information on this
initiative, visit www.phecanada.ca/alas.
Be sure to also check out CAAWS’ Active After
School Programs for Girls and Young Women Resources
which were developed to ensure after school programs are positive
and inclusive environments for girls and young women: On
the Move Top 10 Success Factors, Success
Stories from Five Friendship Centres, and Policy
and Recommendations. These resources were released
by CAAWS as part of their involvement in CAASP. To view and/or
download these resources, visit http://caaws.ca/onthemove/e/after_school/index.htm.
6. IAPESGW’s
17TH WORLD CONGRESS 2013
 The
International Association of Physical Education and Sport
for Girls and Women (IAPESGW) 17th World Congress 2013 will
be held April 10-13, 2013 in Havana (Cuba). The conference
will bring together interested scholars and practitioners
from across the globe, who are working to improve the position
of girls and women in the fields of physical education, sport,
dance and physical activity. Sessions will include keynotes,
symposia, workshops, oral and poster presentations aimed at
facilitating the sharing of research and practice through
exchange of knowledge, networking, discussing and creating
new possibilities for the benefit of girls and women globally.
Deadline to submit an abstract is December 1, 2012.
For more information, click here
or visit the conference website directly at http://iapesgw2013.inder.cu/index.php/en/.
7. NEW WEBSITE ON LGBT ISSUES IN SPORT
Sport, as an institution, has historically been behind the
times when it comes to issues related to the lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. But a growing push
for social justice in sport has begun to transform cultural
attitudes. A new website, LBGT Issues in Sport: Theory
to Practice, was recently launched by Drexel University’s
Goodwin College.
The website will provide public access to research focusing
on LGBT issues in sport, with the goal of turning theory into
practice in order to make sport more inclusive for lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender individuals. The site will also
serve as a resource for sharing research that has been vetted
through peer-reviewed processes to facilitate a greater awareness
of work being done in this field, and connect researchers
and activities in order to impact public policy and education.
For more information, visit the website at http://stream.goodwin.drexel.edu/lgbtsportresearchnet/.
8. UPCOMING EVENTS
 While
CAAWS is not hosting any workshops and/or presentations in
the coming weeks, the following events may be of interest:
The 4th Conference on Recent Advances in the Prevention
and Management of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
- Taking place Oct. 24-26 in Halifax NS, this conference brings
together an interdisciplinary group of professionals and policy
makers working in the field of childhood and adolescent obesity.
Specifically, the conference will showcase examples of the
best and promising practice across Canada, and across multiple
settings. From provincial level policies to school and community
level interventions, and through practice-based management
programs targeting multiple behaviours that are associated
with obesity, the conference seeks to promote a solution-oriented
approach to obesity prevention and management. For more information
and program updates, visit www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/Obesity/default.asp.
Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Sportif -
From November 8th to 10th, Canada’s sport elite will
gather in Montreal, Quebec. The country’s top coaches
and sport scientists will join senior leaders from our national
sport organizations to analyze, discuss, network, and learn
from each other in powerful sharing sessions. You will be
educated, motivated and inspired. For more information or
to register, visit: www.sportleadershipsportif.ca.
9. CELEBRATIONS
Congratulations to Chantal Petitclerc on
being named Canada’s chef de mission for the 2014 Commonwealth
Games. Active Healthy Kids Canada names Jennifer Cowie
Bonne as Chief Executive Officer. Synchro Canada
names Meng Chen as head coach to lead the
senior national team in this new era leading to the 2016 and
2020 Olympic Games.
Marion Lay, CAAWS Founding Mother and former
Chair, is being inducted into the Canadian Sport Hall of Fame
in Calgary.
Congratulations to the following four women on being named
Ontario Apprentice Coaches for the 2013 Canada Summer Games
Coaching Apprentice Program: Jenny Trew (Cycling)
and Helen Orton (Canoe Kayak) have been selected
for the Women Apprentice program; Ohsweken Apprentice Coaches,
Tiffany Van Every (Canoe Kayak) and Kathryn
Hill (Softball) have been identified for the Aboriginal
Apprentice program.
In the Loop celebrates women’s accomplishments in the
sport and physical activity community. Send career notices,
changes, awards and recognitions to CAAWS c/o sparker@caaws.ca
to be included in the next issue.
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