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Women in Sports

:: WOMEN'S BASKETBALL :: WOMEN'S BASEBALL ::
:: WOMEN'S FOOTBALL :: WOMEN'S HOCKEY :: FOR OUR GIRLS ::

Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity: CAAWS is in business to encourage girls and women to get out of the bleachers, off the sidelines, and onto the fields and rinks, into the pools, locker rooms and board rooms of Canada. TRY THE CAAWS OLYMPIC QUIZ
N202 - 801 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1N 6N5, 613-562-5667, caaws@caaws.ca

Women's Sports on TV: Weekly TV listing and contact info for your local and national media outlets.

Women's Sports Net.com. Good source for Women's Sports, Fitness, Diet & Health news.

The Black Women In Sport Foundation: Dedicated to facilitating the involvement of Black women in every aspect of sport in the United States and around the world, through the hands-on development and management of grass roots level outreach programs. The Black Women In Sport Foundation is a Pennsylvania Non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation.

Women in Coaching: The Women in Coaching program is a national Canadian campaign to increase the number of coaching opportunities for women, at all levels of sport . . . and the development of resources to increase the awareness of women coaches at the international and professional levels to provide role models for aspiring coaches.

CAAWS Most of Influential Women in Sports and Physical Activity: This list from CAAWS recognizes women who have made a significant impact as athletes, volunteers, officials, administrators, coaches, board members, advocates, journalists, executives, businesswomen, educators and community leaders and includes:

The 2003 Most Influential Women are:

• Dr. Julia Alleyne, Sport Medicine physician; the Canadian National Women's Soccer Team
• Pam Coburn, CEO of Skate Canada
• Sheila Copps, Minister of Canadian Heritage
• Charmaine Crooks, International Olympic Committee member and President/Founder of NGU Consultants
• Dr. Louise Humbert, University of Saskatchewan, College of Kinesiology, who has spent her life advocating for gender equity for girls and young women in physical activity, physical education and sport
• Judy Kent, author and member of the international Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to the Sports Committee
• Silken Laumann, Four-time Olympian
• Marion Lay, Olympian medal winner and President/CEO of the 2010 LegaciesNow Society
• Nancy Lee, first woman to run the most important sports production and broadcasting operation in Canada, CBC Sports
• Ljiljana (Lilo) Ljubisic, five-time Paralympic competitor and gold medal at the 1992 Summer Paralympic Games, she is Chair of the International Paralympic Committee's Athletes Council
• Nancy McKay, Vice-Chair & Vice-President Administration and Technology for the 2003 Canada Winter Games Host Society
• Carla Qualtrough, former Paralymipc Athlete and lawyer, she served as the Senior Policy Advisor to Paul DeViller, Secretary of State (Physical Activity and Sport)
• Thérèse Quigley, first woman Director of Athletics and Recreation in Ontario
• Jane Roos, Founder and Executive Director of See You In Athens Canadian Athletes Fund
• Danièle Sauvageau, the most well-known female coach in Canada, she lead Team Canada to its emotional gold-medal win over the USA at the Salt Lake City Olympics
• Beckie Scott, a trailblazer for women's nordic sport in Canada, she is first North American to medal in Olympic competition
• Sandra Stevenson, President/ CEO of Sport BC
• Dr. Gene Sutton, Executive member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, she is the current chair of the Canadian Olympic Academy and was most recently selected as Ontario's Chef de Mission for the 2005 Canada Winter Games
• Hayley Wickenheiser, one of only three Canadian athletes - male or female - who have competed in two Olympic sports, she won a silver medal at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games with the hockey team and competed as a member of the women's softball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

The 2005 Most Influential Women (in alphabetical order) are:

• Suzanne Coffey, Commonwealth Games Bid Review Committee, Fredericton, NB
• Charmaine Crooks, Sport Consultant & VANOC Board Member, Vancouver, BC
• Sonia Denoncourt, FIFA Women’s Officials Development, Gatineau, QC & Zurich, Switzerland
• Ann Dow, Athlete, Water Polo, Montreal, QC
• Peggy Gallant, Chair, Coaching Association of Canada, Antigonish, NS
• Shirley Green, Philanthropist, Brockville, ON
• Cindy Klassen, Athlete, Speed Skating, Winnipeg, MB & Calgary, AB
• Marion Lay, President & CEO, 2010 LegaciesNow Society, Vancouver, BC
• Ljiljana (Lilo) Ljubisic, International Paralympic Committee Member, Vancouver, BC
• Anne Merklinger, Director General, Canadian Canoe Association, Ottawa, ON
• Dr. Margo Mountjoy, Physician, Guelph, ON
• Chantal Petitclerc, Athlete, Paralympics, Montreal, QC
• Sheryn Posen, Chief Operating Officer, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, Toronto, ON
• Cathy Priestner Allinger, Senior Vice President of Sport, VANOC, Vancouver, BC
• Theresa Ross, President-Elect, Canadian Parks and Recreation Association, Inuvik, NWT
• Tricia Smith, Canadian Olympic Committee Executive Board Member, Vancouver, BC
• Xiuli Wang, Speed Skating Coach, Calgary, AB
• Emma-Jayne Wilson, Athlete, Apprentice Jockey, Toronto, ON
• Joyce Wityshyn, Special Olympic Cross-Country Ski Coach, Brandon, MB 2005 Canada Summer Games Host Society Women, Regina SK

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The Executive Women's Golf Association. EWGA provides opportunities for women to learn, play, and enjoy the game of golf for business and for life. Thanks to opportunities offered by the EWGA, women are making their influence felt in golf. The Association is an open avenue for women to use golf as a tool for both personal growth and corporate advancement. The EWGA provides women the opportunity to gain proficiency in this business sport in a welcoming and comfortable environment - among other businesswomen - among friends. Connecticut chapter

WomenSportsJobs.com: Online career center for women in the sports industry and for women interested in sports related fields. They provide an online connection for sports enterprises to find qualified individuals. Members have the ability to search hundreds of jobs in the sports industry, while employers can search a pool of qualified and diversified candidates. Jobs are posted daily.

The Association for Women in Sports Media: AWSM is a worldwide organization of more than 600 women and men employed in sports writing, editing, broadcast and production, public relations and sports information. AWSM seeks to remove roadblocks to women in sports journalism with a unified voice that ultimately will help women become more effective in their careers.

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Women's Football

National Women's Football Association:
The NWFA was formed in August, 2000 by sports and entertainment entrepreneur, Catherine Masters. Masters who has more than 25 years experience in the top levels of these industries, decided it was time for women to have the chance to play full contact football in a well organized and professionally run league.

In the years that followed, the NWFA expanded to include over 40 teams from Maine to Florida and from Baltimore to the West Coast and everything in between. In addition to adding many new markets, the NWFA also negotiated a deal with well known Hollywood Producer and Director, Joel Raatz, to participate in the first ever, GENDER BOWL, The Gender Bowl was the first time men and women competed against one another on the football field.
NWFA.

D.C. Divas:
In the spring of 2001, the D.C. Divas began its women's tackle football debut as a team in the National Women's Football Association (NWFA).

Boo's Unofficial Guide to Women's Professional Football:
unofficial list of leagues and teams in women's professional football.

For Our Girls

Girls@Play: Getting more girls in the game! The girls@play program was created by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity in 2000 in order to offer a meeting place for active girls. cite: caaws.ca/girlsatplay/

Strong Women, Strong Girls: is built upon the lessons learned from strong women throughout history to help girls and young women become strong women themselves. By building communities of women committed to supporting positive social change, Strong Women, Strong Girls works to create cycles of mutual empowerment for women and girls. cite: swsg.org

For Girls & Their Dreams: Clubs, Pen Pals, Adventures, Dolphin Camp, Dogsledding, Get into Giving, Volunteer, Click Activism, Group Projects, Question of the Month, Fun Stuff, Quizzes, Games, Contests, Global Village. Operated by New Moon Publishing, 2 W First Street #101, Duluth, MN 55802, 1-800-381-4743, newmoon@newmoon.org. cite: forgirlsandtheirdreams.org

New Moon Publishing: Celebrating a 13 year history of success, New Moon Magazine is for every girl who wants her voice heard and her dreams taken seriously, and for every adult who cares about girls. cite: newmoon.org

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