Only in a year where #GiselePélicot holds 50 men who raped her to account does a rapist President get named Person of the Year (for the second time). The message is clear: misogyny rewards power, while survivors like Gisele fight to ensure #ShameMustChangeSides.
🇨🇦 Josh Liendo is the first Black Canadian to win an Olympic swimming medal.
He told me growing up he had nobody to really look up to — because nobody looked like him.
Game changer. History maker. Silver medal at the Olympics.
Officially official. 🏀
Toronto has been awarded the WNBA's first franchise outside the United States, with the expansion team set to begin play in 2026. 🇨🇦
A year ago, the national title game broke the women's college basketball viewership record.
This year's game nearly doubled that.
https://t.co/JqAkMNxZFn
Super proud of our own Nakissa Koomalsingh for being named to this prestigious list for 2024!
Changing the Game for women and girls in sport 👏👏
@hoopqueens
Learn more:
https://t.co/1usGzAR1qo
New: Canadian amateur sports is in peril, according to a new report commissioned by the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee.
The federal government has not increased its core funding to national sports organizations since 2005, while costs for travel, logistics and coaching have skyrocketed.
Canada Basketball CEO Michael Bartlett said unless the federal government acts, the organization may not be able to afford having Canadian NBA stars play for their country in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
https://t.co/aDI20GD2H3
They sold out all 12 home games in a matter of hours, then sold out the 18,800 seat Scotiabank Arena in minutes.
#PWHL Toronto is the hottest ticket in town, and it's a sign the team has already outgrown Mattamy:
https://t.co/clOsysy5UV @TheHockeyNews
“I’m not getting caught up in this" from people in leadership is how and why sexualized violence has continued the way it has in hockey. No responsibility. No integrity. No interest. For shame.
I don’t even know what we’re discussing anymore when it comes to the support of Women’s professional teams in Toronto.
“Build it and they will come” - executives in their pr pitches
You built it
We showed up
Sold the events out
The next lift is on you