Ashley LaBrie

Mom, Wife, Daughter, Athlete Advocate, ALL things Sport, ALL things Creative, Former ED of AthletesCAN #AthleteVoice

[Ashley LaBrie @labrie_ashley]

Representing some of our country’s finest human beings - Canada’s national team athletes - has given me some of the most meaningful, rewarding and incredible experiences of my life.

🙏🏻 to all who have played a role in my time @AthletesCAN & impacted my journey so far. #Grateful

[AthletesCAN @AthletesCAN]

📢Ashley LaBrie concludes successful tenure as Executive Director.

On behalf of 🇨🇦 athletes & our sport partners, we 🙏 Ashley for her 13+ years of passion in supporting our members & representing #TheCollective #AthleteVoice

Read more: https://t.co/lWKOVeB5ML

[World Players @WorldPlayersWPA]

Athletes are workers — and their rights at work must be recognised. 🤝

For the first time, governments, employers and workers’ representatives at the ILO reached consensus on guidelines protecting the rights of professional athletes.

A landmark moment. 🌍

@uniglobalunion

[Ashley LaBrie @labrie_ashley]

@CBCScottRussell @cbcsports @TeamCanada @CDNParalympics Congratulations Scott🙏🏻 So much appreciation for all you have done for athletes and sport in 🇨🇦 and across the globe.

[Devin Heroux @Devin_Heroux]

After Team Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball victory today I asked Allison Lang about this being so much more than sport

And then she answered with 60 seconds of magic I’ll never forget.

Here’s 🇨🇦 Allison Lang on what the Paralympics are truly about.

[PFA @PFA]

‘I am a PFA member.’

Applications for current players to stand for election to the PFA Players’ Board open this Monday.

Your opportunity to make a difference. ⤵️

More info here: https://t.co/PkAx40G5GA

[Evan Dunfee @EvanDunfee]

You want more top 8’s? Define your programs success by how many of your athletes exit the sport happy, fulfilled and on their own terms. And then sit back and watch as they go on to build the sport in their communities, and it trickles up to the podium.

[Ashley LaBrie @labrie_ashley]

Love this thread. So happy to see this win for @LandoNorris 🙌

[Remi @4unclelala]

drivers reactions to lando first win- a thread

[UNI Global Union @uniglobalunion]

Professionals & managers need unions too and can be invaluable allies in negotiating better terms with bosses for all workers. Often on the frontlines of digitalization and AI, their expertise is invaluable in the new world of work. See our conf. report ⬇️
https://t.co/iPmERksMfW

[AthletesCAN @AthletesCAN]

AthletesCAN, @TeamCanadaAC and the CPC AC statement regarding the announcement in the 2024 Federal Budget that funding for the Athlete Assistance Program (AAP) will be increased by $35 million over the next five years. #AthleteVoice #Budget2024

[World Players @WorldPlayersWPA]

🫸🏾 There is no place for discrimination, violence and harassment in the player's workplace. 🫷🏾
♀️🤾🏾‍♀️⛹🏾‍♀️🏟️🏃🏾‍♀️🚴🏾‍♀️🏟️♀️
#EqualityatWork #IWD #RoarRoom

[World Players @WorldPlayersWPA]

The World Players Association expresses its support for the brave players at Dartmouth and all athletes committed to leaving their sports and workplaces in a better position for the next generation of athletes to come. 🏀⛹🏾‍♂️✊🏾💪🏾https://t.co/Z5Gj75egjn

[World Players @WorldPlayersWPA]

"Realizing the rights of athletes as people, workers and human rights defenders is the next goal of our organizing work" #R2O @MLBPA @FIFPRO @EUAthletes @Orive_Fred @IntRugbyPlayers @FICA_Players @TheWNBPA @NFLPA @NHLPA @TheNBPA @AusAthletesAll

https://t.co/a12byHo4lQ

[Ashley LaBrie @labrie_ashley]

@NtwProductions can you help / direct me how get the latest hardcover of the Coasters 101 book for my son before Christmas? Everywhere I have tried it’s not arriving until end of Jan 2024. Pls DM any options. He wants to be an engineer and build coasters for a living!! Thank you!

[Allison Forsyth, OLY @AlliForsyth]

To share this openly, although I have tip toed before was, well a lot. To have shared under your care and approach @Devin_Heroux was a blessing. Thank you all for respecting my experience and I hope you take something for yourself and your loved ones.

[Centre for Sport & Human Rights @SportandRights]

The Routledge Handbook of Mega-Sporting Events & Human Rights is out now!

The handbook is the first book to explore the topic in depth, with chapters contributed from a range of stand-out experts in the field of sport & human rights. Claim a limited time 20% off discount now 👇

[Ashley LaBrie @labrie_ashley]

👇 Thread.

#AthleteRepresentation
#Right2Organize #PlayerRights

[World Players @WorldPlayersWPA]

🚨Today we release our landmark report on the hurdles players face to organize & collectively bargain in sport. We continue the ✊🏾 for these key rights to effectively represent athletes + improve their conditions of work & play. #Right2Organize #R2O
👉🏾 https://t.co/c7vUWo4OPs

[Ashley LaBrie @labrie_ashley]

👏👏👏 Thanks for everything @BrendanSchwab 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
You welcomed @AthletesCAN into the global player rights conversation and 🇨🇦 sport has been forever changed. #AthleteVoice #Peoplefirst #legacy

[UNI Global Union @uniglobalunion]

A huge thank you to @BrendanSchwab who has been instrumental in laying the foundations for @WorldPlayersUtd.

Under his tenure, WPA has become the recognized voice for players among many global institutions & ensured athletes' fundamental rights are embedded in global sport.

[Ashley LaBrie @labrie_ashley]

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[Ashley LaBrie @labrie_ashley]

All of this 👇👇👇

[World Players @WorldPlayersWPA]

Too many rousing calls to action to count at the #WPAxFIFPRO #Right2Organize conference.

Here’s a glimpse. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[World Players @WorldPlayersWPA]

Powerful conversations about the importance of the #Right2Organize in the past, present and future of the player association movement.

Onward with Day 2 of #R2O2023, with more insights, case studies and practical skill building.

Educate, engage, empower.

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

A story I haven't told publicly before:

In 2013, I wrote a piece about Lance Armstrong & doping

I argued hypercompetiveness can lead to the dark side of doping

It was right around his confession to doping

Shortly after it went live, my phone rang. It was Nike...