{"id":993,"date":"2022-02-03T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/?page_id=993"},"modified":"2023-01-12T17:40:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T17:40:30","slug":"diversity-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/diversity-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity & Inclusion in Sport Discussion Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\n
What is the Diversity and Inclusion Discussion Series?<\/strong> Eight, 90 minute virtual session moderated by INclusion INcorporated. Every session will include experts in that field and is being provided to you at no cost or our better than FREE option you will find on the registration page.\u00a0 We hope to see you sign up for all the sessions. All sessions are powered by our great friends at the Calgary Flames Foundation.<\/p>\n The Goal<\/strong>: To advance awareness and discussion around Diversity and Inclusion in Sport among club leaders who are well-positioned to implement positive change.<\/p>\n Who’s running the series?<\/strong> KidSport Calgary, KidSport Edmonton, KidSport Alberta, Sport Calgary, and the Edmonton Sport Council in partnership with INclusion INcorporated is offering a Diversity and Inclusion in Sport discussion series to Local Sport Organizations, sport leaders, and administrators across Alberta.<\/p>\n Why KidSport is doing this:<\/strong> KidSport believes in education, and we believe it’s our responsibility to ensure that the clubs our kids play at have an understanding of the diverse backgrounds and experiences of where kids come from. Through the series, KidSport’s hope is to help clubs, sport leaders and administrators become better equipped to offer positive, inclusive, and safe access to sport.<\/p>\n Join us to listen and learn more about the proactive behaviors, options, and actions we can all make so that people from all backgrounds, ages, and abilities feel welcome, respected, and that they belong at your club. We will be hosting monthly virtual sessions and will be recording each session for those who are unable to attend live.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWATCH NOW\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n Session Resources<\/p>\n Diversity and Inclusion is an important topic area but it is complex and hard to navigate what to do and how to do it. This session will introduce some of the key terminology and some of the areas to pay attention to as you put together a thoughtful approach to move forward.<\/p>\n\n Andrea Carey<\/strong> – Andrea Carey is a Canadian Certified Inclusion Professional, holds a Masters of Education in Leadership Studies, is a Certified Executive Coach and is the Chief Inclusion Officer for INclusion INcorporated. Andrea has been working on diversity and inclusion projects at the local, provincial, national and international level for the past 15 years, leading the development of many leading resources, trainings and programs that were co-created with, and developed to support equity deserving groups. She spent ten years on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Paralympic Committee for ten years, and chaired the organization’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and the Paralympic Pathways Committee.\u00a0 Andrea is currently a Board Director with KidSport Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\tIncluding Gender Identities in Sport – April 13, 2022 12PM MST<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t Session Resources<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gender identities is an area that has evolved rapidly over the past few years. Sports need to be thinking about how they can support all gender identities and create inclusive policies and supportive environments for each gender identity.<\/p>\n\n Ryan Gushulak (they\/them)<\/strong> – Ryan comes to INclusion INcorporated holding a Master’s of Kinesiology, specializing in Health Promotion, and a Graduate Certificate in Sport and Recreation Management. Before working in sport Ryan’s research focused on working with members of marginalized communities. \u00a0Passionate about lifelong learning, Ryan is currently mulling the idea of beginning a PhD that would combine their interests of Safe Sport, coaching practices, and sport culture.<\/p>\n Ryan was born and raised in rural Manitoba. As a transmasculine, non-binary person they struggled to find belonging in their hometown but found solace in sport. That belonging in a sport environment has led them to a career in advocating for Safe Sporting environments for all athletes. This passion has led them to work in athlete services with Queen’s University Athletics Department, before joining Canada Artistic Swimming as the Safe Sport Manager. Ryan believes that Safe Sport and the principles of diversity, inclusion and equity are interconnected and work together to create positive experiences for athletes.<\/p>\n Ryan is excited to continue to dive deep into their own learning journey with the INclusion INcorporated team and explore how small daily changes can create more inclusive and psychologically safe environments.<\/p>\n Ness Murby (he\/him)<\/strong> – Husband, father, Paralympian, and unapologetically trans. Ness Murby is a mental health practitioner, independent consultant, and the cofounder of TougherThan.”<\/p>\n Breaker of world records, bearer of much medal hardwares, and holder of world, continental, and national titles. Ness Murby is a dual national born in Melbourne (Australia) and a Canadian Paralympian currently residing in Vancouver BC.<\/p>\n Born with a rare congenital condition affecting his vision, Ness has represented three countries in three parasports. Australia, Japan, Canada; Goalball, Powerlifting, ParaAthletics. He immigrated to The Pacific Northwest in 2012 and has represented Canada since 2015. He’s a two-time ParaAthletics world medalist ranking WorldTop8 in f11 (blind) javelin, discus, and shotput. Discus is now his only event following the removal of his top event, Javelin, from the World ParaAthletics sports program.<\/p>\n In 2020 Ness came out publicly as transgender and in 2021 he changed his competitive designation to male. There has never been an openly transgender athlete at the Paralympic Games or World Championships. He is also the first Athletics Canada national team athlete openly out as trans.<\/p>\n Ness’ intersectionality has long lead him to push against prejudices and drive for systemic change. Cofounder of TougherThan and a proud collaborator with INclusion INcorporated, Ness advocates “there is enough room for all of us.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\t\t\tSupporting Low Income Families in Sport – May 18, 2022 12PM MST<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t Session Resources<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Financial barriers are a challenge to sport participation. Sport can be expensive and it is beyond the registration fees. This session will share some of the education, understanding and empathy needed in making sport welcoming and accessible to low-income families.<\/p>\n Panelists<\/p>\n Rebecca Foshole-Luke\u00a0<\/strong>(she\/her): <\/strong>Rebecca is a registered forensic social worker who is passionate about the intersection of social work and the law, and how to better serve Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities. She holds a B.A in Sociology and Women’s Studies, and a Bachelor of Social work degree. Her work is focused on dismantling the family regulation system or child welfare legal system. She is interested in exploring how human-centered and evidence-based approaches using an equity lens, can be used to transform the way programs and services are developed and delivered. She is passionate about using her lived experience, education, and skills to find ways to influence anti-racist and anti-oppressive organizational and policy changes. She hopes to continue to contribute to finding solutions that will allow individuals systematically excluded to truly thrive and have access to equitable resources and supports.<\/p>\n\t\t\tIndigenous Sport Inclusion – June 8, 2022 12 PM MST<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\n <\/p>\n Indigenous peoples have often not been included in sport. There is a parallel sport system that is Indigenous-led and is for Indigenous participants. Appreciating the Indigenous sport system and understanding how the two systems can work together will be the focus of this session.<\/p>\n\t\t\tAnti-Racism in Sport – Sept 14, 2022 12PM MST<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\n <\/p>\n As a society we are recognizing that racism is imbedded in our systems and structures. Racism is prevalent in sport and this session will talk about what that means and what you need to think about to surface this topic in your sport.<\/p>\n\n\n Ruke Okome<\/strong>:\u00a0My name is Ruke Okome and I am the Social Operations Manager for Free Play for kids. My deep appreciation for sports, community and overall belonging drives my passion in everything I do. I myself am an active individual and I strongly believe that there is magic in using sport as a social tool to get kids, youths and adults to not only be active, playing and having fun but also helps in recognizing their strengths, autonomy and discovering who they are OR who they want to be. I always strive to ensure that the voices and lived experiences of the individuals who access our program lead the way in creating social change and being a part of Free Play allows me to do just that!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Laura McPhie<\/strong>: Laura McPhie (she\/her\/kwe) is a member of Pikwakanagan First Nation and of mixed Indigenous and colonial descent. She speaks from lived experience of being a Two-Spirit\/Queer urban Indigenous person who is a trauma survivor and neuro-divergent. Laura’s education includes two Masters that focused on Museum and Cultural Heritage, Business and Sport Administration, and Sexual Diversity Studies from Ohio University and University of Toronto.\u00a0 Currently, she uses her lived experience as a queer, Indigenous, trauma survivor to design interactive trainings, education frameworks, and DEI policy advice for organizations. Laura’s DEI work spans industries, helping support the advancement of DEI knowledge of workplaces within finance, sport, culture, and education institutions.\u00a0 Laura believes strongly that we are each on a learning path and our roles are to help those on the path around us.<\/p>\n\t\t\tGirls in Sport – Oct 12, 2022 12PM MST<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\n Girls drop out of sport at disproportional rates to boys, particularly in their early teens. This session will share the difference in programming for self-identified girls versus boys and the areas that sports should be paying attention to.<\/p>\n Panelists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Natasha Cyrville<\/strong> – Canadian Women & Sport<\/p>\nNatasha is the Marketing and Communications Coordinator at <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\t\t\tNewcomers in Sport – Nov 2, 2022 12PM MST<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t Newcomers face barriers in getting settled in Canada and engaging in sport has many more barriers. This session will look at some of the common barriers and explore options to reduce these in your sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Aisulu Abdykadyrova<\/strong>, Ph.D., is a project coordinator at the Action for Healthy Communities (AHC). AHC is a settlement organization that provides capacity-building services for newcomers. She works on activities that identify and address barriers for BPOC youths in sport participation. Aisulu acknowledges the importance of engagement in sports for newcomer youth in integration into Canadian society. Through her personal experiences of being a mother of a high-performance athlete, a volunteer, a researcher, and an administrator, she became familiar with all the issues of newcomers and would like to raise public awareness about those problems and try to address\/lower those barriers via research and recommendations to the policy-makers.<\/p>\n\t\t\tCreating Accessible Sport Programs – Dec 7, 2022 12PM MST<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t Each person should have the opportunity to participate in sport programs, and sport programs should be accessible to all abilities. What does this look like and how can you plan for different abilities? These are the topics we will explore during this session.<\/p>\n\n\t\tView Sessions\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\tKick Off Session – What is Diversity & Inclusion? – Mar 9, 2022 11:30AM MST<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t
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\nCanadian Women & Sport. Her career in sports began during her post-secondary degree in Toronto Metropolitan University’s Sport Media program. Her journey in the sports industry has involved organizations such as U Sports, CBC, and the Coaches Association of Ontario. Natasha has a passion for storytelling and championing women leaders in all levels of sport.\nLindsay Wright<\/strong> – InMotion Network
\nLindsay Wright (she\/her) has been working in the sport, physical activity and recreation sector for over 20 years. With a variety of additional experience as a participant, athlete, volunteer, coach and parent in the sector. The executive director at InMotion Network, Lindsay continues to work to support the organization’s vision where equity is fundamental to
\nensuring women and girls have the opportunity to meaningfully
\nparticipate, in all of their diversity, as leaders, coaches, officials, athletes, participants and administrators in Alberta’s sporting, recreation, and physical activity systems.\nShawn Botterill<\/strong>
\nShawn Botterill is the President of Centennial Little League.
\nCentennial Little League\u00a0 is based in the North Central area of
\nCalgary and provides baseball programs for youth ages 4 to 16.
\nOver the last couple of years, CLL has worked towards increasing
\nthe number of girls who play baseball, not just within their
\nterritorial boundaries, but across the entire baseball community.
\nWe have taken a multi-faceted approach to this challenge,
\nworking towards providing opportunities for players, coaches and
\nvolunteers in the immediate and building for the future.\u00a0 For the
\n2022 Season, Centennial Little League saw a 74% Growth in the
\nnumber of girls who played baseball.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n