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Celebrating Women’s Achievements and Standing in Solidarity - Canadian Media Guild

On International Women’s Day, CMG celebrates women’s achievements in our workplaces and in our union. We also join with all those seeking progress for women in all walks of life and for society as a whole. Helen Bagshaw, CMG Vice-President, reflects on her experience and how much has changed since her early career in sports at CBC/Radio-Canada starting in 1991.  “At the time, women journalists were still excluded from some locker rooms, there we…

Women’s History Month: Celebrating 50+ Years of Title IX and a Historic Year in Women’s Sports

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Merrimack chapter. Fifty-two years ago, Title IX was signed into law, transforming the landscape of women’s sports by eliminating sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs, including athletics. Since 1972, women’s sports have seen exponential growth in all areas, from participation to media coverage to financial investment. Fast forward to 2024, we witnessed…

InQuinte.ca | CZECH POINTS: Wonderful times in women’s sports

International Women's Day is Saturday, and female athletes from across Canada have a lot to celebrate. Canadian women's sports are experiencing some heady times these days, with Toronto ready to welcome a WNBA franchise in 2026, a brand-new professional soccer league kicking off this summer and the PWHL, with three of six teams in Canada, already talking expansion after only two seasons of operation. Plus, with the next women's Rugby World Cup s…