Team Canada’s Jill Moffatt is on a mission to support athlete parents

Team Canada’s Jill Moffatt is on a mission to support athlete parents

Two-time Olympian Jill Moffatt has retired from rowing, but is far from leaving the world of sport behind. Instead, Moffatt is combining her athletic experience and academic background in gender equity into new goals—pursuing a PhD and helping run MOMentum. MOMentum is a non-profit founded by a team of Olympians and academics, dedicated to supporting Canadian women athletes in Canada. The organization’s fundamental belief is that one should not …

Jill Moffatt retired from rowing, but she did not leave the world of sport, far from it. Now, the one who participated in two editions of the Olympic Games builds on her experience as an athlete and her university training in gender equality to set herself new goals: complete a doctoral program and help manage MOMentum. MOMentum is a non-profit organization that was founded by a team of Olympic and academic athletes and dedicated to supporting f…