Women in Sport Committee

The quality of opportunities for women participating in the OUA has been identified as a major priority with gender equality being an important area of focus for the OUA. The Women in Sport (WIS) Advisory Committee is advisory to the OUA CEO and will develop a multi-year action plan building off the WIS Strategic Plan approved in May 2020 by the OUA Board. The action plan will address female athlete, coach, administrator participation and other areas affecting the female participant experience.

To develop a multi-year action plan for Women in Sport activities within the three key pillars of the corresponding Strategic Plan:

• Develop and enhance opportunities for female OUA participants
• Increase profile and visibility of females in OUA
• Maintain effective advocacy, governance, policy, and practices of females in sport throughout OUA and our sporting communities

• January 2019 | OUA hosts first Women in Sport Roundtable
• May 2019 | OUA hosts second Women in Sport Roundtable
• September 2019 | OUA strikes Women in Sport Committee
• October 2019 | Brief presentation by Women in Sport Committee at OUA Annual General Meeting
• November 2019 | Preparation of consultation surveys
• December 2019 | Surveys circulated to members for input
• January 2020 | Summary analysis of surveys completed
• January 22, 2020 | Women in Sport Consultation Workshop held in Toronto; facilitated by Canadian Women and Sport and attended by all OUA members
• February 2020 | Workshop Report drafted and circulated to participants for final input
• March 2020 | Workshop Report finalize
• April 2020 - May 2020 | OUA Women in Sport Plan finalized

Have questions? Want more information? Looking to provide feedback? Feel free to contact Shauna Bookal via email at shauna.bookal@oua.ca for more.