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CAAWS Announces its 2011 Most Influential Women List
 OTTAWA, January 16, 2012 – The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) announced today the twenty women selected to the Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity list (MIW) for 2011. The objective of the list is to focus on women who are leaders and role models making a difference on the Canadian or international scene. The women on the MIW are influential women who contributed in a significant way to sport and physical activity in the year 2011.
“CAAWS publishes its Most Influential Women list to celebrate and honour Canadian women who are influencing change in their area of expertise of sport and physical activity," said CAAWS Executive Director Karin Lofstrom (Ottawa, Ontario). “These leaders share a passion for sport and physical activity—and use it to improve the lives of others. These women are game changers who motivate others to become leaders.”
Every year, the MIW list includes athletes, officials, coaches, politicians, professors, administrators and volunteers.
The Caaws Most Influential Women List For 2011 is:
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Dr Jodi Abbott, Official and volunteer, Skate Canada, (Edmonton, Alberta)
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| POSTED: 2012-01-18 |
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November Rules of the Game Winner
December 2, 2011
Congratulations to Gerald Okimura (Judo) of Toronto, ON for winning our November Grey Cup Rules of the Game Contest. Gerald correctly answered YES to our question:
In CFL football, I am at my opponent's 15-yard line. I snap the ball and my kicker purposely drops the ball. After the ball bounces once, he kicks it, sending it through the uprights. Is this a field goal?
Gerald will receive a special 10th Anniversary SOC-Partner Gift Pack. Be sure to enter our Christmas contest. This months question will probably require some research. Good luck to everyone! We'll be drawing TWO winners for Christmas prizes. |
| POSTED: 2011-12-02 |
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Never a good reason to abuse an official
By DAVE MAKELA, Sudbury Star
It might surprise you to know just how many columns about officiating I've written over the years. Plenty would be a pretty good estimate.
But it seems to me now that many of our officials have reached a sort of critical mass, a sort of saturation of abuse that would cause ever diminishing levels of complaining to push them out of the game.
This I would view to be very sad, because for the vast majority of officials that I know, in any sport, the only reason they are officiating in the first place is out of a love for the game, a desire to give back something they enjoyed in their playing days. A gracious gesture though it is, I'm sure most officials would agree that it isn't offered at any cost.
As an administrator looking in from the outside, I believe I have the benefit of looking the phenomenon of official abuse in an objective, non-emotional way. Here's my analysis, taking the form of reasons why it should never happen:
#1 -Practical
Are coaches giving their teams their best chance to win by verbally abusing officials? I've seen coaches who get so emotional they can't even manage a line change, chaos erupting all around them, yet alone a strategy to defend the other team's offence. The answer to this question has to be an emphatic "no". Read More... |
| POSTED: 2011-11-28 |
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18.01.2012
CAAWS Announces its 2011 Most Influential Women List
OTTAWA, January 16, 2012 – The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) announced today the twenty women selected to the Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity list (MIW) for 2011. The objective of the list is to focus on women who are leaders and role models making a difference on the Canadian or international scene. The women on the MIW are influential women who contributed in a significant way to sport and physical activity in the year 2011.
“CAAWS publishes its Most Influential Women list to celebrate and honour Canadian women who are influencing change in their area of expertise of sport and physical activity," said CAAWS Executive Director Karin Lofstrom (Ottawa, Ontario). “These leaders share a passion for sport and physical activity—and use it to improve the lives of others. These women are game changers who motivate others to become leaders.”
Every year, the MIW list includes athletes, officials, coaches, politicians, professors, administrators and volunteers.
The Caaws Most Influential Women List For 2011 is:
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Dr Jodi Abbott, Official and volunteer, Skate Canada, (Edmonton, Alberta)
Read More...
November Rules of the Game Winner
December 2, 2011
Congratulations to Gerald Okimura (Judo) of Toronto, ON for winning our November Grey Cup Rules of the Game Contest. Gerald correctly answered YES to our question:
In CFL football, I am at my opponent's 15-yard line. I snap the ball and my kicker purposely drops the ball. After the ball bounces once, he kicks it, sending it through the uprights. Is this a field goal?
Gerald will receive a special 10th Anniversary SOC-Partner Gift Pack. Be sure to enter our Christmas contest. This months question will probably require some research. Good luck to everyone! We'll be drawing TWO winners for Christmas prizes.
28.11.2011
Never a good reason to abuse an official
By DAVE MAKELA, Sudbury Star
It might surprise you to know just how many columns about officiating I've written over the years. Plenty would be a pretty good estimate.
But it seems to me now that many of our officials have reached a sort of critical mass, a sort of saturation of abuse that would cause ever diminishing levels of complaining to push them out of the game.
This I would view to be very sad, because for the vast majority of officials that I know, in any sport, the only reason they are officiating in the first place is out of a love for the game, a desire to give back something they enjoyed in their playing days. A gracious gesture though it is, I'm sure most officials would agree that it isn't offered at any cost.
As an administrator looking in from the outside, I believe I have the benefit of looking the phenomenon of official abuse in an objective, non-emotional way. Here's my analysis, taking the form of reasons why it should never happen:
#1 -Practical
Are coaches giving their teams their best chance to win by verbally abusing officials? I've seen coaches who get so emotional they can't even manage a line change, chaos erupting all around them, yet alone a strategy to defend the other team's offence. The answer to this question has to be an emphatic "no".
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