Tag: girls

Fast is fast. And Kendall Coyne Schofield is certainly fast. Making history as the first woman to ever compete at the NHL All-Star Skills Competition, Coyne Schofield demonstrated her speed and skating ability in the Bridgestone NHL Fastest Skater event. She placed seventh of eight skaters, which included event champion Connor McDavid, who edged her … Continued

Parent role models have a big impact on their daughters

Listen to author of “The Gutsy Girl” discuss her book

Read our collection of tips for raising active girls

Gaby aims to inspire as many girls as possible to keep on moving

The Fitness Journal for Girls in Winnipeg is back for 2017. It’s a great way to encourage physical activity and physical literacy through promotional coupons and prizes.

Parents are four times more likely to tell girls than boys to be more careful

Helping our daughters cultivate a life-long strategy for success

Informative, insightful, and reassuring ideas

It’s time to admire girls for their strength, speed, and agility

Two girls are competing in this year’s championship for young baseball players

It’s time to help make “play like a girl” be a shout of empowerment

What it means to be a role model for young women

It takes conscious parenting to make sure girls and boys have the same opportunities.

The answer might surprise you

We celebrate International Day of the Girl

A life in sports won’t always be a perfectly smooth road, but it’s valuable nevertheless

We’ve featured some amazing females in the past few months

These Afghan girls are confident, full of joy and great skaters

We can do a better job of getting girls involved in sport and physical activity

Professional athletes credit their international success to having played a variety of sports during childhood

Girls can be feminine and athletic says the multiple medal winner

We want all Canadian kids to develop physical literacy and stay active for life, but motivating both boys and girls to participate in sport and activity isn’t a cookie-cutter process. In sport environments, girls receive less encouragement and have less confidence compared to boys their own age. A new study in the Archives of Disease … Continued

If you have a daughter, there’s good reason to be concerned about her future in sport and physical activity. The statistics are bleak and there might be worrisome consequences for your daughter’s health. Girls move a lot less than boys Research shows that only 4 percent of Canadian girls are getting enough daily physical activity … Continued