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Gender Equity in Coaching
Details:
Time: 3 Months
Certs: NCCP PD Points
Format: Virtual
Gender Equity in Coaching Grant Program
Canadian Women & Sport invites Provincial/Territorial Sport Organizations (PTSOs) to apply for the Gender Equity in Coaching (GEiC) program. The GEiC is a grant program geared towards PTSOs that want to improve gender equity in coaching, and:
- Provide education to sport leaders that builds critical knowledge, skills, and competencies to advance gender equity in sport
- Create environments that facilitate change by teaching Sport Leaders to apply a gender equity lens to inequitable structures that influence women as coaches
- Encourage action by supporting sport leaders to identify priorities and build initiatives that contribute to gender equity in coaching, and provide resources and capacity to implement these initiatives
The Rally Report 2024 shows that although there is progress on girls’ participation rates in sport, too many girls are missing on the benefits of being active. Leaders in the Canadian sport and physical activity ecosystem are called to reimagine sport for girls and help bring gender equity to life. This includes applying a gender lens to coaching programs, policies, and processes.
The GEiC program aims to support and empower the Sport Administrators in taking meaningful action.
What You Need to Know
- The program is a 3-month commitment for sport leaders
- $1,500 grant per organization.
- 20 organizations will be selected
- Each organization will select two (2) staff members / leaders to participate in the program’s activities
- The GEiC program is only delivered in English. All resources are available in both English and French.
- This program has no costs to participating organizations.
This program is currently not recruiting. Fall 2025 this program will open up applications to sport organizations in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Program Details
- Two workshops
- Community of practice
- Submission of a project proposal
- 1:1 coaching
- Use the grant on activities outlined in project proposals. Note: the funds can be spent after completion of the program.
- Submission of a final report
A Framework for Change
We’ve partnered with the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) to establish the Gender Equity in Coaching Framework and Self-Assessment Tool to identify the key areas for organizational change to improve the conditions for women in coaching.
*Much of the data referenced in this work focuses on the inequities of coaching on a binary gendered basis. Within coaching and sport, there are diverse gender identities and that includes transgender and non-binary individuals.
The Gender Equity in Coaching Framework
There are multiple intersecting and complex factors that can disrupt the career trajectory for women in coaching. Women coaches are impacted personally and professionally by stereotypes, discrimination and gendered organizational cultures that favour advancement opportunities for their men counterparts.
Even with women’s sport, we see that only 26% of head coaches are women with U SPORTS and the CCAA. Because of this, the sport system suffers as it misses out on the benefits of diversity in perspective, lived experience and approaches that girls and women bring to sport.
The Gender Equity in Coaching Framework focuses on factors within an organization’s control, guiding sport leaders to meaningful and sustainable changes that will improve the outcome for women in coaching. These include:
Complete The Gender Equity in Coaching Self-Assessment Tool to determine your organization’s areas of strength and potential areas of improvement to advance gender equity in coaching.
Gender Equity in Coaching
Sport leaders will be able to utilize the Gender Equity in Coaching Framework and Self-Assessment tool to improve conditions for women in coaching by identifying the factors that can be changed within your organization.
