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Whose Eyes?: Women’s Experiences of Changing in a Public Change Room
Fitness and recreation centres populate today’s modern urban communities and cater to a wide range of people seeking health, fitness and social connection through physical activity. While women’s experiences in these spaces have received some scholarly attention from feminist scholars and scholars of the body, little research has explored women’s lived experiences of the change room.
Better Design Suggestions for Parks
This resource, from Make Space for Girls, provides pictures that prompt conversations about what girls want from a park.
Building Inclusive Recreation and Sport Communities for Women and Girls: Facility Design Module
This Facility Design module was presented as part of the in-person workshops that CPRA facilitated across Canada (2022-2024). Additional resources appear throughout the presentation.
Boîte à outils destinée aux gestionnaires du milieu sportif
Pour la participation et l’avancement du leadership féminin dans le milieu sportif québécois!
Making the Case: Physical Activity and Women 55-70 (CWS)
This resource provides concrete evidence that makes the case for investing in physical activity initiatives for women 55–70.
Go Where Women Are: Insight on engaging women and girls in sport and exercise (Sport England)
“Go Where Women Are” is about engaging women in sport and exercise on their terms and in their space whether physically or emotionally.
Helping Women and Girls to Get Active: A Practical Guide (Sport England)
This guide will help you get more women and girls in your area active – even if you’re not directly involved in the sport or leisure sector.
Toolkit: Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls (Sport England)
Includes resources and key findings from the research which is funded by Sport England.
Supporting Newcomer Girls and Women through Sport (CWS)
Quality engagement in physical activity can further the integration of newcomer women and girls into their communities and positively impact their overall quality of life.
Gender Equity in Recreation Workshop #2 — Who are the People in Your Neighbourhood?
Many women, girls, and gender-diverse individuals in communities across Canada are not engaged in recreation and sport for a variety of reasons. This workshop will explore non-traditional ways of understanding...
