Keynote Speakers
- Chandra Crawford, won the Gold in cross-country skiing at the Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games.
- Chantal Petitclerc, 21 times paralympic medalist in athletics including 10 gold medals.
- Hayley Wickenheiser, 5 times olympic medalist in ice hockey including 4 gold medals.
- Sylvie Bernier, won the first Canadian gold medal in 3m diving at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Summer Games.
Experts
- Andrea Woodburn is an assistant professor at Université Laval. Her research on coaches focuses on learning from experience. A former alpine ski coach, she has helped many national sport federations in the development of their coaching education programs.
- Bruce Kidd is Interim Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto. He is a lifelong advocate of human rights and athletes’ rights and has been involved in the Olympic Movement throughout his life.
- Diane Culver is an Associate Professor at the School of Human Kinetics. Her research interests are in the areas of coaching and coach education as well as informal learning and changing everyday practices. She was a coach for the Canadian National Ski Team and the New Zealand Olympic Ski Team.
- Dina Bell-Laroche joined the Sport Law & Strategy Group in 2009. She has worked for a number of sport organizations since 1991 and she specializes in executive coaching, long-term strategic planning and risk management initiatives, change management, and management by values.
- Élaine Lauzon has been Égale Action’s Executive Director since 2001. She is working on a daily basis to make the world of sport and physical activity more equitable for girls and women at all levels in Quebec.
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Gretchen Kerr, Ph.D., is a full professor and the associate dean in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto. Her research addresses the experiences of women coaches and the psychosocial health of young people in sport.
- Guylaine Demers is a professor at Laval University. She is particularly interested in issues of women in sport and homophobia in sport. She currently serves as Chair of Égale-Action. In 2007 and 2010, she was named one of CAAWS’ Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity in Canada.
- Hilary Findlay is an associate professor at Brock University. She is a founding partner of Sport Law & Strategy Group where she continues to practice law. Her practice focuses on discrimination cases in sport and arbitrations around issues of selection, discipline, doping and other such issues.
- Jennifer Birch-Jones is an LGBT activist and educator who is committed to making sport more welcoming to sexual and gender diversity. She is the Program Lead for the Addressing Homophobia in Sport initiative for CAAWS.
- Jennifer Fenton has been a consultant in the physical activity and health education field for thirty years. Jennifer has served on the Board of Directors for CAAWS for six years, and is currently Chair of the board.
- Karin Lofstrom has been CAAWS Executive Director since 2000. She has overseen several important initiatives, including the Women in Sport Leadership Training Program, the Aboriginal Women in Sport Program, Workshops to Address Homophobia in Sport, and programs to engage New Canadian Women in Sport.
- Marc Durand is a broadcast journalist for Radio-Canada. His areas of expertise are in reporting and biographical profiles. His past work includes the Athens, Turino, Beijing, Vancouver, London and Sochi Olympic games.
- Marion Lay, is the president of Think Sport Ltd. She has been a major force behind the growth, development and success of Canadian women in sport. She won a bronze medal in swimming at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Marion was founding President and CEO of 2010 Legacies Now.
- Nancy Lee has been a leader within Canadian media and international sport for over twenty years. She was the Executive Director for CBC Television Sports, Chef de Mission for CBC Radio Canada and in charge of the Vancouver 2010 coverage and logistical operations.
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Nicole M. LaVoi, PhD, is the Associate Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, at the University of Minnesota, USA.
- Rose Mercier has been involved with Canadian sport as a competitor, a senior administrator and, for the past twenty years, as a self-employed consultant. She is a founding mother of CAAWS and recipient of CAAWS’ National Herstorical Award.
- Penny Werthner is one of Canada’s most distinguished consultants in the field of sport psychology. An Olympic athlete herself in track and field, she has served as a sport psychology consultant for national and Olympic teams since 1985.
- Sandra Kirby is a Professor Emerita from the University of Winnipeg. She is a former Olympic athlete with the Canadian Rowing team. She has dedicated much of her career to eradicating sexual harassment and abuse, homophobia and violence against children in sport.
- Sheilagh Croxon has been one of this country’s top synchronized swimming coaches for over 25 years. A visionary leader, Sheilagh coached the 1996 Canadian Olympic synchro team to a silver-medal finish in Atlanta and to a bronze medal in 2000.
- Sylvie Béliveau is the long-term player development manager with Soccer Canada. Coach of the women's national team at the Women's World Championship in Sweden in 1995, Sylvie has made a significant contribution to women's soccer in Canada and internationally.
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