Canada’s quarter-final match seen as inspiration to young female athletes ‘Young girls have to look at women who have achieved greatness and are excellent at what they do’
On Saturday, as Canada hosts England in the FIFA Women’s World Cup quarter-finals at B.C. Place, many British Columbians will cheer the squad not only for its achievements but for the inspiration it offers young female athletes. Becki Ross, a professor at UBC’s Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, said that historically there has existed a fear that female athletes are “interlopers or trespassers” on boys’ and men’s terrain — but that perception is shifting… [View full article.]
