Congratulations Women in Squash Encouragement Fund Recipients

Squash Canada is excited to announce the 2020 Women in Squash Encouragement Fund Recipients. The Women in Squash Encouragement Fund was established to promote women and girls participation in Squash in Canada. The fund supports stakeholders looking to develop new and/or expand current initiatives that build capacity for gender equity in Squash. This year $7400 in ten $700 and one $400 grants were distributed to eleven recipients across Canada. Congratulations to the following recipients. We look forward to following the impact of these initiatives.  Well Done!

 

Women in Squash Encouragement Fund Grants

Recipient

Location

Initiative Name

Amount

Carla Dyck

Saskatoon, SK

Women’s Squash Group

$700

Amanda Thompson

Calgary, AB

WHCA Female Squash Development

$700

Britney Selina

Inuvik, NT

Squash For All

$700

Giselle Delgado

Victoria, BC

Victoria Women’s Squash Community Booster

$700

Zain UI Abideen

Edmonton, AB

Women’s Box League

$700

Melissa Shakespeare

Halifax, NS

Squash Girls Nova Scotia

$700

Janet MacLeod

Kentville, NS

Squash for Women

$700

Shelley Neil

Victoria, BC

Growing Female Coaches

$400

Maxym Leclair

Gatineau, QC

Squash au Feminin

$700

Leah Desbarres

Amaranth, ON

Women’s Night Out
– Learn to Squash

$700

Marie Desmarais

Whitehorse, YT

SQUASH the Barriers!

$700

 

And thank you to all those who applied.  We appreciate your interest and dedication to advancing female engagement in squash.  Squash Canada received over 35 eligible applications from across the country.  Recipients were awarded funding based on the criteria described in the Women in Squash Encouragement Fund Application Guide.

For additional information on the Women in Squash Encouragement Fund please visit the Female Engagement section on the squash Canada website HERE.