n 2020, Sport NB amended their Bylaws in an effort to advance gender balance at the board level. As a result, the board composition now states the following: “Of the total filled Board positions (maximum 10), in advancement of gender balance (including recognition of non-binary) on the Board, while ensuring the prevailing criterion for election is eligibility, ability and professional performance, the Board shall be constituted in a manner such that no gender accounts for more than 60% or less than 40% of the total number of Directors”.
Equity: affording fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all people. Striving to identify and eliminate barriers that have prevented the full participation of some individuals or groups (Sport Law)
Gender Equity is the process of allocating resources, programs, and decision making fairly to all genders without any discrimination on the basis of gender, and addressing any imbalances in the benefits available to people of different genders (Canadian women & Sport)
For this purpose, diversity means demographic diversity: the presence of people of different genders, races/ethnicities, cultures, religions, physical abilities, sexual orientations, ages, etc. In the context of Sport, we should all strive for adequate diverse representation and inclusion at all levels of sport across our organization (Sport Law).
The term inclusion refers to what we do to ensure every individual across New Brunswick is reflected in sport participants. Inclusion in sport means everyone in our communities, regardless of their gender, age, race, culture, religion, sexual orientation or ability, is afforded a range of opportunities to participate.
Leading Inclusively – How REDI are we?
The Sport Inclusion Task Force is a flexible and informal coalition to end LGBTQI2S+ bias in sport through education for and promotion of LGBTQI2S+ inclusion in Canadian sport.
When sports leadership is diverse and equitable, everyone wins (Coaching Association of Canada)
