Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Shinny, List Of Universities In Canada, Pedestrianism

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 1020E
• Professor: Jen Chisholm

Document Summary

!1: the structure of university athletics programs differs substantially bw canadian and. American universities, with american being widely acknowledged to have far better funded and supported varsity athletics - particularly football and basketball. Though, of canadian universities, western ranks among the best for variety athletics, in terms of both funding and achievement. Mcnaughton: a sporting chance for women: mcnaughton"s article, written in the mid 90s, addresses some of the criticisms of title. Ix legislation and brings up some interesting and still relevant questions: But it is far from the fault of the women - it"s the fault of the decision makers at the university who have had 20 years to gradually decrease the discrepancy but haven"t done so (243). Gender and sport: current controversies: discrepancies bw women"s and men"s sports permit beyond the university level - huge gender disparity exists in professional sports.