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CMNSU presents Careers in Communication

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PHOTO: Linda Jolly

By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer

Editor’s note: Saije Rusimovici, who wrote this article, is an executive member of the SFU communication student union. The Peak acknowledges and has taken steps to prevent conflicts of interest or potential bias from influencing the article. 

On March 10, the SFU communication student union (CMNSU) hosted “Careers in Communication.” This event provided SFU students with the opportunity to network with over 20 industry professionals in the communication field, ask questions, and learn about potential career paths. Industry professionals included employees from Microsoft, Arc’teryx, Worksafe BC, and Herschel Supply Company. 

The communication student union is a group of 18 communication students. CMNSU president Kirtana Menon conceptualized the first communication-centric case competition at SFU last year. This event was held online. Careers in Communication 2023 is the first in-person networking event hosted by CMNSU.

Students participated in a case competition. Teams of 3–4 worked together to find a solution to a real-world communication challenge that may occur in the workplace. Groups had to strategize to find a creative and effective approach that would be applicable in a professional circumstance. 

This year’s case competition was sponsored by Grace Hui, communications manager at Electronic Arts. The theme of the case centred around the gaming industry. Competitors were challenged with using communication strategies to promote inclusivity and equity when their larger, fictional company was acquiring a smaller company. 

Menon recounts her experience putting together this event with the CMNSU team. 

“Hosting [Careers in Communication] was a dream come true for me,” Menon said. “I am so glad that I was able to lead a team that created a space to pick up technical skills, along with networking opportunities.” 

When asked how Careers in Communication played a role in empowering students, Menon described how the case competition was an opportunity for students to apply their skills to a corporate world problem. Networking sessions included interactive panel discussions and “speed dating” style discussions with an industry professional. 

“It was such a full circle moment seeing so many successful industry professionals working at top firms [interact with students] that actually spent their university years volunteering at clubs like CMNSU or taking on communication degrees,” Menon said. “Gives you so much hope that you too will end up there one day!” 

To learn more about Careers in Communication & other events presented by CMNSU visit their website or Instagram @cmnsu. 

WGOG: bugs in glasses

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illustration of a pair of aviator-style glasses with a fly splattered on the front of one lens
ILLUSTRATION: Raissa Sourabh / The Peak

By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor 

This piece goes out to all my fellow glass-wearers. 

My glasses are practically glued to my face, and yet, at the end of each day when I take them off to sleep, there’s always so much dirt on the lenses: pesty little lashes that mock the dwindling numbers on my eyelids, eye crusties, and a ridiculous sheen of oil and sweat on the frames. 

Sure, okay — I guess I could pull out my handy-dandy eyeglass wipes and clean them off at the end of each day or whenever the dirt gets so bad it appears as floaters in my vision. That’s a realistic option. But bugs? Absolutely fucking not. How, you ask? How does a bug manage to press itself in the minimal space between my glasses and FRICKIN’ EYELID? YEAH, I’LL TELL YOU HOW. 

Blind spots. My glasses may be snug on my nose, but the gaping spaces on the sides of my face? Bugs mistake it for an invitation to my barbecue because they’re ALL UP IN MY GRILL. 

It doesn’t happen often, but a chill goes down my spine even imagining the little buzzing sounds their little wings make when they get too close to my ear. Imagine hearing that sound, and then feeling those wings flap against your eye. 

I’m one bug in my glasses away from feeling no remorse this summer when I sentence them to death after I accidentally leave the bathroom window open again, just to smush them.  

Censorship concerns over the Online Streaming Act are misguided

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dimly lit photo of the YouTube site open on a laptop
PHOTO: Leon Bublitz / Unsplash

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor

The content we see online in Canada is about to change. Since 1991, Canada’s Broadcasting Act has regulated Canadian broadcast content. The Act requires that 35% of broadcast content consists of Canadian content. Today, online streaming platforms like Spotify, Netflix, and YouTube possess more cultural power than radio or television. Bill C-11, or the Online Streaming Act, aims to bring the Broadcasting Act’s same content priorities to the online world. 

The bill prohibits user-generated content from being regulated, meaning individuals will not be regarded as entities with any obligation under the act. Under Bill C-11, the Canadian government can “impose financial penalties for entities who violate parts of the Act.” Despite panic over social media users being censored, the responsibility is placed on platforms to ensure Canadian content appears more often for Canadian audiences.

The Online Streaming Act could help bring exposure to marginalized and smaller online creators in Canada, emphasizing the importance of platforming content from Indigenous, racialized, and diverse cultural backgrounds as well as accessible media. As regulators, the CRTC would have the authority to enforce that platforms push content from marginalized creators. However, some BIPOC groups argue that the bill doesn’t do enough. Funding and consulting with BIPOC, for instance, is much needed to successfully reach this objective.  

YouTube and TikTok creators have adamantly opposed the Online Streaming Act, testifying in the Senate over its threat to their livelihoods. YouTube even produced a video warning Bill C-11 will hurt Canadian YouTubers by negatively impacting discoverability through forced recommendations that lead to less engagement. The Canadian online creator community echoes this rationale. 

While it’s valid for content creators to be concerned with Bill C-11 negatively affecting their engagement, frustration should be directed at the platforms, not the bill. YouTube’s algorithm has yet to take effective measures against far-right content and conspiracy theories. While they did tweak the algorithm against it, they continue to platform and monetize creators who spew hate speech. They’ve also been accused of systemically discriminating against Black creators through their algorithm. If YouTube really cared about its content creators, their actions would speak louder than their words. YouTube’s campaign for its creators is clearly disingenuous and distracts from the real reason they oppose the bill: it’s a threat to their cultural and monetary power. 

Unsurprisingly, as with anything involving government regulation, conservatives have adamantly opposed the bill, citing concerns over censorship. Some expressed concerns over its ambiguity, leaving it up to the CRTC how regulations will be implemented. 

While some concerns about Bill C-11 are valid, others overlook the dangerous precedent of tech giants dominating the online world. Concerns about censorship should really be directed at them. As it enters its final stage in the Senate, let’s keep in mind who this bill is meant to help — Canadian creators, not corporations.

It’s time to talk about running and disordered eating

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illustration of a runner looking at themselves unhappily in the mirror.
ILLUSTRATION: Raissa Sourabh / The Peak

By: C Icart, Staff Writer

Content warning: descriptions of disordered eating.

Last year, I published one of the most vulnerable pieces I’ve ever written. It was an article on recovering from what I called a “fitness obsession.” In that article, I wrote: “I was going on runs more often than eating meals, and it was catching up to me. My anemia got so bad, I always felt like I was on the verge of fainting.” This week, my doctor told me my hemoglobin levels had normalized. It felt like such a win. But I can’t stop thinking about how common my story is. In 2016, one million Canadians had been diagnosed with an eating disorder. 

Around the same time I was at my lowest point, one of my favourite professional runners, Allie Ostrander, announced “she entered treatment at the urging of Brooks Running and USA Track and Field.” Since then, she’s taken a break from professional running, returned to competition with a bang, and signed a contract with the athleisure brand NNormal to transition from long-distance to trail running. 

Athletes often face increased risks of developing an eating disorder because of the pervasiveness of fatphobia in the industry, and the pressure to perform in athletic competitions. This affects even those who exercise recreationally. Among runners, there’s often a goal to hit a certain “racing weight” — meaning lighter is faster. While it might sound logical that carrying less weight makes it easier to run, losing too much weight can hinder performance and health. If you’re not fueling yourself on the inside, no matter how hard you train, you won’t experience consistent results when you run either. Restricting your caloric intake decreases your metabolic rate. So while you may be eating less, your body isn’t able to burn as many calories. 

The obsession with thinness in running is not just a pursuit of performance. Unfortunately, body shaming is incredibly common in the sport. Even athletes at the top of the sport deal with comments from commentators, fans, and coaches. Sports nutritionist Jennifer Sygo says “in order to reverse the faster-is-thinner mentality, it has to start from the ground up.” Misinformation about sports nutrition needs to be countered with more education for both athletes and coaches. This applies not only to the training environment a coach and their athlete foster, but risk prevention. Both coaches and athletes should be taught how to identify potential warning signs and feel comfortable reaching out for support through their team or a trusted professional. 

Disordered eating among runners remains an important problem, but it’s one that we can overcome. If this article resonated with you — know it isn’t easy, but working towards a better relationship with running, food, and your body is possible. The only weight you need to drop is the weight of pursuing unattainable body goals. That’s what I did, and now you can catch me lacing up and flying across a sidewalk near you. 

The internet has a sexism problem

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ILLUSTRATION: Christina Cao / The Peak

By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor

Content warning: mentions of sexism and sexual assault. 

Over the last year, our social media feeds have been regretfully subjected to content about Andrew Tate. The former kickboxer-turned-influencer, who is currently detained in Romania under suspicion of human trafficking and sexual assault, rose to fame for controversial statements that encourage violence against women. He galvanizes social media users who harbour existing resentment towards women, contributing to online echo chambers of misogyny and toxic masculinity. This rhetoric isn’t unique to Tate, though. Over the last decade, people have grown more comfortable with putting their hatred on digital display. Tate has accelerated this process, but he’s only one piece of a widespread problem. 

Tate’s content attracts young men who feel like social outcasts. To appeal to his audience, he frequently brings down women and blames them for social inequalities, under the guise of evolutionism. Tate isn’t a scientist, nor does he appear well-researched in evolutionary psychology. That doesn’t stop him from making claims about the nature of attraction and relationships. “I’ve never had trouble with a woman obeying me. She just wants to — it’s natural,” he said in a podcast. He followed this comment by telling men that if “their” “woman” doesn’t submit to them, she doesn’t respect them. These comments are tame compared to others he’s made, but that isn’t my point. We all know Tate is sexist — he’s said so himself. So why do so many men look up to him?

Many of Tate’s followers fall prey to ridiculous “alpha male” and “red pill” ideologies. Self-proclaimed alpha males believe men should display physical strength and emotional callousness, while “hustling” to pursue monetary success. The term “red pill” is a nod to the 1999 film The Matrix; the protagonist is offered a choice of swallowing the red pill to reveal humanity’s artificial structure, or the blue pill, which allows him to live in ignorance. Right-wingers have since adopted this scene as an analogy for a supposedly feminist-run society. The Guardian explained that the red pill subreddit allows men to “revel in their loathing” for women. The page has since been banned from Reddit, but reports indicate most posts were a slew of anti-women complaints, pick-up-artist techniques, and even sexual assault denial. These types of posts circulated the internet well before Tate’s rise to fame, although he’s definitely contributed to the increasing normalization of misogynistic rhetoric. 

Internet misogyny is a fitting example of how confirmation bias creates echo chambers. Confirmation bias refers to people’s “tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with their existing beliefs.” It’s a factor in all kinds of prejudiced attitudes. If someone largely consumes media revolving around how awful women supposedly are, they’re more likely to develop false and problematic ideas about women as a whole. This is how characters like Tate influence and hold onto followers. Their success depends upon an audience with equally degrading views about women — and it works. Many schools have reported large numbers of boys as young as 10 looking up to Tate and repeating his talking points. This is why it’s so important to shut sexism down whenever it appears. Men should especially take a more active role in combating this harmful rhetoric.

The comment sections of Tate’s videos are also ripe with sexist viewpoints and praise for the influencer. “The biggest mistake men do is listening to women . . . end of story,” someone commented. It’s easy for some to feel sympathetic towards men who get caught up in alpha male or red pill discourse. Many see them as lonely, socially awkward, and simply misguided. There may be a small ounce of truth to this, but the reality is no one should use their loneliness as a justification for hatred. What these men miss is that few women are interested in dating someone who spends their time spewing misogyny online. Maybe women don’t like you not because they’re selfish or stuck-up, but because you don’t respect or understand them. These ideologies don’t benefit troubled men — they further isolate them from society.

Tate isn’t responsible for online misogyny as a whole, but he encourages and validates those who blame women for their own shortcomings. It only harms men to tell them women work against them, or that their value is rooted in whether they can dominate others. Instead of perpetuating this dangerous rhetoric, men can benefit from listening and understanding the issues women face every day. Understanding each other’s struggles puts our views through a different perspective, one in which respecting and valuing each other as individuals is commonplace over outdated notions of dominance and control. A “high value man” is one who respects women, and rejects BS dichotomies about masculinity and femininity. 

Canadian housing crisis discussed by SFU professor

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PHOTO: Roshan Raj / Unsplash

By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer

The Peak attended the recent event, “Understanding Housing Inequality in Canada,” presented by the faculty of sociology and anthropology. The lecture was run by Dr. Yushu Zhu, an assistant professor of urban studies and public policy. her research “focuses on housing and community issues against the backdrop of urbanization and globalization.”

Zhu acknowledged the rising issues with home ownership in Canada: “Homeownership is becoming more and more unattainable for Canadian households, especially for younger generations.” A 2022 International Monetary Fund report was used as a reference to show “Canada is among the hottest housing markets around the world experiencing the greatest increase in home prices since 2013.” 

Zhu mentioned government intervention in the housing crisis is highly beneficial for any household, regardless of income. “Stronger state involvement in the housing sector, alleviates housing affordability stress for both income groups,” said Zhu.

According to Carole James, BC minister of finance: “Years of government inaction allowed the housing market to spiral out of control, hurting hard-working people who are simply trying to build a life for themselves.” She said untaxed earners and foreign owners were able to invest in real estate because of the missing safeguards. 

However, Zhu noted, “Over the past few years, there’s been gradual re-engagement of the federal government in supporting social housing supply and policy, providing more funding, financing, and policy support for new housing supply.”

Therefore, to improve housing affordability and conditions, the Government of BC has placed several measures including: raising foreign buyer tax, preventing tax evasion, creating a speculation and vacancy tax, and more. 

Forbes Advisor stated, home ownership in Canada is largely taken up by non-residents, which creates higher housing prices. The foreign home ownership ban went into effect at the start of 2023. “The act prevents non-Canadians, and corporations controlled by non-Canadians, from purchasing residential property in Canada for two years,” in an effort to free-up housing opportunities for Canadians. 

Zhu explained neoliberalism promotes market citizenship rather than equal benefits for all, and one’s opportunities in society are based on their role in the labour market. She added income is a “predictor of housing outcomes in a highly commodified society.” This allows groups with higher income to “enjoy more housing choices and greater bargaining power in the private market.”

Thus, Zhu emphasized the unbalanced opportunities between income groups: “Private market would always respond to the housing needs and demand for the higher income groups, leaving the housing options and housing supply more limited for low and moderate income households in the market.”

Statistics Canada reported in 2016 that “people in poverty were twice as likely as the total population to live in unsuitable housing; 884,955 people in poverty (18.0%) lived in unsuitable housing, compared with 8.9% of the total population.” 

To learn more about Zhu’s work on housing inequality and housing vulnerable populations, visit the Community Housing Canada website.

Why I no longer call myself a “peakbagger”

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illustration of someone standing on a grassy mountain-top
ILLUSTRATION: Ananya Singh / The Peak

By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor

Content warning: brief mention of ableism.

I’ve been fascinated with mountains ever since I can recall setting my eyes on one. There’s something so bold about local peaks that I’ve never been able to fully capture in words. In my teenage years, I realized people actually hike up these seemingly unreachable summits. When I began doing so myself, I was hooked. 

BC is home to a sizable population of outdoor enthusiasts. Within this group, there’s a smaller, yet considerable, community of people who call themselves “peakbaggers.” A peakbagger is someone who hikes and climbs with the goal of reaching summits. The word “summit” refers to the highest point of a mountain; peakbaggers rarely end their hikes below this point. Those who participate in the hobby often keep a long list of their “successful” climbs, and follow strict rules to help them progress as a peakbagger. For instance, most peakbaggers refuse to “repeat” a hike, as they believe it takes time away from developing their ever-growing list of climbs. You’re considered a noteworthy peakbagger not for your experience with difficult climbs or personal obstacles that you overcome, but for the sheer quantity of summits you’ve attained. 

To many people, these ideas sound silly. In retrospect, they do to me as well. However, peakbagging appeals to those with an obsessive drive to progress and crush personal goals. When I first started out, I was enchanted by the idea of having some sort of “proof” of my dedication to a hobby. I wanted to be one of those people who was well known for sharing their trip reports on forums and social media. I wanted to hike with people who had similar goals . . . until I didn’t. 

Many of my experiences hiking with dedicated peakbaggers gave me a sense of disillusionment. Some of my old hiking partners were obsessed with travelling as quickly as possible, spending a short period of time on the summit, then descending at a speedy pace. Others showed no interest in accompanying me on hikes they had already completed, so I was forced to go alone. Hiking started to feel like a chore, rather than a fun activity. That’s not to mention the difficulty of mountaineering with a disability. I’ve been blocked by people on Facebook for disclosing medical issues, which led to a perpetual fear of sharing important information about my illnesses. Hiking should be for everyone, but it doesn’t always feel that way in the peakbagging community.

I’ve also come to the realization that peakbagging is inherently colonial. It views hiking as a sort of transactional experience, driven by a sense of entitlement over mountains. Mountaineering has a long history of being a form of colonization itself. More often than not, early colonists were the ones responsible for giving mountains their English names. The first mountain climbers in the 19th century would seek out prominent peaks to be known as the mountain’s “first ascender.” Nowadays, peakbaggers still search for unclimbed peaks to attach their legacy to. 

The bare minimum a hiker can do to pay respect to the land is to research its history. Most mountains have names and stories relative to local Indigenous peoples. Some are sacred locations which deserve to be understood as a place of connection rather than a line in your growing list of hikes. Let’s face it: peakbagging is a trend. It may bring some excitement to feel like you’re accomplishing something unique and physically demanding, but it can also reek of entitlement and egoism if you’re not careful. I’d argue I have more fun now that I’ve learned to relax and enjoy nature at my own pace, without feeling the need to constantly share my accomplishments with others.

Settlers don’t own the mountains they climb, and it’s absurd to behave as if we do. There’s joy in developing a reciprocal relationship with nature, where we don’t carelessly take from the land but give back to it in small ways. Beyond doing internal work on your relationship with the land, you can conduct research, pick up litter, practice sustainable travel, and center Indigenous voices. It’s past time we decolonize mountaineering. 

SFU Rugby and Quadball host “Decades of Drag”

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This is a photo of four drag queens performing at Biercraft. One is holding a microphone and looking at the audience.
PHOTO: Mars de Menezes

By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer

The Simon Fraser Rugby Football Club partnered with the SFU Quadball Team to host “Decades of Drag.” The event was a night of drag, drinks, and dancing at Biercraft on Burnaby Mountain. Drag queens performed dances to music from across different decades. With the intention to promote diversity in sports, all proceeds went towards QMUNITY, an organization working “to improve queer, trans, and Two-Spirit lives.”

The Peak interviewed Jess Picco, the women’s representative of the Rugby Club, and Brooke Davis, the captain of the Quadball Team. They spoke about how the event came to be, its purpose, and next steps for these sports teams. 

Picco said a drag event at SFU was an idea the SFU rugby community has been considering for some time. “There’s a lot of people within the community who identify with the LGBTQIA2S+ community. It was definitely an idea that people would be excited about, but no one had really taken it to action.” Picco also noted UBC Drag is a key component of UBC campus life, and “that was something missing within SFU.”

Davis mentioned, “The whole point of it being a drag show is that we’re bringing two worlds together: both sports and the queer community.” They emphasized the need to create a space to “broaden the community” and welcome people who have been searching for an inclusive environment. 

Picco noted the Rugby Club provided her with a supportive community, and she hopes sports can do that for everyone. “The reason that I am playing rugby and want to continue with the sport, even after finishing my studies, is because of the people,” she said. “I could be who I was authentically, and love who I wanted to love.” 

Davis also appreciates the experiences they have had through SFU sports, as it allowed them to discover who they are and “find a welcoming community within the SFU campus.” 

However, both players stressed the importance of inclusivity across all sports at SFU. Davis said, “I don’t think that enough teams acknowledge the variety of pronouns that people use to identify themselves.”

Davis said, “You never know what new player can make a difference on a team and regardless of their background, be open to the change that they can make when they join a team.” 

Picco shared that while athletes and students need to be welcoming of all identities, it’s still a work in progress. She noted events such as the drag show is a good start to making a difference. 

To donate to QMUNITY, visit their website at www.qmunity.ca. 

This week at SFU

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action shot from the SFU men’s basketball game.
PHOTO: Ethan Cairns / SFU Athletics

By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor

Home Games 

Thursday, February 16: women’s basketball vs Seattle Pacific at 7:00 p.m. (West Gym)

  • Black History Night 
  • Lost to Seattle Pacific this season after conceding 17 points in the first quarter

Saturday, February 18: women’s basketball vs Montana State Billings at 7:00 p.m. (West Gym)

  • Senior Night 
  • All-time 12–10 record against Montana State 

Away Games 

Thursday, February 16: men’s basketball vs Central Washington at 7:00 p.m. 

  • Lost to Central Washington 72–65 earlier this season 

Friday, February 17 to Sunday, February 19: softball at the D2 Cactus Classic

  • Opponents include: Mercyhurst (Pa.), Georgian Court (N.J.), Minnesota Crookston, and a back-to-back against Franklin Pierce (N.H.)
  • 3–2 at the tournament last year 

Saturday, February 18: men’s basketball vs Northwest Nazarene (Idaho) at 6:30 p.m.

  • Played to their closest loss of the season against Northwest Nazare, 64–62

Sunday, February 19: women’s wrestling at the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships (Regional)

Won the NCAA Regional Championship last year

Canada’s women’s soccer team still fighting for equality

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photo of a women’s soccer game.
PHOTO: Jeffrey F Lin / Unsplash

By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer

Any young woman who grew up playing sports knows that getting society to take you, your teammates, and your competitors seriously remains an uphill battle.

The plight of women’s soccer in Canada is no stranger to this unforgiving landscape. Despite qualifying for eight of the nine Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Women’s World Cup tournaments since 1991, the reigning Olympic champions are once again fighting for equal pay and opportunity. This comes just months ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

So what exactly went down? Here’s a brief overview. In 2020, the Canadian women’s soccer team won Olympic gold for the first time ever. The momentous occasion can be attributed greatly to the successes of longtime Canadian soccer legends like Sophie Schmidt and Christine Sinclair. The latter of whom has 189 international goals — the most in internal competition as of April 2022. 

Flash forward to 2022: the Canadian men’s team qualified for their second-ever FIFA World Cup, elevating soccer’s popularity in Canada. However, in June 2022, the men’s team refused to play in an international match, citing a lack of transparency around finances, and asking for increased funding as a result of newly acquired contracts ahead of the 2022 World Cup. The men’s team also asked Canada Soccer to deliver an equal pay contract for both them and the women’s teams.

The women followed up with demands of their own, but the issue would remain at large throughout the remainder of 2022. In early 2023, with five months left before the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the Canadian women’s team announced their intentions to strike, just days ahead of the SheBelieves Cup.

The women’s team was striking because Canada Soccer has cut the national program’s funding for the 2023 year — which happens to be a World Cup year. These funding cuts are affecting the adult and youth programs, and have already resulted in the women’s squad being trimmed from 28 players to 20. Adding to the same financial transparency issues present in 2022, players also shared that they had not received any payment for 2022 from Canada Soccer, in a letter released on February 10, 2023. 

On the same day, the men’s national team also released a letter of support, standing in solidarity with the women’s team and calling for intervention from the federal government should Canada Soccer fail to negotiate fair agreements. Canada Soccer responded to the women’s letter saying that they would consider legal action should the team decide to not play in the SheBelieves Cu. While this forced players to return to practice, they did so with their logos covered and jerseys turned inside out.

On February 16, the Canadian Soccer Players’ Association told Canada Soccer to take down a previous statement of theirs on Twitter. The post in question referred to confidential details about the “retroactive pay agreement” between Canada Soccer and the Canadian women’s team. Both parties agreed to not disclose this information publicly without the permission of the other. The coming days and weeks will bring further information on what options players have to fight for fair compensation, but until then, the public has been weighing in on the issue.

If the national soccer program’s fight for equal treatment didn’t say enough about the culture surrounding women’s sports in Canada, then the comments left on some of the stories covering the ordeal certainly do. Comment sections were ripe with misogyny and a lack of knowledge. Some commentators minimized the accomplishments of the women’s program. While others argued that the women’s team needed to see the same popularity as the men’s before being compensated.  

We might think we can solve the undervaluing of women’s athletic accomplishments by ensuring young girls are put in the same sports as boys. But those actions lose their meaning when our children grow up and find the systems they play within are perpetuating a culture of inequitable treatment. 

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