🤸 First-time sport: Breaking
Everything you need to know about the new Olympic sports debuting at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
We’re coming in hot with another Olympic Special Edition — this time, with everything you need to know about the new (and new-ish) sports gracing the Paris 2024 Games.
July 24, 2024
🇫🇷 Bienvenue à Paris
A guide to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
In preparation for the biggest two weeks in international sport, we’re coming at you with a three-part Olympic primer, starting with today’s overview of the Games.
July 23, 2024
🏎️ Drive, survive, thrive
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton wins British Grand Prix, sets records along the way
It’s been 945 days, but Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton — the winningest driver in F1 history — is back atop the podium after winning yesterday’s thrilling British Grand Prix (GP), his hometown race. The W marked a historic day for Hamilton and a reminder that parity — and all the drama that comes with it — just might be back on the grid. Vroom, vroom.
July 08, 2024
📚 The history
A deep dive on nationalism in sports
After a week spent observing Canada Day and Independence Day, and as national pride is at an all-time high ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics (which start in 19 days!), we’re diving into nationalism in sports — the good, the bad, and the ugly.
July 07, 2024
⬅️ The history
How Title IX changed the game
Today marks the 52nd anniversary of Title IX — the landmark U.S. legislation that gave women athletes the right to equal opportunity in sports. So, today’s Scroll is all about the history of the law, the progress that’s been made, and the work that lies ahead in order to level the playing field.
June 23, 2024
❓What is Juneteenth?
Celebrating Juneteenth and the intersection of sports and activism
Today’s Juneteenth — a U.S. holiday celebrating Black history and commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the States. But the landmark day only became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following a summer of protests against racial injustice in 2020.
June 19, 2024
A League of HER Own is building girls’ self-esteem through community hoops
A League of HER Own is building girls’ self-esteem through community hoops
June 18, 2024
This feature is brought to you by the Toronto Raptors and MLSE Foundation’s A League of HER Own, a girls-only basketball league created in partnership with the Toronto Community Housing Corporation to address the gender participation gap in sports.
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Ep #384

Gender parity at the Paris Olympics

July 25, 2024
Gender parity at the Paris Olympics

The Paris Olympics are almost here!

In a very special episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz dive into gender parity at the Olympics, sponsored by our pals at Canadian Tire. Since 1900 when women first competed at the Olympics to 2024, there’s been enormous progress in terms of gender equity at the Games — and the Paris Olympics will be the most equitable ever.

In addition to discussing the history of women at the Olympics, this episode features two insightful conversations with Kim Saunders of Canadian Tire and Julia Wilkinson, a former Team Canada Olympic swimmer, who have both seen the growth of women’s sports firsthand from a business and athlete perspective. Trust us — you don’t want to miss this.

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🚙 The importance of dads in sports
Celebrating fathers and father figures in sports
Today’s scroll is all about the intersection of fatherhood and sports, with a focus on the #GirlDads who make us proud, the men changing the world for their children, and the best practices for papas raising sporty spices of their own, courtesy of The GIST team.
June 16, 2024
🏒 Ice, ice baby
Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers face off in Stanley Cup Final
After nearly two months of electric postseason play, the Stanley Cup Final has arrived with the Eastern Conference champ Florida Panthers battling the Western Conference–winning Edmonton Oilers in pursuit of Lord Stanley.
June 07, 2024
🌈 The history
Celebrating the LGBTQIA+ sports community
To celebrate the first Sunday of June, today’s scroll is all about the LGBTQIA+ sports community — from the trailblazers who bravely paved the way to the progress made so far. Plenty to celebrate, but lots of work still to be done.
June 02, 2024
🏒 Beat the heat, beat the charges
Your complete guide to the NHL Conference Finals
Only four teams are left skating for the title of Stanley Cup champions: the NY Rangers and Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference and the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference. Let’s break it all down.
May 22, 2024
🏒 The cold never bothered them anyway
PWHL Toronto and Boston both up 2-0, one win away from reaching the finals
Start searching for the broom because two teams are up 2-0 and on the brink of sweeping their best-of-five semis series.
May 13, 2024
🏀 Stop, then wiggle with it
NBA Conference semis kicking into high gear with Games 4 and 5 on deck
Sorry to the aurora borealis, but the show stopping northern lights had nothing on the semis this weekend, with stunner after stunner in the East and West. Shine bright, shine far.
May 13, 2024