Joy Drop: Sports, academics collide with scholarship created by Raptors' Chris Boucher
Hi, friends! Another stellar week has flown by and I want to share a few wonderful and deeply joyous things with you.
Shout-out to Chris Boucher of the Toronto Raptors who created a scholarship at Toronto Metropolitan University. He named it SlimmDuck Scholarship for students of Caribbean descent in the Spanning the Gaps program. It's a program that supports access to post-secondary education for adults and young people who haven't experienced it. I always get excited about the collision of sports and academics.
The IIHF Women's World hockey championships are underway in Brampton, Ontario! The tournament has not been hosted in Canada for a few years. It took place in Calgary in 2021 but was closed to spectators and most of the press. It is the first time since 2000 that it is being hosted in the Greater Toronto Area. And with the appropriate amount of fanfare and excitement.
Canada played its opening game against Switzerland and won 4-0. We expect this to be a successful tournament for Canada but anything can happen on the ice. This video on the tournament is a great look into women's hockey and the vision of inclusion, success and legacy.
The legacy that gets left behind in Brampton will be less about the final score, and more about the moments that inspire. <br><br>Inspire the next generation. <br><br>Inspire a love of the game.<br><br>That’s the beauty of hockey. <br><br>That’s the beauty of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WomenWorlds?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WomenWorlds</a>. ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/ff12tVXDEn">pic.twitter.com/ff12tVXDEn</a>
One of the advantages to having it hosted in Canada is that our own team can have families and community come and watch in-person. One of the cutest spectators
