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Shifting the Culture: Implications for Female Coaches Building on the Journal’s ongoing dialogue about the status of women coaches in Canadian sport is an article that not only nicely dissects the current situation but draws compelling parallels with other sectors in society, parallels that are too often overlooked in our absorption with our own troubling state. Where the authors, Dr. Gretchen Kerr of the University of Toronto and Dr. Dru Marshall of the University of Alberta, go on to break new ground is in their recommendations. Their proposition is that increasing the number of women in coaching depends upon shifting the very culture of sport. They call for an end to “superimposing a culture developed by men onto women’s sport” as well as “… a broader and more diverse cultural ideology … a re-examination of the goals and values of sport … and a shift from the ethic of competition and domination to an ethic of care”, which they go on to describe in detail, building a compelling case for change. “Shifting the Culture” makes provocative reading and challenges all of those who care about creating a more equitable, enjoyable, rewarding, and effective environment for Canada’s women coaches and, by extension, for their male counterparts as well. — Sheila Robertson The views expressed in the articles of The Canadian Journal for Women in Coaching are those of the authors and do not reflect the policies of the Coaching Association of Canada. |
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October 2007 Shifting the Culture: Implications for Female Coaches by Gretchen Kerr and Dru Marshall Download a PDF of this article click
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Get on the email circulation list click here Publisher: Sheilagh Croxon, Consultant, Women in Coaching, Coaching Association of Canada Editor: Sheila Robertson Editorial Board: Copy Editor: Heather Ebbs Translator: MATRA • gs Inc. © 2007 Coaching Association of Canada, ISSN 1496-1539 Coaching Association of Canada Web site by
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