Ontario Women's Cycling Month: Celebrating IWD 2024 with Ontario Cycling
Ontario Cycling Celebrates IWD 2024
Ontario Women's Cycling Month - Events, Stories & More
For the past 8 years, Ontario Cycling (OC) has been running either a women’s day or women’s week every season. The original concept stemmed from creating a Women’s Ride Day where clubs would open their rides to anyone as part of a tryout program, but quickly blossomed out to include webinars and events.
But this year, OC decided to do something a bit different. With International Women’s Day on March 8th, OC decided to turn the entire month of March into a showcase feature on women in cycling. OC firmly believes that sport needs to invest in females, and what better way to show the incredible impact that women have in Ontario's cycling community.
Every day in March, OC will showcase some of these fabulous females, sharing their stories and learning how they discovered cycling and what drives them to continue to participate and inspire others to get on the bike and join the cycling community.
But OC won’t just be sharing profiles. OC will also be offering several activities for women throughout the month including discounted National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) courses, free webinars and bike maintenance clinics as well as a full month of sharing and activities for women in the cycling community.
Check out and head to the link for OC's calendar of events (and pre-registration links) below and please note that all sessions are FREE of charge (unless otherwise indicated).
Do. Grow. Connect.
Scheduled Ontario Women's Cycling Month Events:
Saddle Sisters Cycling Club High Park Women’s Ride - Friday March 8th, 6am - 8am
OC Women’s Month Zwift Ride #1 with Siobhan Kelly - Monday March 11th, 7pm - 8pm
Preregister For Women's Zwift Session #1
OC Women’s Month Zwift Ride #2 with Siobhan Kelly - Wednesday March 13th, 7pm - 8pm
Preregister For Women's Zwift Session #2
OC Women’s Month – Bikefit Bike Shop Bike Maintenance 101 for Women - Monday March 18th, 6pm - 8pm
Bikefit Women's Bike Maintenance 101 Preregistration
OC Women’s Month Webinar – Foundations of Nutrition with Alida Lacobellis - Monday March 18, 7pm - 8pm
Coaching – Cycling Practice Planning – Online - Tuesday March 19th, 7pm - 9pm
Register for Online Cycling Practing Planning
OC Women’s Month – D’Ornellas Bike Shop Bike Maintenance 101 for Women - Wednesday March 20th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Coaching – Cycling Practice Planning – Online - Thursday March 21st, 7pm - 9pm
Register for Online Cycling Practing Planning
Coaching – Basic Cycling Skills – Milton, ON - Saturday March 23rd, 9am - 4pm
Register for Basic Cycling Skills
OC Women’s Month Webinar – Ride Leader Training for Women with Amy White - Sunday March 24th, 7pm - 8pm
OC Women’s Month Webinar – Know Your Rights with Rebecca Murray of The Biking Lawyer - Monday March 25th, 7pm - 8pm
OC Women’s Month Webinar – Women’s Saddle Health with Aly Hodgins - Thursday March 26th, 7pm - 8pm
Creating the Optimal Environment for Females in Sport with Judy Goss
OC Women's Month Feature - 2023 Cyclo-Cross (CX) Provincials
Women's 4-Hour MTB Relay - June 8th, 2024, Hardwood Ski & Bike
Read. Discover. Know.
Ontario Women's Cycling Month Featured Profiles:
Milton Revolution Cycling Club Women's Development Project
Canadian Women & Sport: The Next Play Program
Sandra Fletcher & The Saddle Sisters
Acknowledgements & Appreciation
Ontario Cycling would like to say thank you to everyone who assisted with putting together our 2024 Ontario Women’s Cycling Month. The genuine excitement and enthusiasm we received when we reached out, was amazing:
·The Biking Lawyer LLP
·BikeFit Bike Shop
·D’Ornellas Bike Shop
·Judy Goss PhD
·Alida Iacobelllis
·Aly Hodgins
·Siobhan Kelly
·Amy White
·The MTB Exchange /LIV
·SeeWhatSheCanDo
Ontario Cycling would also like to thank the members of the OC Gender Equity Committee, who helped us pull this month together, as well as generously offering up their time to support.
OC Gender Equity Committee
·Pam Julian
·Kim Drolet
·Jackie Chan
·Courtney Doret
·Siobhan Kelly
·Britney Hovencamp
·Amy White
·Daniela Dighi Hawkins
·Julia Farell
·Katanya Polimis
·Kelsey Bennett
·Shelly Christensen
Connect with Ontario Cycling
On Social Media:
Please consider sharing your riding photos by tagging Ontario Cycling and including some or all of the following hashtags - #OCGenderEquity | #OntarioWomen |#GenderEquityCycling | #OCWomensMonth | #OCWW | #OntarioCyclingWomens | #WomeninCycling |#ONWomensRideDay | #ONWomensRideWeek | #ONWomensCyclingWeek |#WeRideAsOne | #InvestInWomen | #InspireInclusion | #SWSCD - in your social media posts.
By Phone or By Email: Ontario Cycling is open Monday to Friday 9-4 pm
Membership: chris.baskys@ontariocycling.org
Events: events.team@ontariocycling.org
Email: info@ontariocycling.org
Website: www.ontariocycling.org
Phone: 416-855-1717
SeeWhatSheCanDo
Find Ontario Cycling in our SWSCD Athlete Advisor, your online athletic business directory. Find, rate and review programs, local community offerings and businesses that will help you do your thing.
Start a group around a physical activity in your neighbourhood. Explore events. Check out our SWSCD Hub.
Look for advice, stories, news and more on our Cycling activity page.
Have your own active moment you'd like to celebrate through SWSCD? Share your highlights directly on our Discover blog or by using #SeeWhatSheCanDo or #SWSCD on social media and inspire others to get moving.
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