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The Office of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity, formerly the Ministry of the Status of Women (French: Ministère de la Condition féminine, between 2017 and 2018), Ontario Women's Directorate (French: Direction générale de la condition féminine de l'Ontario, prior to 2017) and Office of Women's Issues(French: Office de la condition féminine), between 2018 and 2022 is an office ...
She previously served as the Ontario minister of children, community and social services from 2018 to 2019 and Ontario minister of heritage, sport, tourism and culture industries from 2019 to 2022. On September 13, 2024, it was announced that MacLeod will not be seeking re-election in the 2025 election.
The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services is the ministry in Ontario, Canada responsible for services to children and youth, social services such as welfare, the Ontario Disability Support Program, and community service programs to address homelessness, domestic violence, spousal support, adoption, and assisted housing for people with disabilities.
The team sports of soccer (also known as association football), basketball, fastpitch softball, ice hockey, ringette, women's gridiron football (full contact), flat track roller derby, and lacrosse are among the top leagues for women in North America. Women's competitions are also popular in individual sports such as tennis, bowling, and golf.
A small decrease in the number of ringette athletes after 1998 has been attributed at least partially to women's ice hockey being recognized officially as an Olympic sport that same season, [15] [20] [21] but is largely considered due to the decision by major governing body's for the women's hockey game to exclude body checking. [22]
In 2021, a by-election resulted in NWT gaining a majority of women representatives, a first for Canada. [2] The province with the highest percentage of women in their legislature is Quebec at 46.4%. Women currently represent 35.3 per cent (273 out of 772) of all provincial and territorial legislators across Canada as a whole.
In the late 1900s Women's Sports started to gain popularity in the media because of their talent in the Olympics. [198] In 1999, women's sports coverage reached an all-time high when it was recorded at 8.7%. It maintained its higher percentages until it reached an all-time low in 2009, decreasing to 1.6%.
The 1980s accelerated the movement forward. The Sport Canada's Women's Program took place in 1980, the Female Athlete Conference in 1981, the Women in Sport program took lace in 1981, and the Constitution Act of 1982 took place soon thereafter. In the beginning, women's progress in Canadian sport was an uphill battle.