TORONTO – Rogers Sportsnet and Ryerson University’s Faculty of Communications and Design announced today the Sportsnet Diversity and Gender Equity Initiative, set to launch for the fall 2020 semester.
This new initiative “empowers students from diverse backgrounds to pursue careers in sport media, says the press release.
Sportsnet has committed $100,000 to FCAD’s Sport Media program to provide scholarships to four students, plus year-round diversity workshops at the university’s Global Experience Sport Lab (GXS). The scholarships will be awarded to two high-performing third-year students and two students entering the program who identify as a woman, Indigenous, and/or a member of an equity-seeking group.
As part of the partnership, Sportsnet will also provide resources and mentoring opportunities to foster a culture of diversity in the workplace for Sport Media students.
“It’s through important partnerships like this with Sportsnet that enable us to provide a unique program centered on diversity and inclusion to prepare students to become tomorrow’s changemakers and thought leaders,” said Charles Falzon, Dean of FCAD at Ryerson, in the press release.
“At FCAD, we foster a community for women and men to come together and engage in activities and discussions related to gender equity and diversity in sport media,” added Laurel Walzak, director, GXS and assistant professor of sport media at FCAD.
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