Sportsnet and Ryerson partner on gender equity initiative

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...