Volume 63 Issue 7

In February of 2020, The Rally Report (a national study on sport participation by Canadian girls from ages six to 18) determined that one in three girls drop out of sports by their late teens, and that girls are three times more likely to drop out of their respective sports than their male counterparts. This

“It’s almost like scheduling happiness.” The words turn over and over in my head. On our FaceTime call, my best friend Damien hunches over his sculpture and insists that he will be happy once he is done with his portfolio. After our call, I wrote his words down on a sticky note. That night, I