17 January 2012
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OTTAWA, January 16, 2012 – The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) announced today the twenty women selected to the Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity list (MIW) for 2011. The objective of the list is to focus on women who are leaders and role models making a difference on the Canadian or international scene. The women on the MIW are influential women who contributed in a significant way to sport and physical activity in the year 2011.

28 November 2011
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Five-time Paralympian Chantal Petitclerc, one of the most decorated athletes of all time with 14 Paralympic gold medals, will join the ParalympicsGB athletics team as a coach and mentor for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Petitclerc will attend all key preparation camps and competitions from January 2012. She will work directly with Britain’s wheelchair racers alongside her own former coach Peter Eriksson - UKA’s Paralympic Head Coach - and Kelly Smith, a marathon silver medallist for Canada in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. In addition, she will act as a mentor for young athletes in the build up to, and during the Games.