The BC Women & Sport Leadership Award recognizes an outstanding leader who is advancing gender equity and creating meaningful opportunities for girls and women in sport and recreation. Through Sport BC and its members, BC Women & Sport works to ensure that gender equity is a standard across the provincial sport sector. This award honours individuals who embody that mission by championing inclusive, empowering, and accessible sport environments.

As part of the partnership between Sport BC and the BC Games Society, each Games Host Society selects a recipient from the host community to be recognized at the BC Winter or BC Summer Games.

Award Purpose

This award celebrates a local leader who has made a significant impact in supporting, mentoring, and advancing opportunities for girls and women in sport—whether through coaching, administration, advocacy, program development, or community leadership.

Nomination Criteria

Nominators are invited to put forward candidates who:

• Reside in the Games host community or region; Trail, Rossland, Castlegar, Fruitvale and Warfield
• Have demonstrated outstanding leadership in supporting or advancing girls and women in sport or recreation
• Serve as a mentor, advocate, or role model, or who have created new or expanded programs for girls and women
• Have shown notable impact and achievements within the past two years
• Preference to an individual who is connected to a sport included in the BC Games Winter Games program (here) or a Sport BC member sport (primary consideration). Sports in the BC Winter Games

Primary consideration:
A woman who has shown exceptional leadership in mentoring, supporting, or creating opportunities for girls and women in sport.

Secondary consideration:
An organization or an individual of any gender who has taken significant leadership in creating equitable sport opportunities for girls and women.

Nominations must include:

• A completed nomination form – application link below
• A recent digital photo of the nominee

Award Presentation

The selected recipient will be honoured during the BC Winter Games. The presentation may take place:

• At the Civic Luncheon on Friday February 27, 2025, or
• At a sport venue during Games-time, depending on where the nominee can be best recognized

How to Nominate

Submit your nomination using the application form:
https://form.jotform.com/BCGames_jotform/BCWomenandSport

Deadline to submit is January 21, 2026