{"id":6302,"date":"2024-11-15T23:58:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T04:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/?p=6302"},"modified":"2024-11-16T00:22:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T05:22:42","slug":"online-event-jon-kay-and-linda-blade-discuss-alberta-bill-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/online-event-jon-kay-and-linda-blade-discuss-alberta-bill-29\/","title":{"rendered":"ONLINE EVENT – Jon Kay and Linda Blade discuss Alberta Bill 29"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Wednesday, November 20th \u00b7 5:00pm, MST<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Open to all FAIR chapter members.\u00a0<\/h2>

Bill 29, the proposed\u00a0Fairness and Safety in Sport Act<\/a>\u00a0would establish a balanced approach to protect the integrity of female athletic competitions by ensuring women and girls have the opportunity to compete in biological female-only divisions, while also ensuring transgender athletes are able to meaningfully participate in the sports of their choice.<\/p>

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With a PhD in Kinesiology, and a lengthy background in Athletics as an internationally-ranked athlete and coach, Dr Linda Blade has conducted research and sport-related seminars at the university level on four continents. Recently retired from being president of Athletics Alberta, Linda has a keen understanding of the current need for boundaries in athletic competition. Author of Unsporting: How Trans Activism And Science Denial Are Destroying Sport<\/a>, Linda regularly discusses sex-based differences and their impacts on sports. Most recently, Linda launched the International Consortium on Female Sport<\/a>, whose purpose is to serve as the key international lobby group to advocate for the preservation of the female sports category.<\/p>

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Jonathan Kay is Canadian Editor of\u00a0Quillette<\/a>, a TedX<\/a> speaker, an op-ed writer at National Post, and co-host of the\u00a0Quillette\u00a0podcast<\/a>. His prolific work has appeared in many news outlets and he has authored several books as well. His awards include Canada\u2019s National Newspaper Award for Editorial Writing, Canada\u2019s National Newspaper Award for Critical Writing, and Canada\u2019s National Magazine Award. Jon has recently penned a piece for\u00a0Quillette\u00a0<\/a>examining a controversy involving the Mountain West Conference women\u2019s volleyball division.<\/p>

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This event was organized by the FAIR Alberta chapter. If you’re in Alberta and would like to join them, please reach out at\u00a0alberta@fairforall.org<\/a>.<\/p>

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Not a FAIR chapter member yet? Join now at\u00a0https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/join-us\/<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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