Linda Blade on the History of Women's Sports Policy

Dr Linda Blade is a Canadian and NCAA Track & Field All American, a Canadian rep to the International Consortium on Female Sport and the President of Athletics Alberta. She has 25 years of coaching experience across over 15 sports. In this presentation she shares the evolution of sports policy that has allowed males to compete in female sport. She also discusses the approaches that have been used to verify the eligibility for the women's category as well as how we should approach it going forward.