We are excited to have Simon Barrick present with the Curler Outreach Program. Simon is passionate about building inclusive sport opportunities—especially in curling—through community-engaged research, teaching, and service. Simon has curled for 24 years at recreational and competitive levels, and has been a coach, instructor, and consultant for many years. Simon is an Assistant Professor at Cape Breton University in Sydney, Nova Scotia teaching in the Sport and Physical Activity Leadership as well as Community Studies programmes. Simon’s research focuses on critically interrogating equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives in sport—with an emphasis on winter sports.

His presentation will focus on strategies for (re)designing introductory curling programmes to welcome diverse individuals and communities into the sport.

Participants will learn about the following:
- Clarifying equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) terminology
- The presence/absence of EDI in curling;
- Strategies for (re)building welcoming introductory curling programmes
- Lessons learned from existing EDI initiatives in curling and similar sport contexts.

Participants will also be introduced to a repository of relevant EDI resources—both curling-specific and more general—to take the next step in your EDI journey! This presentation is designed for people from across the curling world (e.g., curlers, administrators, coaches, volunteers, policy makers) who are interested in growing the sport in new directions.