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Shireen Ahmed

Senior Contributor

Shireen Ahmed is a multi-platform sports journalist, a TEDx speaker, mentor, and an award-winning sports activist who focuses on the intersections of racism and misogyny in sports. She is an industry expert on Muslim women in sports, and her academic research and contributions have been widely published. She is co-creator and co-host of the “Burn It All Down” feminist sports podcast team. In addition to being a seasoned investigative reporter, her commentary is featured by media outlets in Canada, the USA, Europe and Australia. She holds an MA in Media Production from Toronto Metropolitan University where she now teaches Sports Journalism and Sports Media. You can find Shireen tweeting or drinking coffee, or tweeting about drinking coffee. She lives with her four children and her cat.

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    Opinion

    See it, be it, and then tee it up: Black Women Golfers group opens new space in golf

    The purpose of Black Women Golfers is not only to create new and emboldened spaces in golf, but to fortify the work that has been done for racial equality in sport and society. 
    Opinion

    FIFA's recognition of Afghanistan women's soccer team doesn't go far enough

    FIFA has finally recognized the Afghanistan women's soccer team, but only as a refugee team. Allowing women to compete in a particular and restricted set of circumstances doesn't ring of liberation and freedom of play.
    Soccer

    Importance of NSL comes into focus during its historic opening week

    The past week in Canadian women's soccer has been tremendous and unprecedented. There's the love and appreciation of the beautiful game, but there's also the happiness about this league actually existing and the opportunities it creates.
    Soccer
    Opinion

    Inaugural Northern Super League game is something to be savoured

    On Wednesday night, a lot of dreams will be realized when the Vancouver Rise FC and Calgary Wild FC play the first game in Northern Super League history.
    Soccer
    Opinion

    Canada's women's rugby team, ranked No. 2, fights through funding crisis as it prepares for World Cup

    The Canadian women's rugby team, ranked second in the world, is trying to beat the odds — and also cash in on them — as it prepares for this summer's Women's World Cup.
    Opinion

    Canadian national soccer player Ali Ahmed one of many athletes thriving during Ramadan fast

    Canadian national soccer teammates Ali Ahmed and Ismaël Koné have spent the past few weeks fasting during Ramadan, but it didn't hold either back in Canada's performance at the Nations League finals.
    Opinion

    Growth in women's sports might be loud and messy at times, but it's part of the journey

    Whether it has been the collapse of other leagues, the intense research and marketing it took to convince people to say it's time to invest, building women's sports is still not an easy path. There have been bumps, there will be bumps and nothing will be seamless. It never is.
    Opinion

    NSL's Calgary Wild look to build on old communities and create new ones for women's soccer

    As the country's epicentre for winter sports development, Calgary could very well also be fuelling some of the best women's soccer in Canada. 
    Opinion

    Gauging how the threat of a trade war has affected the Canadian pro sports landscape

    When U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order to put a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods, a wave of indignance swept through the country. But what about sports? How does this impact the world of sports? Did it simply galvanize a sense of nationalism?
    Opinion

    Preserving women's-only spaces in gyms is important for a diverse community seeking wellness

    Many women say women's only spaces has encouraged them to take a leap into the health and wellness world.