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The Wild FC are kicking off on new turf.
McMahon Stadium, home of Calgary’s professional women’s soccer club as well as the Calgary Stampeders CFL team, is going by “McWomahon Stadium” for the next six weeks through a campaign by the Alberta Women’s Health Foundation (AWHF) and Calgary Wild FC.
It’s a campaign designed to shine light on the fact that women’s health research remains significantly underfunded and underrepresented compared to general health initiatives, said Lindsay Roberston, AWHF vice-president of communications.
“We know that women’s health and women’s sport are being affected in the same way,” she said.
“We make up 51 per cent of the population, and we gave birth to everybody, so it’s probably fairly important that we’re able to address women’s health in the same way,” she said.
Calgarians can expect to see “McWomahon” graphics on their social media feeds and on display throughout the city over the next six weeks.
“We’re just seeking a way to draw a little bit of attention, make sure that women’s sport and women’s health can be front and centre in people’s minds,” Robertson said.
Calgarians can expect to see “McWomahon” graphics on their social media feeds and on display throughout the city over the next six weeks. McMahon Stadium is becoming “McWomahon Stadium” for the next six weeks through a campaign by the Alberta Women’s Health Foundation and Calgary Wild FC to raise awareness for women’s health research. (Calgary Wild FC/Alberta Women’s Health Foundation/Handout)
Calgary Wild FC CEO Lara Murphy said it’s important nowadays to have conversations about different ideas.
“It’s really about educating through sport,” she said. “And just create, inspire and have conversation where we can all have some positive change.”
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The Wild — Alberta’s only professional women’s sports team — will also be launching a season-long 50/50 program to raise funds for women’s health research and care across the province, including pregnancy and postpartum health, chronic conditions impacting women, Indigenous women’s health equity, and gender bias in sport science and medicine.
“We’re seeing a great way in which we can pull those threads together, through the trajectory of women’s sport that we’re seeing today,” Murphy said.
The symbolic renaming was done after the campaign got the green light from the McMahon family.
“It’s important that women’s sport is being played in that old barn,” said John McMahon, whose father and uncle were the driving force behind getting the stadium built in 1960.
Ahead of Calgary Wild FC’s inaugural professional season, McMahon Stadium upgraded its facilities to better support women, including updated washrooms, built-in access to feminine hygiene products, and a custom mini locker for a player’s daughter.
Yesterday’s Wild home game against the Montreal Roses ended in a 2-2 draw. The Wild return to “McWomahon Stadium” for two games this month against the Halifax Tides and AFC Toronto.