2026 women in curling Summit - Missisauga
Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026
Hyatt Place Toronto/Mississauga
Full and half-day registration options available
25 SPOTS ADDED. Register before it’s too late!
For every woman who loves the game
Fuel your love of curling. Grow your impact. Find your people.
Join us at the 2026 Women in Curling Summit Mississauga for a day of insight, community, and connection built to help you grow your confidence, strengthen your network, and deepen your relationship with the game, wherever you are on your curling path.
With a lineup of inspiring female leaders, including an opening keynote by Jennifer Jones, we’ll tap into what sparks your potential — the moments, people, and practices that keep you connected to the game. Leave with the clarity and momentum to carry that flame forward, wherever curling takes you next.
Be part of something bigger
This is your chance to learn from the women who’ve shaped the sport, build skills you can use far beyond the rink, and expand your circle with driven, like-minded women from across curling. If you want a jolt of confidence, community, and momentum — this is it.
Here’s what you can expect to take away from the day:
- Gain inspiration from women who have excelled in curling on and off the ice
- Learn leadership and teamwork skills that translate from the rink to daily life
- Build powerful connections with like-minded women in sport, igniting an ongoing passion for curling and beyond
Jennifer Jones
heather mair
Women in Curling
Curling Canada is proud to be a leader in the space of gender equity and equality in sport, and is committed to raising the bar on desired impacts and positive outcomes for girls and women in curling.
The newly branded Women in Curling, previously known as the Women in Curling Leaders’ Circle, introduces a set freshly formalized and structured initiatives to foster greater female representation at all levels of curling. The rebrand reflects an evolved vision and a targeted strategic commitment to gender equity, diversity, inclusion and sport safety within the curling community.
The Women in Curling Executive Council is dedicated to helping create an equitable and inclusive curling system that empowers girls and women – as active participants and leaders – within and through curling.
Roadmap to Gender Equity in Curling – Setting up for success, this multi-year plan focuses on four key pillars – Healthy Participation, Strong Brand of Curling, Financial Health & Stability, and Organizational Excellence – to drive impactful change within the sport.
Women in Curling Facts & Figures
Accordion Content
- Sport Canada’s funding for curling athletes is split evenly between genders
- Curling Canada’s National Training Program is split evenly between teams of each gender
- Women receive the same amount of prize money as men at the national championships and at the PointsBet Invitational
- Women receive the same amount of travel funding subsidies for all disciplines of curling at all events
- All national championships are structured and formatted the same for women and men at each level of the sport (ex: U-18, U-20, U SPORTS/CCAA, Women’s/Men’s and seniors)
- Women receive the same amount of TV broadcast time as men at Curling Canada events
- Curling Canada Season of Champions (SOC) events feature approximately 270 hours of linear broadcast time with 135 hours dedicated to women’s sport
- The same equity is applied for the streaming of Curling Canada’s non-SOC events with approximately 150 hours of coverage dedicated to women’s curling.
Women in Curling Facts & Figures
Curling Canada is proud to be a leader in the space of gender equity and equality in sport. With its partner, Kruger Products, the title partner of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, women in curling have defied the odds and achieved their dreams for 40 years and counting.
Women in curling receive equal opportunities, broadcast time and prize money. This bond between the women and girls in the sport means girls can dream to achieve anything they want to do in curling as a player, coach, role model and mentor.
On National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Curling Canada celebrates the positive impacts of women and girls in sports thanks to its partners, donors, volunteers, coaches and athletes.
“Curling has been such an important part of my life and it’s given me the opportunity to grow as an athlete, as a woman and as a parent. I see how my daughter carries herself on a sheet of curling ice, and I see her confidence growing with every game. That’s what our sport can do for young athletes.”
-Kerry Galusha, Northwest Territories
Girls Rock Program
Girls Rock – Facts & Figures
- 12 Member Associations ran a Girls Rock program during the 2024-25 season.
- Women in Curling, in coordination with NOCA, ran a Girls Rock program aligned with the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Thunder Bay. Sixty-four participants were registered for the Feb. 15 session at the Port Arthur Curling Centre!
- Understanding girls’ experiences is the first step in transforming the sport and physical activity system in Canada so that all girls can play. Rally Report 2024 aims to champion girls’ voices, and support and inspire sport leaders with fresh insight into how they can reimagine sport and create more equitable, inclusive environments.
Girls Rock – Register!
Calling all girls aged 9-16! Bring your besties and come try the great sport of curling! Test your skills on and off the ice. And have a great time “throwing rocks” during this female-led, female-participant, curling experience. Register for this FREE event!
Girls Rock – Learn More!
Girls Rock shares the extensive benefits of sports involvement, including developing on-ice skills in a safe, welcoming and non-judgemental environment. Learn more about how it is being implemented across Canada in 2024-25.
Gender Equity Campaign
Along with our partners at Canadian Women and Sport, we stand beside and support our female athletes in their pursuit of excellence through every challenge they face as women in sport.
