The Nunavut Fury Hockey Association recently conducted a 5-day camp for young female players, with help from Hockey Nunavut, the Rankin Inlet Minor Hockey Association, and Ilitaqsiniq. About 70 girls from around Nunavut participated in the hockey camp.

Nunavut Fury is a non-profit that aims to empower female players and looks forward to building a team for the next Arctic Winter Games. Their mission is to promote and develop competitive female hockey in Nunavut by providing opportunities for skill development, leadership, and personal growth. In addition to hockey games, the association aims to teach skills that the players can take back to their home communities.

Maxwell Joy, an Iqaluit resident and director of programs for the Nunavut Fury Hockey Association, shared that girls’ hockey is growing in the territory. The new non-profit aims to build on the momentum and change the game for girls’ hockey. The recent camp focused on skill development on and off the ice with sessions on team-building and female empowerment.

Nunavut Fury hopes to provide girls with similar opportunities in ice hockey as the boys. The non-profit aims to break down “hypermasculine ideals” around hockey and create safer spaces for girls who want to play competitive hockey in all Nunavut communities.

The female players took advantage of the ice time in under-13 to under-18 categories at the camp and are excited to showcase their new skills in the forthcoming games. According to Hockey Nunavut, 80 people attended the camp, including athletes, coaches, and chaperones from nine communities.

Source: Yahoo News