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Danika Glenn is a girl on a mission.
The 11-year-old plays on the Rockets competitive peewee C team of the Goulbourn Girls’ Hockey Association. And she thinks the girls’ teams deserve a trophy case dedicated to their on-ice glories at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex, where they have their home ice.
“So many arenas I have seen seem to have a lot of big trophy cases for the boys’ hockey,” says Danika, who last year played on the Goulbourn atom C Rockets, who won 2017 provincial gold.
The Rockets’ championship trophy sits in a general-purpose display case at the Goulbourn complex, where they share space with memorabilia from the swim club and the horticulture society. The rest of the girls’ trophies are relegated to the coaches’ basements, says Danika, a Grade 6 student at St. Stephen School.
“I want people to see how well the girls can play,” she said. “I think the boys get way more recognition than we do.”
Of the approximately 28,000 players registered with Hockey Eastern Ontario Minor, only 1,158 are girls. And “boys” teams often include girls, so the line between what is a girls team or a boys team can get a little blurred.
But Danika wanted to be sure the girls-only teams get the lasting recognition she says they deserve.
And so began her campaign. She first mentioned the idea of a trophy case for the girls at a hockey banquet last year. Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri was there and asked her to send him an email. On Jan. 14, she took him up on his offer. Her mother, Agnes Rubaj, told her she had to write a “formal” email — it’s different than texting your friends, Rubaj informed her daughter.
“I had to do proper punctuation. There had to be details. I had to do some persuading,” Danika explains.
In part, Danika’s electronic missive to Qadri reads: “I can’t help but to wonder why the Goulbourn Rockets don’t yet have a trophy case. Is it because we are a girls hockey team?”
If money is an issue, the association and its volunteers would be able to raise the money, Danika assured Qadri, adding helpfully: “I think I spotted a perfect place in arena B at the GRC (Goulbourn Recreation Complex) to put our trophy case.”
For good measure, she cc’d Mayor Jim Watson and the media.
Qadri replied promptly, indicating he was in discussions with the hockey association and management at the rec complex. “I will find out the outcome of those discussions, and get back to you,” he said.
Danika politely thanked Qadri. The next day, he reported that the trophies “have already been accommodated” in a display case in the main foyer. “If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.”
Danika decided she did, in fact, require further assistance. “The problem is the GGHA has many more than four or five trophies that we would like people to see,” she says.
She did some research, collecting photographic evidence of the real estate occupied by hockey trophies in other arenas, which she forwarded to Qadri. “I was at the arena in Kanata (KRC), the Kanata Rangers have their own trophy case. I was also at the Johnny Leroux arena in Stittsville, and the boys have a large trophy case. Please see attached photos.”
Danika Glenn says the girls’ hockey trophies now have to share space with memorabilia from other organizations.
The issue of a trophy case has not been an easy one to resolve, says Cathy Bureau, the president of the Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association, which has 223 players on 15 teams and is now in its seventh year. Part of the problem is that the association is relatively new.
“I’ve been frustrated with trying to get answers. Maybe an 11-year-old will get things hopping,” says Bureau. “She’s showing great initiative. That’s how things get done.”
Qadri says recognition spaces are very important to community groups and he does his best to help. Two years ago, for example, Stittsville minor hockey offered to pay to build a new trophy case in the Johnny LeRoux arena because the old one was looking worn.
Qadri says it’s not a girls-versus-boys thing. The number of groups keeps growing, so there’s competition for space. “There are a lot of logistics around putting a showcase in city facilities in terms of space and location.”
Will the Goulbourn girls get their own trophy case? That’s still unknown. Bureau has a meeting Tuesday with Qadri and the rec complex manager.
Dan Chenier, the city’s general manager of recreation, says Ottawa does not have a specific policy on trophy display cases in facilities.
“Today’s facility construction standards for new facilities generally does not include the installation of display cases, and many of the existing units were installed decades ago by sports and community associations or former municipalities. In situations where an association owns a display case, that organization determines what its content will be,” he said in response to the query from this newspaper.
“Other display units that are either owned by the city or whose ownership is not documented generally display trophies and awards for the clubs or associations that consider a specific facility their home base or where they play a majority of their games. Space in individual display units is generally worked about between facility clubs and the city’s approach in terms of allocation of space would generally reflect the approach used for club wall banners where space is allocated between eligible clubs based on the relative percentage of hours booked at the facility.”
Danika’s quest to get a trophy case has sparked an interest in current events, says Rubaj. “We’re always teaching her that she has to speak up for herself.”
As for Danika, she’s not giving up.
“I started it and I have to finish it. It’s what’s best for everybody,” she says.
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The 11-year-old plays on the Rockets competitive peewee C team of the Goulbourn Girls’ Hockey Association. And she thinks the girls’ teams deserve a trophy case dedicated to their on-ice glories at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex, where they have their home ice.
“So many arenas I have seen seem to have a lot of big trophy cases for the boys’ hockey,” says Danika, who last year played on the Goulbourn atom C Rockets, who won 2017 provincial gold.
The Rockets’ championship trophy sits in a general-purpose display case at the Goulbourn complex, where they share space with memorabilia from the swim club and the horticulture society. The rest of the girls’ trophies are relegated to the coaches’ basements, says Danika, a Grade 6 student at St. Stephen School.
“I want people to see how well the girls can play,” she said. “I think the boys get way more recognition than we do.”
Of the approximately 28,000 players registered with Hockey Eastern Ontario Minor, only 1,158 are girls. And “boys” teams often include girls, so the line between what is a girls team or a boys team can get a little blurred.
But Danika wanted to be sure the girls-only teams get the lasting recognition she says they deserve.
And so began her campaign. She first mentioned the idea of a trophy case for the girls at a hockey banquet last year. Stittsville Coun. Shad Qadri was there and asked her to send him an email. On Jan. 14, she took him up on his offer. Her mother, Agnes Rubaj, told her she had to write a “formal” email — it’s different than texting your friends, Rubaj informed her daughter.
“I had to do proper punctuation. There had to be details. I had to do some persuading,” Danika explains.
In part, Danika’s electronic missive to Qadri reads: “I can’t help but to wonder why the Goulbourn Rockets don’t yet have a trophy case. Is it because we are a girls hockey team?”
If money is an issue, the association and its volunteers would be able to raise the money, Danika assured Qadri, adding helpfully: “I think I spotted a perfect place in arena B at the GRC (Goulbourn Recreation Complex) to put our trophy case.”
For good measure, she cc’d Mayor Jim Watson and the media.
Qadri replied promptly, indicating he was in discussions with the hockey association and management at the rec complex. “I will find out the outcome of those discussions, and get back to you,” he said.
Danika politely thanked Qadri. The next day, he reported that the trophies “have already been accommodated” in a display case in the main foyer. “If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.”
Danika decided she did, in fact, require further assistance. “The problem is the GGHA has many more than four or five trophies that we would like people to see,” she says.
She did some research, collecting photographic evidence of the real estate occupied by hockey trophies in other arenas, which she forwarded to Qadri. “I was at the arena in Kanata (KRC), the Kanata Rangers have their own trophy case. I was also at the Johnny Leroux arena in Stittsville, and the boys have a large trophy case. Please see attached photos.”
Danika Glenn says the girls’ hockey trophies now have to share space with memorabilia from other organizations.
The issue of a trophy case has not been an easy one to resolve, says Cathy Bureau, the president of the Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association, which has 223 players on 15 teams and is now in its seventh year. Part of the problem is that the association is relatively new.
“I’ve been frustrated with trying to get answers. Maybe an 11-year-old will get things hopping,” says Bureau. “She’s showing great initiative. That’s how things get done.”
Qadri says recognition spaces are very important to community groups and he does his best to help. Two years ago, for example, Stittsville minor hockey offered to pay to build a new trophy case in the Johnny LeRoux arena because the old one was looking worn.
Qadri says it’s not a girls-versus-boys thing. The number of groups keeps growing, so there’s competition for space. “There are a lot of logistics around putting a showcase in city facilities in terms of space and location.”
Will the Goulbourn girls get their own trophy case? That’s still unknown. Bureau has a meeting Tuesday with Qadri and the rec complex manager.
Dan Chenier, the city’s general manager of recreation, says Ottawa does not have a specific policy on trophy display cases in facilities.
“Today’s facility construction standards for new facilities generally does not include the installation of display cases, and many of the existing units were installed decades ago by sports and community associations or former municipalities. In situations where an association owns a display case, that organization determines what its content will be,” he said in response to the query from this newspaper.
“Other display units that are either owned by the city or whose ownership is not documented generally display trophies and awards for the clubs or associations that consider a specific facility their home base or where they play a majority of their games. Space in individual display units is generally worked about between facility clubs and the city’s approach in terms of allocation of space would generally reflect the approach used for club wall banners where space is allocated between eligible clubs based on the relative percentage of hours booked at the facility.”
Danika’s quest to get a trophy case has sparked an interest in current events, says Rubaj. “We’re always teaching her that she has to speak up for herself.”
As for Danika, she’s not giving up.
“I started it and I have to finish it. It’s what’s best for everybody,” she says.
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