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Canadian Sitting Volleyball Wins the First Battle of the Paralympics – the Fight for Coverage

The Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team is hoping their fight for fair coverage will help elevate exposure for their exciting sport, as they begin their quest for a Paralympic medal.

When the Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team heard there were no plans to broadcast their preliminary matches at the 2020 Paralympics, Team Captain Danielle Ellis took her outrage to social media. It was only one week before the start of the games when the Canadian squad discovered that family and friends back home would have no way to watch as they began their quest for an Olympic medal. In...



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Emily is the Lead Editor of Momentum Volleyball. She is an experienced broadcaster as the Olympic Volleyball Commentator in London 2012 and Rio 2016. She is also an accomplished journalist with Embracing Ottawa, Ottawa Life Magazine, CBC Radio Canada and Global Television. Emily is also an accomplished volleyball athlete. She is a U Sports National Championship Silver Medallist 2005 & 2006, CanWest Championship 2006, CanWest Player of the Year 2006, U Sports All-Canadian 2005 & 2006​, and a Therese Quigley Award (U Sports WVB Top Student Athlete 2005). She won the Marilyn Pomfret Trophy (UBC Most Outstanding Female Athlete 2005), 5-Year Women’s National Team member (3-Year Team Captain) and played professional Volleyball in France​. Emily was inducted into the UBC Hall of Fame in 2017.

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