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1. metroathletics.caMetro Edmonton High School Athletics : Powered by TeamLinkt

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   Unified Sports; Wrestling. Championships. ... Edmonton, Alberta . Contact Us (780) 441-6012 Email Us. Metro Edmonton High School Athletics 2024 Powered By. Login ...

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   The Metro Edmonton High School Athletic Association has been dedicated to sport in Edmonton since 1988. We currently have 56 member schools and oversee 20 sports. Click below for more info: Member Schools. Executive and Staff.

3. globalnews.ca › news › 7201833CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos dropping ‘Eskimo’ from team name

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   The Edmonton Eskimos football club has dropped the word Eskimo from its team name. The club made the announcement Tuesday, after criticism from many in the Inuit community who said the name...

4. heavy.com › sports › 2019The Edmonton Grads: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know - Heavy.com

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   • The Edmonton Grads Started as a High School Girls Basketball Team. The full name of the Edmonton Grads is the Edmonton Commercial Graduates Basketball Club, also called “The Grads.”
   • The Last Surviving Member Died in 2018 & an Author Described Them as a ‘Group of Ordinary Women Who Did the Extraordinary’ The last surviving member of the Edmonton Grads was Kay MacBeth.
   • The Edmonton Grads Dominated Their Sport, Sometimes Playing Men’s Teams But World War II Intervened. According to Globe and Mail, the Grads were known as Canada’s “most successful team in history,” winning 17 world titles.
   • The Grads Paved the Way for Women in Sport But They Faced Discrimination at the Time. According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, the 1920s were a golden era for women in sports in Canada.

5. www.cnn.com › 2019/11/09 › worldEdmonton Grads: Basketball’s legendary team is the ... - CNN

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   Nov 9, 2019 · The Grads, also known as The Edmonton Commercial Graduates Basketball Club, began as a high school girls basketball team before becoming a “sports dynasty,” according to Google.

6. edmontonsun.com › 2015/11/27 › eskimos-13-grey-cupsEskimos 13 Grey Cups: Looking back - Edmonton Sun

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   Nov 27, 2015 · The 43rd Grey Cup game was between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes played on Nov. 26, 1955, in front of 39,417 football fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, B.C., seeing the ...

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   Who is the Metro Edmonton High School Athletic Association?

   • The Metro Edmonton High School Athletic Association has been dedicated to sport in Edmonton since 1988. We currently have 56 member schools and oversee 20 sports. Click below for more info:

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   Why did Edmonton Eskimos change their name?

   • WATCH ABOVE: So long, Edmonton Eskimos. The CFL team announced Tuesday it is changing its name after coming under pressure from sponsors and the Inuit community. Sarah Ryan reports live from Commonwealth Stadium. – Jul 21, 2020 The Edmonton Eskimos football club has dropped the word Eskimo from its team name.

   CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos dropping ‘Eskimo’ from team name

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   Why do sports teams use Eskimo mascots?

   • The use of Eskimo — an outdated, and some say racist, term for Inuit — was once common for sports clubs in central Alberta, and according to a recent survey sent out by the team, it was chosen to acknowledge the “hardiness” of Inuit culture. Concerns over using Indigenous groups as team names or mascots has bubbled for years.

   Edmonton Eskimos’ name change is praised by a national Inuit group

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   Did you know the Edmonton Grads are in the Hall of Fame?

   • On November 9, 2017, The Grads were inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. The doodle, which depicts three players on a basketball court, commemorates their induction. Google scored a winner on Saturday when it celebrated the Edmonton Grads in a doodle to honor the Canadian basketball legends.

   Google Doodle celebrates basketball’s legendary Edmonton Grads - CNN

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   Who started the Edmonton Girls' Club?

   • The team was started by a teacher named Percy Page in 1914 “as a physical education program for the 60 girls at McDougall Commercial High School in the Canadian city of Edmonton,” Google reported. Page later became Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.

   The Edmonton Grads: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know - Heavy.com

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   Did the Edmonton Grads face discrimination?

   • The Grads Paved the Way for Women in Sport But They Faced Discrimination at the Time According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, the 1920s were a golden era for women in sports in Canada. That doesn’t mean the Edmonton Grads didn’t face difficulties.

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8. www.thestar.com › news › canadaEdmonton Eskimos’ name change is praised by a national Inuit ...

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   Jul 21, 2020 · Facing what it called a sweeping shift in public opinion, Edmonton’s CFL team acknowledged Tuesday that times have changed and said it will retire its 70-year-old “Eskimos” moniker and rebrand.