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A basketball tournament makes its own court

A first-year student helps create a women’s collegiate tournament in Canada’s North, turning an idea into a gathering.

A women’s collegiate basketball tournament organized in Canada’s North.
SportA women’s collegiate basketball tournament organized in Canada’s North.Photo: University of Toronto / official source image

A U of T student helped organize a women’s collegiate basketball tournament in Canada’s North, building a platform for competition where one did not yet exist.

The result is a summer-sized piece of university work: identify a missing space, invite people into it and keep going until the event feels inevitable.

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  1. Original reporting · utoronto.ca
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