Further reading
Ice allocation fairness is a bigger conversation than just this site. A few places worth reading beyond it.
Ice time, girls, and adapted youth hockey
CBC Radio, The Current
On the difficulty of even measuring fair ice access for girls' and adapted youth hockey in the first place, including how hard it can be for researchers and advocates to get basic booking data out of arenas at all.
Breaking the ice: Supporting fair ice allocations
Canadian Parks and Recreation Association
Argues that ice allocation should follow current registration numbers, not historical precedent. Cites Hockey New Brunswick data showing female hockey registration up 16% in a single season while male registration fell, with allocation practices slow to follow.
Key findings from the Nova Scotia pilot
Future of Hockey Lab, Open Ice
A national pilot studying ice bookings across Nova Scotia. Found that female participants travel about 15% farther on average to reach their rink, and that most ice booking data isn't tracked by gender or age at all. Covered in more depth on the how this works page.
Future of Hockey Lab
futureofhockeylab.com
The organization behind Open Ice. Works on removing barriers to hockey participation in Canada more broadly, including cost and inclusion, not just ice scheduling.
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