Feeling empowered 👊💫 We tipped off Women in Basketball Month with “Hoops to Heroes: A MadLove Event”, sponsored by pennyappealca 🇨🇦. Held at makeway.co, the night started off with a series of panels moderated by Sportsnet’s savhamilton11. Panel 1: “A New Era of Women’s Basketball: Perspectives From Across the Game” Leah MacNab (Managing Director, nbacanada) Abby Albino (Head of Business, Canada Basketball) Tamara Tatham (Coach, Canada Basketball & UofT) Fei Xiang (Official, CBOC) Panel 2: “Growth of the Game - A Pathway to Paris” Erin Matthews (Director of Development & Operations, Canadian Olympic Foundation) Denise Dignard (GM of Women’s High Performance, Canada Basketball) Nirra Fields (Senior Women’s National Team Athlete, 2x Olympian) Carly Clarke (Coach, Canada Basketball & TMU) Following the panel, our guests and speakers were able to network & inspire each other through our shopnugift Madlove community wall, and more! 📸: midyansamson #WIBM | #MadLove