About Girl Expo Canada
Girl Expo Canada is a personal venture that grew out of the desire of Dana Bookman and Allison Cepler to find suitable, challenging, meaningful opportunities of various kinds for their daughters.
The absence of a girls’ baseball league in Toronto inspired Dana to create Toronto Girls Baseball. This league provides girls the opportunity to learn to play and compete among other girls. This venture was met with immediate success, leading Dana to found Mighty Girls Sports which donates sports equipment and financial aid to girls in developing nations.
As the mother of two girls who love sports, are not excited about pink or glitter, and read anything they can get their hands on, Allison struggled to find her daughters sport programs, clothing that wasn’t “girlie” and literature featuring strong heroines with appropriate, substantive content for young readers.
Both Dana and Allison wanted more – for their daughters, for themselves, and for all other girls. They recognized that each of these girls’ lives has the potential for greatness, but realizing that potential requires that we offer girls something more than what has been available. Dana and Allison are very proud that Girl Expo Canada does just that!
The absence of a girls’ baseball league in Toronto inspired Dana to create Toronto Girls Baseball. This league provides girls the opportunity to learn to play and compete among other girls. This venture was met with immediate success, leading Dana to found Mighty Girls Sports which donates sports equipment and financial aid to girls in developing nations.
As the mother of two girls who love sports, are not excited about pink or glitter, and read anything they can get their hands on, Allison struggled to find her daughters sport programs, clothing that wasn’t “girlie” and literature featuring strong heroines with appropriate, substantive content for young readers.
Both Dana and Allison wanted more – for their daughters, for themselves, and for all other girls. They recognized that each of these girls’ lives has the potential for greatness, but realizing that potential requires that we offer girls something more than what has been available. Dana and Allison are very proud that Girl Expo Canada does just that!
