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Rachel Giese

Rachel Giese is an award-winning Toronto journalist and editor and is the author of the 2018 book Boys: What it Means to Become a Man. She is the culture and life editor at the Globe and Mail.

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Withrow Park Ball Hockey League teams play at Riverdale Park East on a June evening. Photos by Chloe Ellingson / The Local
Feature by Rachel Giese

Kids Aren’t Active Enough. Youth Sports Are Part of the Problem.

As competitive, specialized athletics dominate gyms and community fields, the children who need physical activity most are the ones being left out.

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