Sheila Hurtig Robertson is the founding editor and an author for the Canadian Journal for Women in Coaching; the author of Shattered Hopes: Canada’s Boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games; the editor and an author for Taking the Lead: Strategies and Solutions from Female Coaches; a contributing author to Playing It Forward: 50 Years of Women and Sport in Canada and Women in Sports Coaching; and the founding editor and lead writer of Champion and Coaches Report magazines. The Sheila Robertson Award, presented annually by the Coaching Association of Canada, recognizes a national sport or multi-sport organization that demonstrates a consistent approach in valuing and recognizing the role of the coach internationally and to the media and the public.