LangleyAdvance

Thursday, March 10, 2016 A5

HUMAN RIGHTS

SOCCER

penalized
Whitecaps play at McLeod Park Vitriol
A TWU grad
The Whitecaps will
face Arizona and
Seattle here.

said Mike Thomson, vice

president of the association.
Lenarduzzi said the mentorship of younger players
is paramount to this partnership.
It will primarily be
younger players coming to
the residency, but there will
be some older players as
well, he said. We want to
win, absolutely we want to
win, but thats the primary
reason.
We have a good relationship with the Township,
and this is another layer on
top of that, he said.
The Whitecaps will
also hold two events at
Willoughby Community
Park. A free BMO Kickin
with the Caps Community
Clinic presented by BC1 is
scheduled for boys and girls
aged seven to 10 on March
31, and a Skills Camp for
players U-6 to U-14 will run
from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2.
Froese said this is a great
way for the youth to engage
in sporting activities with
professional players, get
exercise and enjoy the outdoors. Plus, he added, its
not very hard to get into
soccer.
All you need is some
shin pads, he said, prompting laughter from the small
audience.

ALEX SKERDZHEV
news@langleyadvance.com

Langley Township
has teamed up with the
Vancouver Whitecaps FC to
hold two matches here this
season.
McLeod Park will welcome the former Canadian
mens national team head
coach Frank Yallop and
Arizona United FC on Aug.
21, and the Seattle Sounders
FC 2 on Labour Day, Sept.
5, to play against the Caps.
Both matches will kick off
at 3 p.m.
The Township of Langley
is thrilled to welcome
Whitecaps FC 2 to our community, said Mayor Jack
Froese. This will be an
excellent opportunity for
sports fans to experience
this calibre of soccer in
their own backyard, and the
stadium [which] will provide the perfect venue for
viewing these action-packed
matches.
The WFC2 features 13
players who have either
played for international
teams or in Canadian

Alex Skerdzhev/Langley Advance

Langley Township Mayor Jack Froese (right) and WFC

president Bob Lenarduzzi announced the two games.
nationals, and are considered the future players
of the main Whitecaps FC
team.
WFC president Bob
Lenarduzzi said it was a
great chance to engage with
local soccer fans. MLS season ticketsholders get the
two upcoming games in the
Township included.
Were very excited to
bring professional soccer to
Langley with these two USL
matches this season, he
said. There is great passion
for the sport and great sup-

port for Whitecaps FC in the

Fraser Valley.
He also gave compliments
to the stadium, admitting
hes only ever seen it from
a distance, but was very
impressed with its size and
cleanliness.
WFC2 match-day roles
will be filled by over 500
local youth players in partnership with the Langley
United Soccer Association.
Our young players look
for mentors to idolize
and emulate. Thats what
Whitecaps FC gives us,

has won a B.C.

Human Rights
ruling.
ALEX SKERDZHEV
news@langleyadvance.com

A Trinity Western
University graduate
was awarded $8,500
by the B.C. Human
Rights Tribunal in
early March against a
wilderness company
that discriminated
against her for atttending a Christian
university.
Bethany Paquette,
a recent graduate of
TWUs biology program, applied for a
job as a winter assistant guide intern with
Amaruk Wilderness
Corp., a Norwegianbased company
that has an office in
Vancouver.
What she got in
response was a vitriolic letter from guide
and instructor Olaf
Amundsen decrying
her faith-based university, prompting her to
file a complaint with
the tribunal board
back in 2014.

I have heard of
some other grads
facing similar issues,
whether it was applying for grad school or
work. It just seems
silly because in my
experience at Trinity,
there is no discrimination, Paquette told
the Vancouver Sun last
week. The money
is not a big deal.
Discrimination is
wrong. It doesnt matter about a persons
religion, sexuality or
where theyre from.
Paquettes lawyer,
Earl Phillips, the executive director of TWU
law and specializing
in human rights cases,
said this case was
unique.
Most cases about
religious discrimination in employment
are about the effect
of a religious belief
at work, he said in
a statement. The
Paquette case is extraordinary because it
is the religious belief
itself that was a
problem for the prospective employer.
The tribunal decision is not final and
can be appealed to the
B.C. Supreme Court
for a judicial review.

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