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| Marie Desmarais got involved in the sport of squash in the mid-1990s when few people in the Yukon knew how to play. In 2021, Marie received a Certificate of Achievement from Squash Canada, an acknowledgement to those who have tirelessly promoted the sport on a provincial and territorial level. She was a squash coach until about 2018.((John Tonin, “Squash Canada recognizes the Yukon’s Marie Desmaris.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 27 June 2021.)) | Marie Desmarais started playing squash around 1982 and quickly became the best woman player in the Yukon. In 1988, she became a co-owner of the Whitehorse Racquet Club where she managed the club, instructed in squash, and was the tournament director. She designed a junior squash program and held summer camp squash clinics.(("Marie Desmarais." //Celebration 1991: A Woman's Daybook.// Yukon Advisory Council on Women's Issues and the Women's Directorate, Government of Yukon, 1990: 84.)) At this time, few people in the Yukon knew how to play squash.((John Tonin, “Squash Canada recognizes the Yukon’s Marie Desmarais.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 27 June 2021.)) In 2021, Marie received a Certificate of Achievement from Squash Canada, an acknowledgement to those who have tirelessly promoted the sport on a provincial and territorial level. She remained a squash coach until about 2018.((John Tonin, “Squash Canada recognizes the Yukon’s Marie Desmarais.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 27 June 2021.)) |
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