Tag: Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada must deal with a culture saturated in sexism, misogyny, homophobia and hypermasculinity
Shannon D. M. Moore, University of Manitoba Teresa Anne Fowler, Concordia University of Edmonton and Tim Skuce, Brandon University Research about men’s ice hockey has consistently revealed that the culture is saturated in sexism, misogyny, homophobia and hypermasculinity. Beyond research, people have come forward in highly publicized stories speaking to experiences of sexism, being silenced […]
NDP MP presses government on its response to alleged London sex assault
OTTAWA – A member of Parliament has questioned Canada’s sports minister on what the government knew about an alleged sexual assault at a 2018 Hockey Canada event and when.
COLUMN: Hockey Canada deserves financial death penalty over alleged London sex assault
Sports organizations, much like armed forces, are notoriously impervious to change.
Former Knight distances himself from alleged ‘appalling event’ involving world junior players
Former London Knights defenceman Victor Mete says he was not involved in an alleged sexual assault involving members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team. Mete was a member of Canada’s team that won gold at the men’s world junior hockey championship in January 2018 in Buffalo, N.Y. He had been loaned by the Montreal […]
Scotiabank pausing Hockey Canada sponsorship in wake of sex assault allegations
TORONTO – Scotiabank is putting its Hockey Canada sponsorship on ice.