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Culture change at Hockey Canada is about more than replacing those in charge

The phrase “culture change” has been in the news lately thanks to Hockey Canada’s most recent debacle. There have been widespread calls for a cultural change at the sporting body. Even the Prime Minister has weighed in: “There’s a culture to change.”

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Hockey Canada scandal highlights toxic masculinity in sports

Over recent weeks and months, Canadians have watched a stream of headlines tracing Hockey Canada’s failure to address sexual assault allegations. The misuse of hockey registration fees to pay for sexual assault settlements has raised growing concerns about sport culture and sexual misconduct among some players.

The Conversation

Hockey Canada must stop treating women's and para hockey like an afterthought

Hockey Canada is the latest in a long list of sport organizations that have come under fire due to unsafe sporting practices and failures to protect athlete rights. The situation at Canada’s national hockey body has captured the nation’s imagination because of the cultural potency of the sport.

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Hockey Canada in overtime: The troubled organization's next moves will determine its future

During the past six months, Canadians have been shocked to learn of sexual assault allegations at Hockey Canada events and how the organization treated the allegations as essentially a cost of doing business.

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Hockey Canada's problems show that the government needs to regulate sport in Canada

The departure of Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith and the resignation of the sporting body’s entire board of directors are the latest signs of the deep problems within Canadian hockey.

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First Thing: WHO chief urges action to tackle ‘devastating’ long Covid

Calls for sustained efforts to help people experiencing ‘prolonged suffering’. Plus, Saudi Arabia to face consequences

The Guardian - UK

How Hockey Canada’s code of silence helped rot the country’s national sport

Allegations of abuse have plagued ice hockey in Canada for some time but there seems to have been little urgency about addressing the issue until now

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Hockey Canada CEO, board step down over handling of sexual abuse

Observers welcome move as good step after months of pressure, but say more action needed to tackle violence.

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Hockey Canada CEO Smith out, board of directors resigns

Hockey Canada has ousted CEO Scott Smith

The Independent UK

Lightning suspend defenseman Ian Cole pending investigation

The Tampa Bay Lightning are suspending defenseman Ian Cole pending an investigation into allegations made on social media that he sexually abused a woman when she was a minor

The Independent UK

Lightning defenseman Ian Cole suspended after abuse allegations

The Lightning said Sunday night they were fully cooperating with the NHL on an investigation and were making the decision to suspend Cole until they gather more details.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trudeau intervenes as sexual abuse scandal rocks Canada’s ice hockey body

Prime minister hints at setting up new governing body after major firms pull support for Hockey Canada over handling of allegations

The Guardian - US

Flyers' Carter Hart ‘fully cooperating’ with NHL investigation into sexual assault allegation involving Canada’s 2018 World Juniors team

PHILADELPHIA — As NHL training camps get underway this week, the greater hockey community is still searching for answers in the midst of multiple ongoing investigations into Hockey Canada’s handling of a sexual assault allegation involving members of their 2018 World Juniors team.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Boards of directors, not governments, must prevent scandals like Hockey Canada's

The Hockey Canada scandal has sparked anger and outrage. Many argue the Canadian government should take action.

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Addressing athlete abuse in Canadian sport requires internal change and external investigators

Canadian sport is in crisis. Reports of misconduct are making headlines with troubling regularity. Many sports federations under the purview of Sport Canada appear saturated with harassment, bullying and abuse.

Tribune News Service

Geoff Baker: New affiliation almost dragged Kraken into hockey's reckoning with sexual misconduct

SEATTLE — That's one Kansas City-sized cow pie the Kraken just barely avoided stepping in last week upon announcing their latest minor league affiliate.

AFP

Trudeau rebukes Hockey Canada over alleged gang rape

Ottawa (AFP) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday blasted Hockey Canada over its handling of an alleged gang rape by eight players, saying it must do much more to regain the country's trust.

Sports Illustrated

Trudeau Rips Hockey Canada in Wake of Slush Fund Report

The fund reportedly was used to quietly settle claims of sexual abuse.

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Canada PM Trudeau blasts Hockey Canada leaders after sex assault fund reports

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday it was hard to trust those in charge at Hockey Canada after reports that the national governing body maintained a fund to pay for uninsured liabilities, including sexual abuse claims.

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Hockey trouble: Can the sport overcome its history of neglect and abuse?

“Hockey is Canada, and Canada is hockey.” At least, that’s what Hockey Canada claimed on Twitter in the lead-up to the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games.

Sports Illustrated

Hockey Canada Reopens Investigation Into Alleged Sexual Assault

The organization also is changing several protocols in response to the investigation.

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Showered in sexism: Hockey culture needs a reckoning

Research about men’s ice hockey has consistently revealed that the culture is saturated in sexism, misogyny, homophobia and hypermasculinity.

The Guardian - US

I worry what kind of person ice hockey will turn my son into

Allegations of another sexual assault in the hockey world raise more questions than they answer as youth registration stagnates

The Conversation

Rewriting the rule books: ensuring gender equity in Canadian hockey

In recent years, gender equity in sport has rightfully received renewed attention. This is due in large part to the work of athletes, advocates, leagues, associations and governing bodies across Canada who have expressed a continuing commitment to ensuring gender equity in the form of increased opportunities, funding or ownership…

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Kennedy Calls for Hockey Canada to Release Alleged Sexual Assault Report

The NHL is investigating the facts about a now-resolved lawsuit filed against Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League.

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