Last year, Tim Horton’s worked with the toy conglomerate, Mattel, to roll out “a hockey-themed Barbie as part of a charitable initiative aimed at getting girls involved in the sport.” There was only supposed to be one doll — a white doll. But, in light of…realization that racism is still a thing, Tim Horton’s asked…
After months of anticipation, the NHL’s 32nd franchise, based in Seattle, revealed its name, logo and jersey last week. Welcome to the NHL, Seattle Kraken: A legend from the deep awakens. Meet the Seattle Kraken → https://t.co/to5BtVVPh1 pic.twitter.com/FQfOdaiGQQ — Seattle Kraken (@NHLSeattle_) July 23, 2020 It’s an exciting moment for fans of men’s hockey in…
Most sports films and novels focus on men’s sports and are intended for an assumed male reader, so much so that if one wants to find a story about women athletes or teams they have to specify “women’s sports films” or “women’s sports literature.” Women’s sports stories, on the page or screen, are comparatively rare…
Y’all are making me mad. So mad that I’ve adopted a Southern accent for this post and I’m from the Pacific Northwest. And by “y’all,” I mean the NHL. The league and its clubs said they were ready to listen and learn so they could be part of the solution. I don’t know what you…
Le 2 mars 2020 nous avons publié la toute première politique pour l’antiracisme dans le hockey canadien. C’était le résultat d’une table ronde sur le racisme dans le hockey qui avait eu lieu le 30 mars 2019. La politique a été téléchargée près de 1700 fois jusqu’à présent et partagée au Canada et aux États-Unis…
On March 2, 2020, we published the first ever Policy Paper for Anti-Racism in Canadian Hockey. It was the result of the March 30, 2019 Roundtable on Racism in Hockey. To date, the policy paper has been downloaded almost 1700 times and shared across Canada and the United States with hockey organizations of all levels,…
The music swelled over 44 seconds of Instagram comments praising Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin, across images of Seguin at a Black Lives Matter Protest in a now deleted NHL.com video. The accompanying Tweet read “Listen. Learn. Use your platform to encourage others to do the same” (none of which this video was doing). The…
Everyone’s doing it. Since the horrific murder of George Floyd was captured on video, denouncing racism has suddenly become very cool with everyone and their dog publicly declaring that they support some interpretation of anti-racism. This is good. This should continue. But, some have done a better job than others. So, let’s take a moment…
Kelley Lee Gilmore (@profplum8), PhD. is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University. This is Kelley’s second post for Hockey in Society. As a self-confessed hockey obsessive, in serious withdrawal since the sudden suspension of the National Hockey League (NHL) season on March…
Translated by Barbara Ravel. For the English version click [HERE]. Qu’est-ce qu’on essaie d’atteindre au travers de ce trou noir pour imaginer ce qu’il y a de l’autre côté ? La tâche d’imaginer autrement ne pourrait être plus importante. ~ Kimberle Crenshaw La plupart d’entre nous ne comprenait pas la menace que la maladie à…
