April 18th-24th is Fashion Revolution Week. What is fashion revolution you ask? It is a global movement that calls for more transparency in the fashion industry. We want to know who made our clothes because the commodity form has made it too easy for us to separate human labour from human consumption. Clothes used to…
I recently watched a documentary called The True Cost (available on Netflix) about the social and environmental costs of the fast fashion industry. The basic gist is that our North American/Western consumption habits are ruining the world. This is probably not news but when you see the piles, correction, the MOUNTAINS of clothes that take…
Roundtables are an occasional feature on Hockey in Society. Roundtables will present brief commentaries from Hockey in Society contributors on pressing or timely issues within hockey and its culture, with the aim of presenting a diverse range of critical viewpoints on the topic under discussion. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is hosting its fourth…
The International Ice Hockey Federation is celebrating its fourth annual Girls’ Ice Hockey Weekend this coming weekend. The event is designed to raise the profile of women’s hockey globally and to offer participation opportunities for girls, especially those who have never played. From the IIHF: The World Girls’ Ice Hockey Weekend is a global opportunity…
It was recently brought to my attention that Warrior is a horrible company. When I say “horrible” I don’t mean that their equipment is horrible. This is the same Warrior worn and used by Alex Burrows, Shane Doan, Ilya Kovalchuk, Henrik Zetterberg and Alexei Kovalev among others. I myself purchased a Warrior Covert DT1 a…
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