Last week, Hockey Canada announced in an open letter that it would reopen an independent investigation into an alleged sexual assault by eight members of its 2018 world junior team.

But is Hockey Canada sincere in its quest for reform? Or has a freeze on federal funding and an exodus of major sponsors forced its hand? That’s what MacIntosh Ross of Western University asks today in The Conversation Canada.

He writes about a discernible hockey subculture that is rooted in violent performances of masculinity that is undeniably helping fuel this pattern of abuse and says that so far, organizations have been reluctant to do anything about it.

He concludes: “The Canadian hockey player can seem untouchable. Even when sexual offences are proved, it hasn’t always mattered to hockey’s decision-makers.”

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All the best,

Haley Lewis

Culture + Society Editor | Producer, Don't Call Me Resilient
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