Messages from Jonathan Goldbloom and Katherine Henderson

Jonathan Goldbloom, chair of the Hockey Canada Board of Directors:

As Canadians, hockey performs such a central position in our day-to-day lives.

It provides us one thing to debate with our household, mates and colleagues, brings collectively our communities when Canada is enjoying on the worldwide stage and it doesn’t matter what your ability degree, once you’re on the ice, hockey lets us expertise considered one of life’s best joys: having enjoyable.

Hockey issues.

Our Members, workers, members, mother and father, companions, authorities officers and all different stakeholders within the sport need hockey to succeed and to have a Hockey Canada that makes each Canadian proud.

When I utilized as a possible candidate for the transition board of administrators final fall, it was pushed by the optimism that Hockey Canada will quickly be seemed upon as soon as once more as a pacesetter in hockey and sport, not simply in our nation however around the globe.

In the previous 12 months, our transition board made necessary and significant progress in management renewal, sport security, good governance, and monetary transparency and accountability.

Although our time collectively was solely 11 months lengthy, it set the muse for the work we’ll do collectively to make constructive modifications that profit our group, our membership, hockey and sport normally.

We can’t do that with out each considered one of you.

Last week, we held our Winter Congress and Annual Meeting in Montreal, the place the election for the Hockey Canada Board of Directors passed off.

I used to be grateful to have been appointed because the chair of the board and to be joined by Grant Borbridge and Marian Jacko, who have been super teammates on the transition board, and our six new administrators: Gillian Apps, Amanda Fowler, Corey Hirsch, Kristi Miller, Krista Outhwaite and Geoffrey Wong.

We are excited to get to work as a group and assist you to all in any manner we are able to all through our time collectively.

With the management of Katherine Henderson, Pat McLaughlin and the remainder of the workers at Hockey Canada, we’re lucky to have a dedicated and passionate group that is able to take our sport to new heights.

And let’s keep in mind to have enjoyable alongside the way in which, as a result of that’s what hockey is all about.

Katherine Henderson, president and chief government officer of Hockey Canada:

In September, I joined Hockey Canada as a proud Canadian, chief in sport and lifelong fan of hockey.

I used to be excited to work with our passionate board, workers, Members and companions to offer all Canadians with private hockey experiences which might be proper for them, and to make sure hockey in our nation embodies security, excellence and sport for all.

After assembly with and studying from lots of you previously three months, I discover myself much more enthused at what the longer term holds for us. The future we’re creating collectively.

At Winter Congress, we had sincere and necessary discussions with our Members on quite a lot of matters, together with elevated alignment, our collective efforts to higher tackle maltreatment in hockey, this season’s promising registration information and upcoming initiatives on the nationwide and Member ranges.

I shared with the Members and our outgoing board the recurring themes which have been made clear all through my preliminary conversations with our stakeholders in any respect ranges of the sport, and need to define them for you as we glance ahead:

• We are Canadians and we would like hockey excellence;
• The proper to play hockey should develop into our mind-set;
• Our members, together with gamers, coaches, officers, volunteers and directors are right here to be served;
• It is vital to have an athlete-centred philosophy as the sport continues to develop and evolve;
• We have made vital investments in sport security, however to be able to ship on that and a lot extra, we have to determine our business priorities and be extra environment friendly;
• Enhance our governance by doing it higher with higher influence and fewer threat;
• Outstanding individuals, together with those that ship hockey on the grassroots degree, will make the distinction.

While there may be extra work to be completed, we’re definitely on our manner.

I’m assured that with governance that accelerates what we need to do, bringing new individuals into the game, specializing in our business priorities, persevering with to be in lockstep with our Members and empowering the good individuals we’ve all through our group, the alternatives for hockey sooner or later are really limitless.

As you realize, Jonathan Goldbloom was appointed as chair of the board on Saturday after the Members elected him, Gillian Apps, Grant Borbridge, Amanda Fowler, Corey Hirsch, Marian Jacko, Kristi Miller, Krista Outhwaite and Geoffrey Wong.

Jonathan’s ardour for hockey is contagious and I’m excited to work with him and the opposite administrators to assist us work in direction of a contented, protected and wholesome hockey for all.

To every of you, thanks for the insights, data and help you could have offered me in my first three months at Hockey Canada, and on your relentless efforts to make hockey extra.

I’m so blissful to be on this journey with you – let’s deliver it on.

Carpe Futurum.