Agenda and speakers announced for inaugural Beyond the Boards Summit
First session of Beyond the Boards set for Sept. 8-9 in Calgary
CALGARY, AB – Hockey Canada has introduced the agenda and listing of audio system for the primary Beyond the Boards Summit, which is able to happen Sept. 8-9 in Calgary.
Announced in June, Beyond the Boards is a sequence of periods that convey collectively leaders in hockey, exterior subject-matter consultants, people with lived experiences and different stakeholders to determine methods to information future discussions and actions that may make optimistic modifications to the tradition of the sport.
“It is clear the issue of toxic masculinity in hockey is pervasive and threatens the future of the sport we all love,” mentioned the Hon. Hugh L. Fraser, chair of the Hockey Canada Board of Directors and honorary chair of the summit. “Although we acknowledge it can’t be solved throughout a two-day convention, we have to begin someplace and hope to look again on the inaugural Beyond the Boards Summit as a turning level for the tradition of hockey in Canada.
“We are eager to listen and learn from the accomplished presenters and panellists on this important step in the journey to making positive changes to the game.”
The two-day occasion will embrace interactive periods on Leading on the Intersection of Masculinity and Hockey led by acclaimed facilitator Bill Proudman, keynote speeches from the Hon. Carla Qualtrough, Jamie Clarke and Sheldon Kennedy and a literature evaluation on the historical past of hockey tradition in Canada offered by Dr. Teresa Fowler.
As effectively, TSN’s Kenzie Lalonde will average a reflective panel on lived experiences in hockey with Kennedy, Émilie Castonguay, Melody Davidson and Bayne Pettinger.
“Canadians deserve a sport system that is fair, inclusive and safe,” mentioned the Hon. Carla Qualtrough, minister of sport and bodily exercise. “As we do the laborious work obligatory to construct a sport system that higher displays our values, protects our youngsters and is a real supply of Canadian pleasure, we have to acknowledge previous wrongs. The Beyond the Boards Summit is a vital step in that journey.
“It is up to all of us to ensure that sport leaders and organizations are accountable and responsible. We need to learn from our mistakes and take the bold action that the moment requires. We need to do right by survivors. We all must do our part.”
The summit’s full agenda might be discovered right here.
Dr. Fowler undertook an intensive literature evaluation on hockey tradition in Canada to determine themes to tell the format of Beyond the Boards, together with for the preliminary summit, with future periods protecting further aspects of hockey tradition that exist.
“The literature review provides research-informed insights to advance meaningful change for elite masculine hockey culture in Canada by providing a comprehensive understanding of hockey’s historical and social progression to the game we know today,” mentioned Dr. Fowler. “Presenting its findings at the summit is an opportunity to share the depth of research that many scholars and others have done in the field and to generate engaging dialogues on how research can inform change moving forward to assist Hockey Canada and others to lead culture change in sport.”
In advance of her presentation at Beyond the Boards, an govt abstract of Dr. Fowler’s literature evaluation is out there right here.
Information about future periods of Beyond the Boards might be shared at a later date.
To be taught extra concerning the Beyond the Boards Summit, please go to BeyondTheBoardsSummit.ca.
