@kristiallain.bsky.social on the NHL's friendly association with the far-right. From our latest episode
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@kristiallain.bsky.social on the NHL's friendly association with the far-right. From our latest episode
Did McKenna go through Hockey Canada's @hockeycanada.bsky.social "enhanced screening process"? Did he pass?
Top NHL Draft prospect Gavin McKenna charged with felony aggravated assault www.nytimes.com/athletic/702...
Heated Rivalry: Hockey Culture, Nationalism, and Queer Representation
@drryanstorr.bsky.social and @kristiallain.bsky.social join @johannamellis.bsky.social and @annaposbergh.bsky.social to discuss the cultural significance of the show *Heated Rivalry.*
open.spotify.com/episode/3Hd4...
Hey friends, I know this is a long shot but did anyone do a "#sticksoutforhumboldt" photo?
If you did can you did and you don't mind it being published can you send it to me? It needs to be high quality and reproducible in a 5X8 photo.
22 authors in a new OA peer-reviewed article in Soc of Sport Journal:
Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US."
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
Very exciting!!
We're excited to share the cover for our book Protein: The Making of a Nutritional Superstar! Learn the untold story of protein’s rise to nutritional superstardom and how it made its way to the centre of your dinner plate. To access the pre-order link, click here: dukeupress.edu/protein
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-... While there are a couple hundred mentions of Indigenous people, it's all genuflection - little substantial. Look past this fiscal year, and it's all zeroes... where do they think we're going?
After positive peer reviews, 2 reads by UTP's lawyer, a few edits to appease the lawyer, and a new title, I finally have the green light on "the Don Cherry book." "Hockey Divides: White Working-Class Masculinity and a Canadian Icon" is coming to a bookstore near you in 2026.
Courtroom sketch of the five Canadian hockey players who were on trial.
Ep. 165: Canadian Hockey on Trial
@nkalamb.bsky.social is joined by friend and eminent hockey scholar @kristiallain.bsky.social to break down how to understand the Hockey Canada trial and its implications for the sport and Canadian culture.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Tj2...
Signatories include:
@avilewis.bsky.social, @harshawalia.bsky.social, @marxinhell.bsky.social, @tedmccormick.bsky.social, @biidaasamose.bsky.social, @floralashes.bsky.social, @veldoncoburn.bsky.social, @eidlin.bsky.social, @shireenahmed.bsky.social, @iankennedyck.bsky.social @irinaceric.bsky.social
Signatories include:
@kristiallain.bsky.social, @punchingprof.bsky.social, @derekcrim.bsky.social, @orarunswild.bsky.social, @dansailofsky.bsky.social, @celesteeorr.bsky.social,
@kimtallbear.bsky.social, @hystericalblkns.bsky.social, @blacklikewho.bsky.social, @naomiaklein.bsky.social
You can read the letter, and see all the signatories, here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The letter is signed by prominent individuals from 46 different academic institutions in Canada, as well as by Canadians at prominent global institutions.
One hundred and six of the signatories are based in Atlantic Canada, where the event is slated to occur.
No tennis for genocide No to the Canada-Israel Davis Cup Match in Halifax
Signatories include 3 UN Special Rapporteurs, a 4-time Olympian runner, 2 members of the Palestinian women’s ⚽ team who compete at York, a former Canadian Olympic beach 🏐 coach, sports journos @shireenahmed.bsky.social + @iankennedyck.bsky.social, + @naomiaklein.bsky.social + @avilewis.bsky.social
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (FREDERICTON, August 18th, 2025) A group of 413 Canadian and Canadian-based scholars, athletes, sports journalists, and sports officials have signed a public letter calling on Tennis Canada to cancel the Davis Cup tournament with Israel this September in Halifax. Signatories include three United Nations Special Rapporteurs, four-time Olympian distance runner Mohammed Ahmed, two members of the Palestinian women’s soccer team who compete for York University, a former Canadian Olympic beach volleyball coach, sports journalists Shireen Ahmed and Ian Kennedy, public intellectuals and activists Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis and some of Canada’s most distinguished and internationally-recognized scholars. The letter is signed by prominent individuals from 46 different academic institutions in Canada, as well as by Canadians at prominent global institutions. One hundred and six of the signatories are based in Atlantic Canada, where the event is slated to occur. The call to cancel the Davis Cup event comes amidst rising condemnation of Israeli conduct in Gaza and the West Bank, which leading legal scholars, activists and human rights groups have described as a genocide. Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the letter says that allowing the competition to go ahead is “unconscionable” and calls on the Canadian government to prevent Canadian athletes from competing against Israeli athletes in all international sporting competitions. Despite Tennis Canada’s claims that the event isn’t political and is just about playing tennis, the letter states in part that Canada should follow the lead of other nations who “refuse to legitimize Israel’s crimes” by withdrawing from international sporting competition. “This includes Jordanian tennis player Abdellah Shelbayh, who recently withdrew from a tennis competition in Greece after being slated to play an Israeli athlete,” the letter says. The letter points to the use of sporting sanctions in South Africa as a meaningful …
“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.”
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
Thank you!
Trying to find ANY NHL player who has spoken publicly against Israel's genocide in Gaza, surprisingly/not surprisingly I can't find one.
This is actually incredible.
Tennis Canada is willing to endorse genocide by hosting Israel in Davis Cup tennis for the low low low price of $2.2 million.
That's the projected economic benefit.
Not including the cost of policing protesters, which will of course be deducted from that.
If Canada goes through with hosting Israel in a Davis Cup tennis match in September, it is tantamount to endorsing the genocide of Palestinians—at the very moment it claims it will acknowledge a Palestinian state.
We argue for @mondoweiss.net that the only moral choice is to cancel.
Canada must boycott Davis Cup match with Israel mondoweiss.net/2025/08/cana...
Hey Tennis Canada: this is how you do it.
Much respect.
www.palestinechronicle.com/honorable-st...
We also are going to ask FIFA: What WOULD Israel have to do in order to be sanctioned or even banned from international competition if targeting other teams' star players in the course of a genocide is not enough
The IDF shot and killed "The Pele of Palestine", Sulaiman al Obaid, while he waited on line for food. No comment from FIFA. So we've made calls to FIFA. Whatever good that will do, at minimum aren't going to afford them the privilege of looking away. www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
German Soccer Club Cancels Signing of Israeli Striker Over anti-Gaza Social Media Posts Fortuna Düsseldorf announced it would not sign Shon Weissman, a striker for the Israeli national team, after fans criticized the move just hours after it was reported, citing messages he shared following the October 7 Hamas attack
Weissman also liked and shared posts calling to "wipe Gaza off the map," suggesting there were "no innocents" in the Strip, and responding to a photo of two detained Palestinian militants by writing, "Why the hell aren't they being shot in the head?"
You absolutely LOVE to see it:
Thanks to fan backlash, a German football club is cancelling the signing of an Israeli striker who shared posts after Oct 7 calling to "wipe Gaza off the map" and suggesting there were "no innocents" in the Gaza Strip.
Praxis!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
If there was any doubt about the link between hockey and the right, we now see Gary Bettman, Wayne Gretzky, and Matthew Tkachuk to be a part of Trump’s Fitness Council, which will play an important role in “keeping men out of women’s sports.”
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
This is an important read.
Hockey is Canada's game - so PLEASE let it be one we can all be proud of in every aspect
We routinely celebrate the winners and heroes, acknowledge their good works in the community - but we can do better, much better.
My girls are playing.
Sports scholars across Canada but especially in the maritimes need to resist this.
@kristiallain.bsky.social @jimbrittain.bsky.social
@dansailofsky.bsky.social @derekcrim.bsky.social
Remarkable, in the middle of a national sovereignty crisis to see @carleton.ca on.ca cut their undergraduate Canadian Studies program. These programs are valuable, as we try to understand our present and our future.
What is Hockey Canada and the CHL's commitment to keeping players and public safe from sexual violence? What should that training look like?
If the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial didn't raise enough questions about this, this certainly raises more.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...