The new head of Hockey Canada called what she heard at its summit humbling and eye\u002Dopening.
Katherine Henderson took over as president and chief executive officer of Hockey Canada this summer amid calls for culture change in both the organization and the sport. She was previously Curling Canada’s CEO.The two-day Beyond The Boards Summit — that fell within Henderson’s first official week on the job — examined toxic masculinity in the elite men’s game as a root cause of racism, sexism, homophobia and discrimination in the sport.
The 160 attendees included hockey leaders from “pond to pro”, Hockey Canada chief operating officer Pat McLaughlin said. “We’re not winning gold medals off the ice in this space just yet,” McLaughlin told attendees Saturday. “We need to learn from others. We need to deliver. That’s outcome No. 1.” Kennedy gave the analogy of forwards, defence, goaltenders and coaches all staying in different hotels and plotting their own strategies, and then trying to win a road game.
Hockey Canada came under pressure to change its culture and that of hockey following reports and allegations of sexual assaults and hazing. “What my job is at this point is to be both accountable, but also to be accountable to the future to make sure that things like that do not happen again.”
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