As the traditionally white sport grapples with allegations of discrimination and abuse, Black players say the diversity and inclusion in TMU’s hockey program show a way forward.
Toronto Metropolitan University is hosting the Canadian university men’s hockey national championships this weekend. As the traditionally white sport grapples with allegations of discrimination and abuse, Black players say the diversity and inclusion in TMU’s hockey program show a way forward.TMU is hosting the Canadian university men's hockey championship, starting today.
Kyle Bollers, pictured far left in this advertisement outside Mattamy Athletic Centre, is one of three Black players on the TMU team. He says the team is more diverse than most. (Ethan Lang/CBC)As 25-year-old Elijah Roberts prepares for what will likely be his final weekend of university hockey, he looks back on a big change he's noticed in the game since he started playing as a kid. "You'd be on a team and you were the only Black player," he said in an interview ahead of the U Sports men's hockey national championship in Toronto. But teams were already more diverse by the time Roberts's brother, who is seven years younger, started playing, Roberts sai
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