Greater Toronto Hockey League to announce a three-year partnership with the You Can Play Project, an organization dedicated to eliminating homophobia in sports
The biggest youth hockey league in Canada is launching an initiative to better educate players, coaches and parents on LGBTQ issues and foster a greater sense of inclusion – a move it says is crucial to growing the game.
Participation in the league dropped to approximately 27,000 players last year, down from 34,000 prepandemic. Promoting a wider sense of inclusion – the focus of the program – is essential for any league that hopes to have a future in the sport, said Denis Vachon, partnership manager for the You Can Play Project.
The education component of the new partnership will aim to foster a better understanding of the LGBTQ community, Mr. Vachon said, with a particular focus on trans and non-binary individuals. Approximately 20 per cent of millennials identify as LGBTQ, and 60 per cent say they are allies, he said. “It will allow the coaches to make sure that they’re comfortable talking about and being part of any conversations that might come about in this space, giving them some tools in order to speak to – in an informed way – these types of issues,” he said.
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