“Some people don’t unlearn those things.”: A Conversation on Hockey, Racism, and Belonging
Abstract
In a game against Red Deer College in February 2020, Gwich'in and Inuvialuk hockey player Davina McLeod of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Trojans was the target of an anti-Indigenous racial slur wielded by an opposing player. The incident made national headlines. In its aftermath, McLeod has worked to build public recognition of the prevalence of racism in hockey—both its blatant manifestations and the myriad microaggressions that sustain white supremacy—thereby endeavouring to push Canada's national winter sport toward becoming actively antiracist. Among McLeod's work in this regard has been both participating in and conducting interviews for the Indigenous Hockey Research Network. The following conversation occurred between McLeod and Sam McKegney via Zoom on September 17th, 2020.
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The presence of Indigenous families in hockey should be a welcome expectation, but Indigenous athletes have largely been treated as unwanted interlopers in settler-colonial societies.
“Therefore, the presence of Indigenous families in the sport should be a welcome expectation, but like many aspects of settler-colonial societies Indigenous athletes have largely been treated as unwanted interlopers (Arcand et al., 2021;McLeod & McKegney, 2021;Norman et al., 2022).”
From Indigenizing Sport Research: Analyzing Protective Factors of Exercising Sovereignty in North America (2023) · cites this paper as McLeod & McKegney, 2021
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McLeod, D., McKegney, S., Zanussi, D., & Keepness, S. (2023) · Sociology of Sport Journal · doi:10.1123/ssj.2022-0085 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
Self-citationIndigenizing Sport Research: Analyzing Protective Factors of Exercising Sovereignty in North America
Ali-Joseph, A., Leonard, K., & Welch, N. (2023) · Sociology of Sport Journal · doi:10.1123/ssj.2023-0006 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
“Therefore, the presence of Indigenous families in the sport should be a welcome expectation, but like many aspects of settler-colonial societies Indigenous athletes have largely been treated as unwanted interlopers (Arcand et al., 2021; McLeod & McKegney, 2021; Norman et al., 2022).”
BackgroundFrazer, H., & Giles, A. R. (2023) · International Journal of Circumpolar Health · doi:10.1080/22423982.2023.2276983 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
Carpenter, J., & Giles, A. R. (2023) · Sport in Society · doi:10.1080/17430437.2023.2286017 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
From locker rooms to change rooms: The Beardy’s Blackhawks and transformative hockey spaces
Koch, J., Henry, R., & McKegney, S. (2026) · International Review for the Sociology of Sport · doi:10.1177/10126902261453617
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- Authors
- McLeod, D., & McKegney, S.
- Venue
- Canadian Ethnic Studies
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 2021
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 87-102
- ISSN
- 0008-3496 (ISSN-L)
- 1913-8253
- OpenAlex
- W4205594960
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 1.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Canadian ethnic studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Physical Education and Sports Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sports, Gender, and Society
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Keywords
- hockey, racism, indigenous peoples, anti-Indigenous racism, microaggressions, white supremacy, anti-racism, sense of belonging, Gwich'in
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