(UNLOCKED) Hockey Nationalism in Canada (OffCourt ep6)
On a new episode Abdul Malik (@socialistraptor) and Eytan Tobin (@RabbiDieHardman) discuss Hockey Nationalism in Canada including how hockey and skating influenced their own lives as immigrants and the children of immigrants in Canada, the important Indigenous contribution to hockey’s history - from the stick making of the Miꞌkmaq to the Ojibwa sport of Baggataway that inspired Lacrosse, and how early French Canadian figure George Beers was an important proponent of Indigenous appropriation that inspired the sports essential use in Canadian nation building in the early 20th century.
Plus: late 20th century examples of Hockey nationalism in Canada including the 1972 summit games with Russia, the Maurice Richard riots in Montreal, Don fucking Cherry and hockey’s future on an increasingly diverse continent with a rising immigrant population.
OffCourt is produced by Toronto production house The Mind Refinery. Find out more at https://www.themindrefinery.com/
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