Hockey Canada, a federal institution for players of all ages, requires new coaches in Ontario to undergo woke “gender training” catering to “transgender” and “non-binary” players.The policy is the result of a 2014 Human Rights Tribunal complaint where a transgender player won the right to choose dressing rooms. It went into effect as of 2016. The course compels "first-time coaches and bench staff in Ontario only" to participate, Hockey Canada Chief of Staff Jeremy Knight told the Western Standard, specifically citing the tribunal case as the reason for the course. In the Gender Identity and Expression course, coaches must affirm concepts like “gender fluidity” and “self-identification” (the so-called ability for someone to determine their own “gender”) as a condition of participation. Coaches who do not undergo this ideological conformity will not have their certificates renewed.The National Post initially reported the policy went into effect Canada-wide July 3, however, Knight responded to the Western Standard's inquiry and clarified it has been in place for over a decade, is attributable to the tribunal ruling and impacts only Ontario coaches. .GENDER BENDERS: Report finds federal trades grant for women misused by biological men .Hockey Canada’s Ontario policy specifies “trans women” — biological males — can play on women's teams and vice versa, and that “gender non-binary” people can choose between the two.According to the training, coaches must understand and agree self-identification is the only requirement for determining whether an individual will play on a women’s or men’s team (or girls’ or boys’ team, as even young children are part of Hockey Canada).No doctor’s note or any medical documentation is necessary. If a 15-year-old boy “identifies” as a girl, he will have full access to the changeroom of his female co-eds.Hockey Canada’s “gender diverse” terms include agender, bigender/polygender, genderfluid, genderqueer and two-spirit..Hockey Canada requiring players to wear bottom layers in change rooms.As a subsidiary of Sport Canada, Hockey Canada receives millions in funding from the federal government, including specifically “gender equity” and “gender diversity” funding.Ottawa funnelled $5.47 million to Hockey Canada in the 2023–24 fiscal year, the latest data available, according to the Government of Canada website.In 2021-2022 (again, the most recent data available), Hockey Canada received $48,000 specifically earmarked for gender equity initiatives, as is detailed in the Government of Canada’s official Sport Canada funding report..EXCLUSIVE: Female Calgary hockey player warns policy allowing males on female teams is a roadblock to girls in sport.A coach required to take the test sent screenshots to the National Post, which include an umbrella statement that “Hockey Canada’s members unanimously approve of the gender expression and gender identity policy.”The gender policy “ensures that all players, including transgender and gender-diverse athletes, can compete in hockey in a way that aligns with their gender identity,” states one of the slides.“For greater clarity, this means that trans women can play on the women’s team, trans men can play on the men’s team and gender diverse players can choose between the women’s and men’s teams.”“Transgender and gender-diverse players have the right to access dressing rooms and other team spaces that align with their gender identity (and) must be welcomed and accommodated in the spaces where they feel safest and most comfortable.”.Flames’ coach thinks NHL will follow through on mandating neck protection.The training gets down to the nitty-gritty details of biological sex — and dismisses concerns that females might take issue with a penis-wielding male entering a previously protected space.“This example perpetuates the myth that trans girls/women are actually boys and men who transition to gain access to girls’/women’s-only spaces for their own gratification,” states Hockey Canada..The policy applies to all minor players in Ontario under the jurisdiction of Hockey Canada, and also mandates the organization to "educate" its trainers and coaches on discrimination and harassment as well as on "gender identity and expression".Jesse Thompson of Oshawa, ON, a teenage girl who identified as a boy, filed a complaint in August 2013 about discrimination in changerooms. The tribunal sided with her, and from then on, she was allowed to get changed in the boys' change room."I just hope that kids can see this and know that they don't have to hide anymore," Thompson told the Canadian Press at the time. "I'm just a boy. I'm just like any other kid out there growing up. I'm just a teenager," she said.
