Episode 2 - Sexual Violence in Sports
““Abuse is a dirty hidden secret in sports and what people are seeing is the tip of the iceberg,” Kirsty Duncan, the former deputy leader of government in the House of Commons
The Harmony Project brings together local service providers working towards ending sexual violence in our community. In our fourth season of Let the Truth Talk, we focus on how sexual violence has been presented in the news. In this episode we talk with Joe Campbell from The Alberta Council of Womens Shelters and Abby Spadafora from Gymnasts for Change Canada.
This episode highlights the work of these organizations in how they are working towards ending abuse and violence in sports, changing the culture from the inside out.
Below are some resources that we mentioned in the episode:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hockey-canada-house-of-commons-committee-1.6533439
https://www.crave.ca/en/tv-shows/broken-inside-the-toxic-culture-of-canadian-gymnastics
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockey-canada-action-plan-combat-abuse-1.6531217
https://www.gymnasts4changecanada.com/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/national-judicial-inquiry-athletes-1.6659144
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The Harmony Project’s diverse stakeholders through expertise and experience are working together to end sexualized violence in the Bow Valley. The Harmony Project is funded by the Ministry of Community and Social Services on behalf of the Government of Alberta.
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