Month: April 2020

Taking part in sports is important for children; it improves physical and mental health, reduces stress, enhances mood, teaches life skills, builds leaders and boosts self confidence. So, why has hockey, like so many other sports, gone awry? We need to stop the insanity and re-imagine the game as a fun, inclusive and positive experience that represents the diversity of this country while weaving in the best of old and new Canadian culture dynamics into the game in a substantial way.

As Plato once philosophized, “necessity is the mother of all invention”. Meaning a need or problem encourages the creative efforts to meet that need or solve the problem. Given the current events surrounding COVID-19, I’m not sure who would argue. With the travel bans, social distancing and remote working we are about to unleash a tsunami of “creative efforts” to solve the problems that are currently reshaping our way of life. So, the question of the day is do you want to ride the wave or, have it crash over you?