One of Canada's top investigative reporter s\, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Rick Westhead discusse s We Breed Lions\, his hard-hitting and powerful look at hockey's moment of reckoning in Canada\, with CHCH TV news anchor Annette Hamm.&nb sp\;We Breed Lions is a \;deep-dive into the state of hockey in Canada and the ways in which a game that is so universally loved has be en rocked by court cases involving sexual assault and startling incidents of hazing and abuse.
\nLooming large in Westhead's extraordinary rep orting are the gatekeepers of the game&mdash\;league officials\, team owne rs\, and members of the sport's governing bodies&mdash\;who are reluctant to impose change from the outside. Westhead also offers hope for hockey's future\, profiling those individuals and organizations who are committed t o educating players around issues of consent\, ending hazing\, and redefin ing what it means to be a man on and off the ice.
\nA Different Drum mer Books will be on site with books for sale and signing after the talk.< /p>\n
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\nRick Westh ead is TSN&rsquo\;s Senior Correspondent and a two-time winner of Canadian sports writer of the year. Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression recognized him in 2023 with the Arnold Amber Award for Investigative Jour nalism. Westhead breaks news of consequence and has won six Canadian Scree n Awards for his original features for TSN. Prior to joining TSN\, Westhea d reported on the ground in countries including Afghanistan\, China\, and Saudi Arabia as a foreign correspondent for the \;Toronto Star.
\n< p>Explore Rick Westhead in our collecti on\nAnnette Hamm is a veteran Ca nadian news anchor at CHCH-TV\, co-hosting Morning Live since 200 5. She is an Alumni of Distinction (2016) from Hamilton&rsquo\;s Mohawk Co llege\, and has been part of the CHCH News team since 1986. She was named a Hamilton Woman of Distinction (2015) and is a Paul Harris Fellow.
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