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Kristi Allain

@kristiallain.bsky.social

she/her. sociologist & canada research chair in physical culture & social life @StThomasU. anti-fascist feminist. settler on stolen Wəlastəkwiyik territory.

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Kristi Allain@kristiallain.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“Hockey Canada has among the most high-profile histories of sexual violence of any NSO and they are also the most well-funded NSO in the country,” Allain said. “They should be leading the charge, not falling behind.” @hockeycanada.bsky.social www.tsn.ca/other-sports...

Hockey Canada among holdouts as Sport Integrity Canada expands public bans registry

Federally funded agency that oversees investigations into alleged misconduct in amateur sports has expanded its national public sanctions registry, Rick Westhead writes.

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Kristi Allain@kristiallain.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hey friends, I know this is a long shot but did anyone do a "#sticksoutforhumboldt" photo? If you did can you did and you don't mind it being published can you send it to me? It needs to be high quality and reproducible in a 5X8 photo.

Kristi Allain@kristiallain.bsky.social · 10mo ago

After positive peer reviews, 2 reads by UTP's lawyer, a few edits to appease the lawyer, and a new title, I finally have the green light on "the Don Cherry book." "Hockey Divides: White Working-Class Masculinity and a Canadian Icon" is coming to a bookstore near you in 2026.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The letter is signed by prominent individuals from 46 different academic institutions in Canada, as well as by Canadians at prominent global institutions. One hundred and six of the signatories are based in Atlantic Canada, where the event is slated to occur.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 12mo ago

“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.” - 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (FREDERICTON, August 18th, 2025) A group of 413 Canadian and Canadian-based scholars, athletes, sports journalists, and sports officials have signed a public letter calling on Tennis Canada to cancel the Davis Cup tournament with Israel this September in Halifax. Signatories include three United Nations Special Rapporteurs, four-time Olympian distance runner Mohammed Ahmed, two members of the Palestinian women’s soccer team who compete for York University, a former Canadian Olympic beach volleyball coach, sports journalists Shireen Ahmed and Ian Kennedy, public intellectuals and activists Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis and some of Canada’s most distinguished and internationally-recognized scholars. The letter is signed by prominent individuals from 46 different academic institutions in Canada, as well as by Canadians at prominent global institutions. One hundred and six of the signatories are based in Atlantic Canada, where the event is slated to occur. The call to cancel the Davis Cup event comes amidst rising condemnation of Israeli conduct in Gaza and the West Bank, which leading legal scholars, activists and human rights groups have described as a genocide. Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the letter says that allowing the competition to go ahead is “unconscionable” and calls on the Canadian government to prevent Canadian athletes from competing against Israeli athletes in all international sporting competitions. Despite Tennis Canada’s claims that the event isn’t political and is just about playing tennis, the letter states in part that Canada should follow the lead of other nations who “refuse to legitimize Israel’s crimes” by withdrawing from international sporting competition. “This includes Jordanian tennis player Abdellah Shelbayh, who recently withdrew from a tennis competition in Greece after being slated to play an Israeli athlete,” the letter says. The letter points to the use of sporting sanctions in South Africa as a meaningful …
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This is actually incredible. Tennis Canada is willing to endorse genocide by hosting Israel in Davis Cup tennis for the low low low price of $2.2 million. That's the projected economic benefit. Not including the cost of policing protesters, which will of course be deducted from that.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 12mo ago

If Canada goes through with hosting Israel in a Davis Cup tennis match in September, it is tantamount to endorsing the genocide of Palestinians—at the very moment it claims it will acknowledge a Palestinian state. We argue for @mondoweiss.net that the only moral choice is to cancel.

Canada must boycott Davis Cup match with Israel

Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Canada’s upcoming Davis Cup tennis match with Israel is an unjustifiable violation of Canada’s obligations under international law and basic human rights. Canada mu...

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Dave Zirin@edgeofsports.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We also are going to ask FIFA: What WOULD Israel have to do in order to be sanctioned or even banned from international competition if targeting other teams' star players in the course of a genocide is not enough

Dave Zirin@edgeofsports.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The IDF shot and killed "The Pele of Palestine", Sulaiman al Obaid, while he waited on line for food. No comment from FIFA. So we've made calls to FIFA. Whatever good that will do, at minimum aren't going to afford them the privilege of looking away. www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

'Pele of Palestine' killed by Israeli fire in Gaza aid queue | The National

Suleiman Al Obaid played for local football clubs as well as Palestinian national team

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