BRINGING POSITIVE CHANGE TO HOCKEY AT THE CARNEGIE INITIATIVE SUMMIT Over the weekend, the Carnegie Initiative held a summit in Toronto, gathering big names from around the hockey world to both celebrate and speak on inclusion in the sport. Named after recent Hall of Fame inductee Herb Carnegie, whose legacy is being carried on by […]
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Carnegie Initiative continues to push hockey toward goal of full inclusion The Carnegie Initiative (CI), which seeks to make hockey more inclusive and diverse, was cofounded by Bryant McBride and Bernice Carnegie, daughter of Black hockey legend Herb Carnegie. It partners with academic institutions and grassroots organizations to offer programming and information on how anti-racism can be embedded into hockey. […]
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Hundreds gather at Carnegie summit to improve hockey culture through inclusivity Black and white. Indigenous. Men and women. Gay and straight. Blind and otherly abled. They gathered in Toronto over the weekend, nearly 500 in all, to foster change in hockey and more actively advocate for it. […]
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Carnegie Initiative shines light on programs attempting to make hockey more inclusive The Carnegie Initiative recently held its second annual summit, a conference for industry leaders, media, organizations and people working to make hockey a more inclusive space. […]
CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION AND MAPLE LEAF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LEAD ALL-STAR PARTNER LINEUP AT 2ND ANNUAL CARNEGIE INITIATIVE SUMMIT IN TORONTO More than 20 corporate, media and collaborating partners to participate in hockey’s premiere inclusion conference Toronto, Ontario and Boston, Mass. – January 18, 2023 – The Carnegie Initiative (“The CI”) is proud to announce […]
Hockey Canada Chair, The Hon. Hugh L. Fraser, Among Highlighted Speakers at The Carnegie Initiative 2nd Annual Summit in Toronto, January 20-22, 2023 Panelists from across hockey will discuss creating change and fostering growth in the sport (Toronto, Ontario and Boston, Mass. January 4, 2023) – The Carnegie Initiative proudly announces its slate of panelists and […]
Hockey Difference Makers to Feature in The Carnegie Initiative 2nd Annual Summit in Toronto, January 20-22, 2023 Speakers will address broad inclusion and diversity issues and solutions in and around Hockey Day in Canada (Toronto, Ontario and Boston, Mass. December 22, 2022)- Leaders from all levels of hockey will gather for The CI Summit, January 20-22, […]
During the same week in 1955 that Rosa Parks nobly refused to relinquish her seat on that Montgomery, Ala., bus, the best North American hockey player you never heard of was opening one of Canada’s first hockey schools about a 1,000 miles to the north. Herb Carnegie founded the Future Aces Hockey School after a pro career that included MVP awards and scoring titles, […]
“I didn’t really believe it was ever going to happen,” says Bernice Carnegie, after decades of support for her father’s induction based on a legacy of inspiration and achievement. […]
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The Carnegie Initiative (CI), in partnership with the NHL, NHLPA, MLSE, the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL), and the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), is excited to announce the Transition Game: A Deep Dive into GTHL Inclusion Efforts on November 8. The event will take place on the late Herb Carnegie’s 103rd birthday at MLSE Launchpad. […]