Despite known ties between body checking and concussions, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and repeated head trauma, CTE is still vastly under researched among hockey players. Watercolour on paper.
After a Hockey Canada event in London on June 18th, 2018, five players on the World Juniors team sexually assaulted a young woman in their hotel room. Oil on wood panel.
Six watercolour paintings, with digitally hand-lettered text, formatted as a flexagon zine that describes the labour instability that haunts professional women’s hockey.
As Canada’s national sport, hockey also serves as a symbol for cultural assimilation and insidious nationalist ideology. Watercolour and gouache on paper.
The heteronormative and white-dominated nature of hockey teams makes the sport an isolating experience for queer players and players of colour. Watercolour on paper.
Young players and their families are sold the dream of professional hockey, and then exploited as child labour. Watercolour on paper.
Rising minor hockey costs, from membership fees to the price of equipment, make the sport inaccessible to an increasing number of people. Watercolour on paper.
Leaf Litter
“Leaf Litter” illustrates notable elements of Canadian hockey culture to showcase how a story of triumph is used to disguise systemic rot.
