• 2023
Breaking Down Barriers

Summary BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS will showcase individuals and organizations who are committed to changing hockey culture. Each episode will spotlight and celebrate those who are committed to fostering positive social change within the sport from professional to minor hockey levels. View more details

  • 2023

Breaking Down Barriers

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Stars : Saroya Tinker Kim Davis Maria Dennis Lindsay Pennal

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 9, 2023

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Production companies : Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit (OFTTC) Breaking Down Barriers 1 OS

Summary BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS will showcase individuals and organizations who are committed to changing hockey culture. Each episode will spotlight and celebrate those who are committed to fostering positive social change within the sport from professional to minor hockey levels. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 9, 2023

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Production companies : Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit (OFTTC) Breaking Down Barriers 1 OS

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Episode 1 • Oct 09, 2023
Breaking Hockey's Glass Ceiling
Hockey is the last of the major professional sports to see the inclusion of women in all roles. But in the last few years progress has been made...Women have started to break hockey's glass ceiling, emerging as NHL executives and rising through the coaching, officiating and management ranks.
Episode 2 • Sep 28, 2023
Indigenous Sports Academy: The Story of Courage Bear
Courage Bear is the founding director of the first and only Indigenous hockey academy in North America. Based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the program is designed to create a safe space for indigenous players to learn and grow both on and off the ice.
Episode 3 • Sep 29, 2023
Girls Hockey in the North: Kugaaruk Dynamite Girls Indigenous Hockey
Viewers travel to Canada's far North to meet the Kuugaruk Dynamite Girls Hockey Team. Thanks to the combined efforts of local teacher Emma Keagan and Project North, girls hockey has been re-established in this small Nunavut community for the first time in over 30 years.
Episode 4 • Oct 15, 2023
Self Acceptance: The Luke Prokop Story
In the summer of 2021 Nashville Predators prospect Luke Prokop made history by becoming the first openly gay player under an NHL contract. He has bravely become a role model within the sport -determined to make hockey a more inclusive space for everyone.
Episode 5 • Oct 22, 2023
Canadian Blind Hockey: The Story of Mark DeMontis
Viewers meet the founder of the Canadian Blind Hockey Association, Mark Demontis. Mark is a three-time Gold Medalist with the Canadian Blind Hockey team and is determined to make hockey more accessible to children who are blind or partially sighted across the country.
Episode 6 • Oct 29, 2023
Seaside Hockey: The Story of Kirk Brooks
Kirk Brooks has been mentoring young black hockey players for over three decades. This year Kirk was awarded the Herbert Carnegie Trailblazer award for his work with the GTHL's Seaside Hockey Club.
Episode 7 • Nov 05, 2023
A League of Their Own: A new era in Women's professional hockey
It is an extraordinary time for women's hockey. A new women's professional hockey league-the PWHL- will begin competing in North America in January 2024.
Episode 8 • Nov 12, 2023
Behind the Bench: The Story of the AHL's First Female Coach
Last season Jessica Campbell became the first female assistant coach in the AHL with the Coachella Valley Firebirds.The NHL has yet to see a female assistant coach behind the bench, a barrier Campbell hopes to help break down for future generations.
Episode 9 • Nov 19, 2023
Trailblazer: The Story of HHOF's First Female Goalie, Kim St-Pierre
In 2020 Kim St-Pierre became the first female goalie inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Today Kim works with Canadian Tire Jump Start Charities and is committed to enriching the lives of children across the country by providing access to sport and physical activity.
Episode 10 • Nov 26, 2023
Camp of Dreams: Ethan Bear's Ochapowace First Nations Hockey Camp
Every summer, Vancouver Canucks Defenceman Ethan Bear returns to Ochapowace Nation, Saskatchewan to run his annual summer hockey camp for local young indigenous players.Ethan has faced challenges and experienced racism throughout his career and is now devoted to trying to pave the way for future indigenous hockey players.
Episode 11 • Dec 03, 2023
Straz Strong: Humboldt Crash Survivor, Ryan Straschnitzki
Just months after the devastating Humboldt bus accident, Ryan Straschnitzki was back on the ice-with his sights set on making Canada's National Para Hockey Team. Ryan remains committed to helping make hockey more accessible through his foundation, Straz Strong.
Episode 12 • Dec 31, 1969
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