As the Ontario Hockey League season gets underway, teams have begun taking part in its mandatory gender-based violence and consent training, with the league tracking compliance for the first time under a new agreement with a coalition of sex assault victim support centres. Article content

The league introduced the training for all its teams nearly a decade ago. The Onside program, created by two of Ontario’s sexual assault support centres, has been delivered locally by facilitators from the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres. Article content Article content

The program is a two-hour, discussion-based workshop focused on healthy masculinity, consent, and respect for women.

Although the training was billed as compulsory, there was previously no mechanism to ensure all 20 team

See Full Page