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Hockey Canada has implemented a new policy for the 2023-24 minor hockey season, including a 香蕉视频直播渕inimum attire rule,香蕉视频直播� with the goal of respecting privacy and making dressing environments more inclusive.

Allain, who has spent years researching masculinity in hockey, wants to know what sparked Hockey Canada to introduce this policy when the sport has much larger issues.

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Bruce Kidd, a Canadian Olympian, writer and Professor Emeritus of sport and public policy at the University of Toronto, wonders how Hockey Canada came to the conclusion these policy changes needed to be made.

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Hockey Canada did not specifically clarify how this policy came about when asked for comment from The Canadian Press.

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The 香蕉视频直播渕inimum attire rule香蕉视频直播� requires that players be wearing a base layer in a dressing room when surrounded by at least one other person.

The policy, which applies to all minor hockey teams sanctioned by Hockey Canada and its member associations, recommends that players arrive at the arena wearing that base layer.

Should a player arrive without it, they香蕉视频直播檙e to get changed in a private area, such as a bathroom stall, before joining the rest of the team in the dressing room and putting on their equipment.

Hockey Canada states it香蕉视频直播檚 the responsibility of coaches and team staff to ensure players follow the policy.

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The new policy also outlines recommended best practices for the use of showers, where players must wear minimum attire in open-concept scenarios, such as swimwear. It also prohibits violent activities and videos, still photos or recordings of any kind in dressing environments.

Kidd remembers from his days as a University of Toronto athletic director that there were increasing calls for private showers and dressing rooms when the school was undergoing renovations, but that was 20-some years ago.

Allain says the 香蕉视频直播渕inimum attire香蕉视频直播� issue is not something she香蕉视频直播檚 come across in her 20 years of research.

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Allain lists racism, homophobia, sexual violence and the physical trauma people can experience after years of playing hockey as examples of problems in hockey. She also points out the lack of accessibility to the sport for working-class families in Canada.

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Daniel Rainbird, The Canadian Press