How a culture of silence thrived in Canadian hockey

About this episode

Robert Cribb interviews Rick Westhead about his book exploring systemic issues in Canadian junior hockey.

In this special episode of 10/3, National Post's Robert Cribb sits down with award-winning journalist Rick Westhead to discuss his bestselling and deeply unsettling book, We Breed Lions. A book where Rick looks into systemic sexual abuse, toxic masculinity, and institutional failures within Canadian junior hockey — and examines how a culture built on loyalty and silence allowed harm to persist for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Rick Westhead

Topics covered

• systemic sexual abuse
• toxic masculinity
• institutional failures
• Canadian junior hockey

Keywords

• We Breed Lions
• Canadian hockey
• culture of silence

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Products: We Breed Lions

Books & works: We Breed Lions

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