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BIZARRE: Andrea skinner - What They Never Told You

Who Knew What about Alice Munro?

An interview with editor Deborah Dundas on breaking the story

The Walrus · Sep 6, 2024

Rape myths can affect jurors’ perceptions of sexual assault, and that needs to change

In Canada, more than 34,000 cases of sexual assault were reported to police in 2022, representing a 38 per cent increase from 2017.

The Conversation · Aug 1, 2024

Educators wonder how to teach the writings of Alice Munro in wake of daughter's revelations

For decades, Robert Lecker has read, taught and written about Alice Munro, the Nobel laureate from Canada renowned for her short stories

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024

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Re-reading Alice Munro in the light of the secrets she kept and pain she caused

This week, Canadians heard about the enormity of Andrea Skinner’s suffering, following sexual abuse by her stepfather, and her mother Alice Munro’s decision to stay with and protect him.

The Conversation · Jul 12, 2024

The Gothic horror of Alice Munro: A reckoning with the darkness behind a feminist icon

This week, in a devastating story about Alice Munro’s complicity in the sexual abuse of her youngest daughter, we discovered how Munro, a Nobel Prize-winning author acclaimed for her uniquely Gothic interpretation of women’s lives, actually lived her feminism.

The Conversation · Jul 10, 2024

Hockey Canada in overtime: The troubled organization's next moves will determine its future

During the past six months, Canadians have been shocked to learn of sexual assault allegations at Hockey Canada events and how the organization treated the allegations as essentially a cost of doing business.

The Conversation · Oct 12, 2022

Hockey Canada's problems show that the government needs to regulate sport in Canada

The departure of Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith and the resignation of the sporting body’s entire board of directors are the latest signs of the deep problems within Canadian hockey.

The Conversation · Oct 12, 2022

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How Hockey Canada’s code of silence helped rot the country’s national sport

Allegations of abuse have plagued ice hockey in Canada for some time but there seems to have been little urgency about addressing the issue until now

The Guardian - US · Oct 12, 2022

Trudeau intervenes as sexual abuse scandal rocks Canada’s ice hockey body

Prime minister hints at setting up new governing body after major firms pull support for Hockey Canada over handling of allegations

The Guardian - US · Oct 6, 2022

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