Girls, Hockey, and a Laugh
Sept 25, 2006 19:29:37 GMT -5
Post by franko on Sept 25, 2006 19:29:37 GMT -5
The ongoing battle:
Twin sisters who want to play hockey on their high school’s boys team have won the case they took before the Manitoba Human Rights Commission.
In her ruling released Friday, adjudicator Lynne Harrison said the Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association discriminated against the girls based on their sex.
Amy and Jesse Pasternak, who are now in Grade 12, told the commission during a hearing in June that they want to continue playing contact hockey as they have for years in Winnipeg boys leagues.
The twins called their high school girls team a joke and said some girls had trouble simply skating. CP
The original complaint:
The Manitoba Human Rights Commission is hearing the complaints of two hockey-playing sisters who were denied the right to try out for the boys' team at their high school — solely because the school had a, much weaker, team for girls.
Identical twins Jesse and Amy Pasternak, 17, said they were shocked to be told they couldn't compete for the senior boys' hockey team at Winnipeg's West Kildonan Collegiate when they entered Grade 10 in the fall of 2004.
The two were shunted to the girls' team at the school which they described as "a joke."
Amy testified some girls on the team had their skates on the wrong feet or didn't know how to stop on the ice. The sisters have played hockey since childhood and have played on boys' junior hockey teams outside school. Amy plays goal, while Jesse plays defence. CBC
The laugh:
CBC radio commentary today suggested the girls put their aspirations on hold, in that they were not ready for the next level no matter how much the team they were leaving looked like the Maple Leafs.
Twin sisters who want to play hockey on their high school’s boys team have won the case they took before the Manitoba Human Rights Commission.
In her ruling released Friday, adjudicator Lynne Harrison said the Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association discriminated against the girls based on their sex.
Amy and Jesse Pasternak, who are now in Grade 12, told the commission during a hearing in June that they want to continue playing contact hockey as they have for years in Winnipeg boys leagues.
The twins called their high school girls team a joke and said some girls had trouble simply skating. CP
The original complaint:
The Manitoba Human Rights Commission is hearing the complaints of two hockey-playing sisters who were denied the right to try out for the boys' team at their high school — solely because the school had a, much weaker, team for girls.
Identical twins Jesse and Amy Pasternak, 17, said they were shocked to be told they couldn't compete for the senior boys' hockey team at Winnipeg's West Kildonan Collegiate when they entered Grade 10 in the fall of 2004.
The two were shunted to the girls' team at the school which they described as "a joke."
Amy testified some girls on the team had their skates on the wrong feet or didn't know how to stop on the ice. The sisters have played hockey since childhood and have played on boys' junior hockey teams outside school. Amy plays goal, while Jesse plays defence. CBC
The laugh:
CBC radio commentary today suggested the girls put their aspirations on hold, in that they were not ready for the next level no matter how much the team they were leaving looked like the Maple Leafs.
