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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2012
In this article, John Eaton details Canadians' passion for ice hockey and chronicles the legal struggles of Canadian women to partake in the sport on an equal basis to men. Readers interested in the law of ice hockey are referred to the authoritative work on the subject, John Barnes's The Law of Hockey (Markham: LexisNexis Canada Inc., 2010) and those who wish to read more of the story of women's ice hockey in Canada should consult Etue, Elizabeth & Williams, Megan K., On the Edge: Women Making Hockey History (Toronto: Second Story Press, 1996).
3 S.S. 1979, c. S-24.1
4 University of Saskatchewan v Women 2000 et al., 2006 skca 42, 268 D.L.R. (4th) 558
5 Human Rights Code, S.O. 1981, c. 53
6 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B to the Canada Act, 1982 (UK), 1982, c. 11
7 Blainey v Ontario Hockey Association (1986), 26 D.L.R. (4th) 728 (Ont. C.A.)
8 Blainey v Ontario Hockey Association (1987), 9 C.H.R.R. D/4549 and (1988), 9 C.H.R.R. D/4972 (Ont. Bd. of Inquiry)
9 Human Rights Code, C.C.S.M. c. H175
10 Pasternak v Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association Inc., [2006] M.H.R.B.A.D. No. 1 and No. 2
11 Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association Inc. v Pasternak et al, 2008 MBQB 24
