The term ‘midget’ will be dropped along with other traditional age group names across Hockey Canada programs in a change that’s being applauded by members of the little people community. The governing body of hockey in Canada plans to replace categories like midget, novice, peewee, bantam and atom with age-based designators starting next season. “We want to be an inclusive brand, we want to be an inclusive sport, we want to be an inclusive organization,” said Mark Halliday, Hockey Canada’s vice-president of marketing and communications. The Ontario Basketball Association later announced it also planned to drop the ‘midget’ term, a move supported by Canada Basketball, which already used age descriptors. Hockey Canada initiated its change in conjunction with its provincial and territorial members and following the recommendations of a task team.

Source: National Post November 19, 2019 18:57 UTC