Recent content by Yyzskater

Fighting cancer

Totally different tangent... Does anyone know what happened to Michelle Lee in Jrs? She was doing very well through to Novice, even being sent out on international assignments. Then she disappeared for a few years. Came back last year in Jr and ended up making it onto this year's Nextgen team...

Step in the right direction. ISU, as the governing body in skating, cannot take a hands-off approach to athletes who compete in any of their events. Leaving it solely up to individual federations to handle their Safe Sport type issues leads to unfair treatment between athletes of different...

People have said two of their other skaters, Valeria and Megan, also pulled last minute. But only Valeria seems listed as withdrawn. So maybe people on site know about Megan's pull. There have been rumours swirling for a long time within the skating community about the training environment at...

My sentiments exactly. Watching her cheer and support her skaters that are competing will only make her total lack of support for Solene seem that much worse. Hugs and smiles only for those who can help her career? That's EXACTLY my thought. Safesport and Skate Canada protocols dictates that...

It sounds like M-F told Solene she was going to report to safesport, but the first report was by Solene much later. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I don't want misinformation out on such a serious issue.

Safesport Canada requires mandatory reporting of actual and suspected misconduct. As a Skate Canada coach, M-F is bound by that responsibility. If she was at all intent on reporting the incident, I'm sure they could have pointed M-F in the right direction if there was any confusion during her...

I think it's assumed she meant IAM because she said it happened while she was in Montreal. But yes, the issue is with all skating While SA is probably at the very top of atrocious things to happen to a skater, it is at the top of a very large pile of garbage that skaters have to deal with from...

Absolutely heartbreaking. You can feel the pain through her words. How many more have not come forward and are suffering in silence? The figure skating community needs to take a really close look at itself and make REAL changes and not performative ones.

I agree with the sentiment about Scarborough. They have a bunch of mid Jr teams that don't seem to be making much stride in the past couple of years. There seems to be much more momentum being picked up at Mariposa and Kitchener, and of course, the IAM developments branch.

Good insight. If coercing marriage on the young female skaters is happening, I hope they have your take on it instead of backing off.

But only if they have actually applied for citizenship already. Otherwise, it's just seen as two young adults who got married. I have no idea if any of the 3 teams in question have applied for citizenship or received citizenship. If the answer is yes, then immigration fraud would come into the...

Yes, but it's not criminal as long as they are over the age of 18. Disgusting but not criminal. It may very well end the careers of the coaches and close the school down but unless they forced them into the marriages, there isn't anything that can be done. Sexual assault is criminal...

Oh, it's really really bad. But if he gets criminally charged and found guilty of sexual assault, that would be the biggest issue. If he hasn't applied for citizenship and she was of legal age when they were married, as appalling as the reason may be, there isn't actually anything criminal...