Sam Mckegney
Biographic Data
| ID | 456157 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sam Mckegney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sam |
| FAMILY NAME | Mckegney |
| SIGNATURE | MCKEGNEY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From locker rooms to change rooms
Ice hockey occupies a central place in Canadian popular culture and national mythology, routinely invoked as “Canada's game” and as a formative site for producing disciplined and socially valued citizens. At the same time, the sport has been widely critiqued for reproducing racialized exclusion, settler colonial power relations, and other forms of social harm. This article examines the intersections of sport, settler colonialism, and reconciliati…
“Who Am I … a Hockey Player”
This paper examines the tenuous balance of Indigenous generosity in hockey spaces with the need for non-Indigenous players and organizers to educate themselves and others, pursue systemic change, and unburden Indigenous players of the heavy lifting of anti-racism. Interviews with five Indigenous elite women’s hockey players identify hockey as a potential site of decolonial and anti-racist learning, fueled by the players’ love for the game and wil…
Opportunities Denied
For 25 years, the Beardy’s Blackhawks were Canada’s only U18 AAA hockey team located on and operated by a First Nation. The team encouraged young, Indigenous athletes to take pride in their cultural heritage and offered a sense of belonging and acceptance while also providing an opportunity for non-Indigenous players to play in such an environment. In 2019, the Saskatchewan Hockey Association made the decision to eliminate the Blackhawks from the…
Some people don’t unlearn those things.”
In a game against Red Deer College in February 2020, Gwich'in and Inuvialuk hockey player Davina McLeod of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Trojans was the target of an anti-Indigenous racial slur wielded by an opposing player. The incident made national headlines. In its aftermath, McLeod has worked to build public recognition of the prevalence of racism in hockey—both its blatant manifestations and the myriad microaggressions…
Manufacturing Compliance with Anti-Indigenous Racism in Canadian Hockey
Interviews with Indigenous and settler players on the Beardy’s Blackhawks Midget AAA hockey team, as well as with those players’ parents, unanimously acknowledge racism directed at Indigenous players during the team’s most recent season. More insidiously, the interviews register social pressures within hockey culture that discourage reactions to such racism and thereby condition acquiescence to and potential reproduction of oppressive colonial co…
“Pain, pleasure, shame. Shame”
Beyond Continuance
To Fight against Shame through Love”
"To Fight against Shame through Love"A Conversation on Life, Literature, and Indigenous Masculinities with Daniel Heath Justice Sam McKegney (bio) Daniel Heath Justice is a Colorado-born Canadian citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He is the author of Our Fire Survives the Storm: A Cherokee Literary History (U of Minnesota P, 2006) and numerous critical essays in the field of Indigenous literary studies. With James Cox, he is the co-editor of The Oxf…
Books
“I was at war—but it was a gentle war”
The Residential School experience was, beyond question, intolerable. . . . [All] too often, "wards of the Department" were overworked, underfed, badly clothed, housed in unsanitary quarters, beaten with whips, rods and fists, chained and shackled, bound hand and foot, locked in closets, basements and bathrooms, and had their heads shaved or hair closely cropped
Some people don’t unlearn those things.”
In a game against Red Deer College in February 2020, Gwich'in and Inuvialuk hockey player Davina McLeod of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Trojans was the target of an anti-Indigenous racial slur wielded by an opposing player. The incident made national headlines. In its aftermath, McLeod has worked to build public recognition of the prevalence of racism in hockey—both its blatant manifestations and the myriad microaggressions…
Opportunities Denied
For 25 years, the Beardy’s Blackhawks were Canada’s only U18 AAA hockey team located on and operated by a First Nation. The team encouraged young, Indigenous athletes to take pride in their cultural heritage and offered a sense of belonging and acceptance while also providing an opportunity for non-Indigenous players to play in such an environment. In 2019, the Saskatchewan Hockey Association made the decision to eliminate the Blackhawks from the…
Manufacturing Compliance with Anti-Indigenous Racism in Canadian Hockey
Interviews with Indigenous and settler players on the Beardy’s Blackhawks Midget AAA hockey team, as well as with those players’ parents, unanimously acknowledge racism directed at Indigenous players during the team’s most recent season. More insidiously, the interviews register social pressures within hockey culture that discourage reactions to such racism and thereby condition acquiescence to and potential reproduction of oppressive colonial co…
“I was at war—but it was a gentle war”
The Residential School experience was, beyond question, intolerable. . . . [All] too often, "wards of the Department" were overworked, underfed, badly clothed, housed in unsanitary quarters, beaten with whips, rods and fists, chained and shackled, bound hand and foot, locked in closets, basements and bathrooms, and had their heads shaved or hair closely cropped
Books
Beyond Continuance
To Fight against Shame through Love”
"To Fight against Shame through Love"A Conversation on Life, Literature, and Indigenous Masculinities with Daniel Heath Justice Sam McKegney (bio) Daniel Heath Justice is a Colorado-born Canadian citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He is the author of Our Fire Survives the Storm: A Cherokee Literary History (U of Minnesota P, 2006) and numerous critical essays in the field of Indigenous literary studies. With James Cox, he is the co-editor of The Oxf…
“Pain, pleasure, shame. Shame”
Opportunities Denied
For 25 years, the Beardy’s Blackhawks were Canada’s only U18 AAA hockey team located on and operated by a First Nation. The team encouraged young, Indigenous athletes to take pride in their cultural heritage and offered a sense of belonging and acceptance while also providing an opportunity for non-Indigenous players to play in such an environment. In 2019, the Saskatchewan Hockey Association made the decision to eliminate the Blackhawks from the…
Some people don’t unlearn those things.”
In a game against Red Deer College in February 2020, Gwich'in and Inuvialuk hockey player Davina McLeod of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Trojans was the target of an anti-Indigenous racial slur wielded by an opposing player. The incident made national headlines. In its aftermath, McLeod has worked to build public recognition of the prevalence of racism in hockey—both its blatant manifestations and the myriad microaggressions…
Manufacturing Compliance with Anti-Indigenous Racism in Canadian Hockey
Interviews with Indigenous and settler players on the Beardy’s Blackhawks Midget AAA hockey team, as well as with those players’ parents, unanimously acknowledge racism directed at Indigenous players during the team’s most recent season. More insidiously, the interviews register social pressures within hockey culture that discourage reactions to such racism and thereby condition acquiescence to and potential reproduction of oppressive colonial co…
“Who Am I … a Hockey Player”
This paper examines the tenuous balance of Indigenous generosity in hockey spaces with the need for non-Indigenous players and organizers to educate themselves and others, pursue systemic change, and unburden Indigenous players of the heavy lifting of anti-racism. Interviews with five Indigenous elite women’s hockey players identify hockey as a potential site of decolonial and anti-racist learning, fueled by the players’ love for the game and wil…
From locker rooms to change rooms
Ice hockey occupies a central place in Canadian popular culture and national mythology, routinely invoked as “Canada's game” and as a formative site for producing disciplined and socially valued citizens. At the same time, the sport has been widely critiqued for reproducing racialized exclusion, settler colonial power relations, and other forms of social harm. This article examines the intersections of sport, settler colonialism, and reconciliati…
Indigenous (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)