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Tinker co-founded Black Girl Hockey Club Canada in November 2022 and is its executive director. The organization is a chapter of the Black Girl Hockey Club, a United States nonprofit group founded by Renee Hess in 2018 to inspire and sustain passion for hockey within the Black community, specifically among Black women, and provide access to the sport through education and scholarship programs.
Growing up in Oshawa, Ont., professional hockey player Saroya Tinker was often the only Black player on the ice.
The Toronto Six defender will be spreading hockey love with an assist from Canadian Tire's Jumpstart program.
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‘I want to go to BC, I want to help change a program’: An Interview with BC WIH Alum Blake Bolden Share this story Photo by Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images Blake Bolden’s career has been nothing short of illustrious & decorated. As a defenseman for the Boston College women’s hockey team from 2009-2013, Bolden scored 82 points in 139 games and captained the team her senior year, earning Hockey East Defensive Player of the Year and All-American honors. After graduating from BC, Bolden went on to play professional women’s hockey, becoming the first Black professional women’s hockey...