Rick Westhead: We Breed Lions

Schedule

Thu Dec 04 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Kitchener Public Library | Kitchener, ON

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Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Rick Westhead visits Kitchener Public Library to discuss his latest book, We Breed Lions.
About this Event

In conversation with SDPN's Adam Wylde.

In We Breed Lions, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Rick Westhead offers hard-hitting and powerful look at hockey's moment of reckoning in Canada, and the ways in which a game that is so universally loved has been rocked in recent years by court cases involving sexual assault and startling incidents of hazing and abuse throughout junior hockey.

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Presented in partnership with PenguinRandomHouse Canada.


About the Author

RICK WESTHEAD is TSN’s Senior Correspondent and a two-time winner of Canadian sports writer of the year, presented by Sport Media Canada. Canadian Journalists for Freedom of Expression recognized him in 2023 with the Arnold Amber Award for Investigative Journalism. Westhead breaks news of consequence and has won six Canadian Screen Awards for his original features for various TSN properties. In 2025, he was recognized for his “fearless reporting” by The Hockey News in its list of 100 People of Power and Influence in hockey. Prior to joining TSN, Westhead served as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star, where he reported on the ground in countries including Afghanistan, China, and Saudi Arabia.


Accessibility at Kitchener Public Library

Kitchener Public Library has assistive listening devices available for library program participants who are Deaf or hard of hearing. Please call or email us if you would like more information on this equipment, or to request to use it in this program. Please let us know as far in advance as possible and we will do our best to meet your request. Phone 519-743-0271 or email [email protected].


Reminder! We oversell these events to make sure that the most people have an opportunity to attend. Tickets are only guaranteed until 15 minutes before the show starts, at which point we will start opening up available spots to the rush line.



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Agenda

🕑: 06:30 PM
Doors Open
🕑: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Main Event: Rick Westhead discusses his new book with host Adam Wylde
Host: Rick Westhead

Info: Rick Westhead is interviewed by Adam Wylde about his new book, We Breed Lions, with time for Q&A from the audience.


🕑: 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Book Signing

Info: Rick Westhead will sign copies of his latest book. Rick's book will be available for purchase onsite from Words Worth Books.


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Kitchener Public Library, 85 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Canada

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