Rick Westhead: We Breed Lions

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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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.

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

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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