Building community for Black women in hockey: R. Renee Hess

TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart

For R. Renee Hess, a chance encounter with Pittsburgh Penguins fans led to a lifelong passion for hockey. She has become a passionate advocate for Black women in hockey through education, representation and community building. Renee discusses her new book Blackness is a Gift I Can Give Her: On Race, Community and Black Women in Hockey and how she’s making hockey a safe space for Black women and girls.