Colonial-Era Term: Edmonton Club and Sports Teams

colonial-era term: A spokeswoman for the Edmonton club said the team had no update Friday morning, according to CTV. Pressure has mounted in recent weeks for sports teams to eliminate racist or stereotypical names. TSN and Postmedia are reporting the Edmonton club will make the change, following the Washington NFL team's decision to do the same earlier this week. Critics say the Edmonton team's name is a derogatory, colonial-era term for Inuit. I had an extremely productive meeting with Edmonton's own football team today after they accepted my invitation to share ideas & perspectives, Paquette wrote. Aaron Paquette, a city councillor in Edmonton, tweeted that he met with the CFL club on Thursday and, while he didn't confirm the name will be changed, he was very impressed with the potential coming out of our conversation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.