Mississauga bans Indigenous logos for non-Indigenous teams in sports facilities, but uniforms ‘outside city’s jurisdiction’ – mississauga.com

Ban follows 2015 complaint about 5 teams in city

Mississauga city council has formally banned non-Indigenous teams from displaying Indigenous logos, mascots and imagery in the city’s sports facilities.

The ban, which will not affect Indigenous teams using their cultural images, follows a 2015 complaint that five hockey teams in Mississauga had logos that were harmful for Indigenous youth.

While three of the five Mississauga teams have already rebranded since the complaint was filed, the ban does not impact uniforms, which are “outside of the city’s jurisdiction,” according to its staff.

“Our position from the beginning has been that the city doesn’t run these teams and these sports organizations,” said Shari Lichterman, the Mississauga’s director of recreation.

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