Kennedy speaks about turning tragedy into triumph

Sep 28, 2017 | 5:26 PM

KAMLOOPS — The Wolfpack scholarship breakfast raised $230,000 on Thursday, an impressive haul for the university and student-athletes.

Part of the breakfast was guest speaker, Sheldon Kennedy, the former hockey player turned advocate for child abuse who recounted his experience being sexually abused by former Swift Current Broncos head coach Graham James, and how he turned that tragedy into triumph by helping other abused kids.

He runs the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre in Calgary. His message at TRU, as it is at any talk, is to be aware of abuse happening. 

“Our message is that just because you’re an athlete in the community, or a coach, or a teacher, or a boys and girls volunteer, you may be the only trusted adult in a lot of kids’ lives,” said Kennedy, who captained Swift Current to the 1989 Memorial Cup.