Between the new logo, fresh gear, the stadium overhaul and sundry administrative changes, Edmontons CFL team spent roughly $2 million on the rebrand. The league has tentatively scheduled starting a 14-game 2021 season Aug. 5 after not playing in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] In 1910 the club was officially named the Edmonton Eskimos and was briefly called the Edmonton Elks during 1922. (The city was represented by the Edmonton Civics in 1914 and the Edmonton Canucks in 1919.) Alberta. Lions coach and general manager Wally Buono will serve in a transitional role until a new general manager is in place. Details for the event can be found below. Edmonton, AB Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. #GOELKS | The Edmonton Elks are the most successful franchise of the Canadian Football League's modern era. Those shareholders are represented by a board of nine volunteer directors. Then their sponsors threatened to drop them. Victor Cui is one hell of a hire. Canada's largest public sector union and the government have reached a tentative agreement ending one of the largest strikes in the country's history. Mounties on Vancouver Island are appealing to the public to help find a missing 40-year-old woman. CTVNews.ca spoke with royal experts about the surprisingly practical reason behind this tradition, as well as its significance. So, in 1940, they introduced an identification system in which Inuit wore numbered leather discs around their necks to access social services. [7] [8] History In 2017, as the university celebrated Canadas sesquicentennial, the student union and Indigenous students association formally requested that the school change its name and remove the statue of Ryerson from campus. The latitude and longitude of Vaunaveys-la-Rochette are 44.768 degrees North and 5.032 degrees East. But in northern Quebec and Labrador, where people are less likely to be fans of the team, only a third objected to it. It will not change the brand of football we play., By then, Len Rhodes had left the team to run for provincial office; he lost and later took the top job at Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis. The Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club, unaffiliated with the current team, was an early Canadian football-rugby union team based in Edmonton. The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium As of August 2016, Edmonton had the highest average attendance in the league 27 times since moving to Commonwealth Stadium in 1978. Allan has a long history with our organization and the community. Watt will lead a proactive customer service engagement process that will see the club reaching out to fans and key stakeholders. He said the three were informed of their terminations earlier Monday morning. Punter (an anthropomorphic football) and Spike (an elk) are the mascots for the Edmonton Elks. But irate fans rarely follow through on such threats. Its like, What the fuck are you guys doing here? he says. Last month, a former player was fired from his role on the team's radio broadcasts on 630 CHED after he made comments critical of Sunderland. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. What is my primary purpose is that my heart is driving things that match my skill set. But he was troubled by the fact that people were offended, and he wanted to start talking about a name change. A similar announcement was made by Major League Baseball's Cleveland team, which is switching its name. The team's new name has. Just bringing it upraised the level of discomfort in the room, says Rhodes. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to call a provincial election during an announcement later this morning in Calgary. [17][18] On June 1, 2021, it was formally announced that the new Edmonton team name would be the Edmonton Elks, a name used by the Edmonton football club of 1922. It was frustrating to see the institution drag its feet on this, she says. He said I could come down the next day and help them move. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. And the Saskatchewan. We'll be providing live updates on the deal from Parliament Hill as the day unfolds. Among season-ticket holders, Rhodes says, the number was about the same. The team fired team president Chris Presson, general manager Brock Sunderland and head coach Jamie Elizondo. Piles of handwritten letters from schoolchildren arrived at the clubs HQ, agitating for a rebrand. Today, entire pro sports teams kneel together, and many clubs have refused to play scheduled games, all in solidarity with the social uprising against police brutality and anti-Black racism, especially following the 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The decision wasnt just the result of shifting cultural norms. He didnt ask for any massive salary from the community-owned football club. Today, ONE Championship is now No. From there, Cui spent five years as head of communication and public relations for Golf Canada. It got to the point where we really felt that we got to a situation as an organization where we needed a different leadership team to get us out of the circumstance and to turn things around in a timely manner.. Id like to thank him for his willingness to continue to support our organization and steward the Club through this transition period, Murray said. Edmonton Elks Football Team, Inc., is governed by a ten-member board of directors. 539 talking about this. It followed a similar decision by the NFL . We have a structural, long-term trend that is problematic.. We encountered an issue signing you up. In the 1890s, when Edmontons team was known as the Edmonton Rugby Football Club, a Calgary sportswriter used the E-word to mock them because they hailed from a frigid northern city. What happens if you file late? Walmart and Target had stopped selling their gear. The PR giant Edelman conducted a survey on behalf of the franchise, which found that eight in 10 Inuit in the Yukon and Northwest Territories opposed a name change. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Refusing to shed a problematic name, he added, borders on managerial malpractice., In late July of 2020, Edmontons football team announced they would rebrand. Its namesake, Egerton Ryerson, influenced the creation of the residential school system, created legislation that segregated Black kids into their own institutions, and believed that girls should not advance beyond elementary instruction. I was hired.. Meanwhile, non-Indigenous fans seemed largely untroubled by the issue. Not only were his peers mocking his culture, he says, but they were also using Indigenous customs as a form of entertainment. After a brief absence, Campbell returned to the team in 1986 and worked for Edmonton in an administrative capacity until his retirement in 2006. Bills sign veteran RB Murray to one-year deal, LB Barrett's 2-year-old daughter drowns in pool, Deion 'ashamed' after only 1 HBCU player drafted, Sources: NFL eyes May 11 to release schedule, Jets coach Saleh: Rodgers making 'presence felt', Cowboys scout emotional as team drafts his son, Rams use 'Mr. May 10, 2022 EDMONTON The Edmonton Elks are set for their 2022 Annual General Meeting of shareholders on Thursday, May 12. In addition to the Lyme disease carrying blacklegged tick, scientists are also concerned about the lone star tick which is being spotted north of its home in the southern United States and Mexico. Toronto police are set to make a major announcement on Canadas most wanted individuals on Monday morning. This weekend came to a violent conclusion in Surrey after a stabbing and shooting just hours apart. I was traveling four days a week and on a plane 10 to 12 times a week. If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is. Along with the new name, the team also revealed its new logo. Murray extended his thanks to Presson, Sunderland and Elizondo during the news conference. Club shareholders re-elected Diane Brickner, President & CEO, Peace Hills Insurance and Harold Roozen, President & CEO, CCI Thermal, to a second three-year term. We want kids to want that logo on their pyjamas, he says. Saskatchewan RCMP are asking the public for help in finding a man believed to be involved in over a dozen break-ins in the town of Broadview. He told reporters he didnt have a percentage of how many people had renewed their season tickets, but said the team would be in the business of finding more people to sign up to be season seat holders. Two men from southern Ontario pleaded guilty to shooting a moose standing on a road north of Thunder Bay in 2021. At home games, fans in headdresses bellowed faux-Indigenous chants, and the mascots costume was a stereotype of a First Nations chief. We are pleased that Wally has agreed to set aside his traditional competitive feeling against Edmonton and to help us with this important task., Read more: In this story: Former Ohio State star quarterback J.T. EXCLUSIVE: Edmonton born-and-raised businessman and co-founder of Asian-based ONE Championship mixed-martial arts organization to be introduced in Tuesday press conference. Edmonton's Victor Cui will be named the next president and CEO of the Edmonton Elks in a press conference scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Global News The Edmonton Elks have announced Chris Jones is the new head coach and general manager in a. I looked up the name Rick LeLacheur, in the phone book, he said of the former EE board chairman and Grey Cup chairman who had been hired to run the event. We felt a responsibility to do the right thing, probably more so than anyone else, says Dean Montour, CEO of Mohawk Online, the parent company of Sports Interaction. [19] Saying, If this is something that is insensitive to another group of people, that is something I can understand being a minority myself.[20], The team colours, green and gold, have remained essentially the same over the years with only minor modifications to the uniform or logo until 2021, when the EE logo was designated as a secondary logo,[21] and introduced a new logo of a stylized image of an elk and the Elks helmet logo was changed to antlers. Tom Richards, a board member who played for the club in the 1980s, fielded complaints from former players. Justin Trudeau, then-Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and the mayors of Edmonton and Winnipeg began coaxing Edmontons team to rename themselves. Please join us in thinking of J-Min and his family during this incredibly difficult time. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Media are invited to The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium for Thursday morning's AGM. Sponsors applauded the change, and uneasy fans returned to the team with a clear conscience. The school acknowledged Ryersons dark legacy with a statement in 2010 but didnt entertain the idea of a rebrand. They are a team, as we have seen, with a proud history of success. The next issue of Edmonton Sun Headline News will soon be in your inbox. In 1908 the name Esquimaux was adopted. Obed had long believed that Edmontons club, much like his high school hockey team, had no business calling themselves by a name that many consider being a racial slur. A press conference . It all starts at 11:30 a.m. MDT as the Club presents its financial results for the year ending Dec. 31, 2021. Tate signed with the Elks in January of 2022, before . It's with heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of Janae Rose Comia-Pelley. On June 1, the team unveiled its new Edmonton Elks branding, 10 months after the team agreed to change its name from the Eskimos - a racial slur against Inuit peoples. Around the same time, Murray Sinclair, the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, called for other sports organizationsmost notably the NFLs Washington team, which also used a racial slur in their nameto rebrand. The issue will not go away. from fans, shareholders, alumni, players," Cui says. He will be reunited with QB Trevor Harris who was named the Elks Most . My brother, R.J., still lives here and owns a business.. As of 2017[update], the board of directors included chairman Brad Sparrow, treasurer Janice Agrios, secretary Murray Scambler, directors Douglas Cox, Rob Heron, Ian Murray, Harold Roozen, Marshall Sadd, Lindsay Dodd and Tom Richards. RCMP may never fully learn why Myles Sanderson went on a deadly stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation, but they may be able to offer answers that some experts say could help victims families make sense of it all. Our significant on and off-field problems required changes at the senior leadership levels in order to rectify the shortcomings and rebuild the trust and confidence of the Elks fans and community, said Ian Murray, chair of the teams board of directors. It got to the point where it made sense to put this behind us and not have our stakeholders deal with this, says Richards. This was not going to go away.. The three were told about the decision Monday morning, Murray said. Cui said the football franchise was a big part of his life. The Edmonton name change comes in time for the resumption of CFL play. Im sure well keep finding the old name tucked away in places we had no idea it was.. At the Elks home opener this past August, the team handed out free T-shirts to tens of thousands of fans as they filed into the transformed stadium. "There's no simple answer to what went wrong, he said. He then managed to get a job in Kuala Lampur working with the organizing committee of the Commonwealth Games that I covered. This is the team that gave me my first scholarship. Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Welcome to the official page of the 14-time Grey Cup champions: The Edmonton Elks. Edmonton Elks are proud members of the Canadian Football League, playing their For years, Edmontons football club refused to change their insensitive name. After appearing in and losing the 9th Grey Cup and 10th Grey Cup games (being the first western teams to play for the Cup) the team folded in 1925, but returned for two seasons beginning 1928, and then folded again. Team presidents typically are tasked with hiring a general manager, but Murray said the opening of free agency in February means the two positions will be recruited for at the same time. The provincial government said Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming (SLGA) has sold seven buildings across the province that once housed government-owned liquor stores. Instead of boycotting the Elks, fans stormed the team store, which had to extend its hours to meet demand. If they rebranded, they risked alienating their fanssome of whom had threatened to boycott if the team changed their nameand losing their single biggest revenue stream: more than $8 million in annual ticket sales. In addition to celebrating his birthday on Nov. 14, King Charles III will maintain the long-standing royal tradition of marking the occasion in June as well. Theyd live at our house until they got jobs and acclimatized. My daughter, Kayleigh, is 13 and my son, Liam, is 11. We are the Edmonton Elks", "EDMONTON OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES TEAM NAME AS ELKS", "CHRIS PRESSON NAMED ESKIMOS PRESIDENT AND CEO", "Elks announce sweeping organizational changes". Obed insisted he wasnt out to shame the team or chastise their fans; rather, he wanted to instigate change. Not only have Elks home crowds been ridiculously down this year, the Edmonton Oilers are also holding the long-awaited banner raising for Kevin Lowe at the same time. They moved to Edmonton, where I was born. The team also made playoffs for 37 consecutive years from 1972 to 2005, a North American professional sport record. .mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}a Defunct. If they didnt change it then, he told them, theyd be forced to change it later. I was this young, short, chubby, chatty Philippino guy from Castledowns in north side Edmonton. But in the long term, I believe the return on investment will be at least tenfold. In the wake of the rebrand, merchandise sales spiked. After a gap of ten years, Edmonton won the Grey Cup again in 2015, under the leadership of quarterback Mike Reilly, their most recent championship. In 2015, soon after his election, the Canadian Football Leagues Edmonton Eskimos advanced to the Grey Cup. Edmonton CFL franchise changes name to Elks. The Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq was more pointed, tweeting, My unpopular opinion is fuck the name Edmonton Eskimos.. It was a typical immigrant story of a family that moved from the tropical islands of the Philippines that knew nothing and had no money. What Can I Do? Changing an offensive name isnt just about doing the right thing. Founded in 1949, the team, known for their Green and Gold colours, are 14-time Grey Cup champions, including the historic five-in-a-row from 1978 to 1982. A driver has been ticketed after a pedestrian was hit in a crosswalk in Halifaxs south end Sunday evening. Then they hired the advertising agency DDB to create a logo. The company started with a staff of just me and now has 300 staff and nine offices around the world. After considerable discussion and consideration, the board of directors determined our significant on- and off-field problems required changes at the senior leadership level in order to rectify the short comings and rebuild the trust and confidence of the Elks fans and community, Elks board chair Ian Murray said Monday afternoon. Grand River Transit workers are on strike as of Monday. I didnt want the courts and politicians to make decisions for us, he says. I was the recipient of the Johnny Bright Scholarship based on community, leadership, academics and sports. In the interim, Allan Watt, the teams executive director of marketing, has been named interim chief operating officer. The accumulation of these issues percolated and crystalized over these last several months and it became apparent change was necessary, said Murray. I had been working at an insane pace. Edmonton Elks mauled 43-10 by B.C. Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Edmonton SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. The board acknowledged the past 18 months have been an exceptionally challenging time for the organization, but none more so than for its fans, season seat holders and the community.. Foam antlers are set to become part of the green and gold fan dress code, as Edmonton's CFL team has adopted a new name: the Edmonton Elks. The others included: Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements. Edmonton Elks. The mayor of Tuktoyaktuk, a longtime fan of the team, said he didnt mind the name. It was not an easy process, he says. Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The board said the search has begun for permanent replacements of the CEO and general manager. The © 2021 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Edmonton Elks board chair on head coach, top office bosses fired in wake of dismal football season, Edmonton Elks board of directors chair Ian Murray addresses the firing of president and CEO Chris Presson, general manager and vice president of football operations Brock Sunderland and head coach Jaime Elizondo after a 3-11 season which saw the team finish in last place in the overall standings Nov 22, 2021, Edmonton Elks fire Presson, Sunderland and Elizondo after dismal football season, Click to share quote on Twitter: "It got to the point where we really felt that we got to a situation as an organization where we needed a different leadership team to get us out of the circumstance and to turn things around in a timely manner. After a five-year stay, he joined ONE Championship, a mixed-martial arts property also based in Singapore. Report to Shareholders Download the 2021 Report to Shareholders Download the 2020 Report to Shareholders Download the 2019 Report to Shareholders Ryerson University had not. This move was supported by multiple indigenous groups, including the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, a group representing over 60,000 Inuit across Canada. 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The city of Toronto recently voted to rename Dundas Street, which honours an anti-abolitionist politician. Wally is unrivalled as a winner in this league and we have every confidence that with his help we will find the general manager that will lead this team back to excellence, Murray said. Here's what's in it. The Edmonton franchise announced Tuesday it is changing its team name to Elks. Nearly 70K Hydro-Quebec customers lost power Monday after rain and strong wind gusts pounded parts of the province. Effective immediately, the contracts have been terminated for president and CEO Chris Presson, general manager and vice president of football operations Brock Sunderland and head coach Jaime Elizondo, the board of directors of the Edmonton Elks Football Club announced Monday. As a community-owned team, we strive to make a positive and meaningful impact in the community and are committed to the development of amateur football across Northern Alberta. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. That same month, Belairdirect, a longtime sponsor of the Edmonton clubs 50/50 draw, threatened to cut ties with the team. PSAC ends strike as union reaches tentative deal with Treasury Board, PSAC strike: No word on working from home for deal with feds, Weekly grocery bill has increased by over $100 say 1 in 5 Canadians: poll. Edmonton Elks Football Club - one of the flagship franchises in the Canadian Football League and 14-time Grey Cup champions. Transactions Transaction | Elks Ink Quarterback Ivory Durham March 20, 2023 | Hernan Salas Watt said the team is seeing some season ticket holders renew for next year and are reaching out to those who havent yet to find out why. Why This Toronto Agency Shared Its Salary Bands on Social Media, Would You Tell Your Boss How You Really Feel About Work? I guess this is an indication that I was ignorant, but I just hadnt thought about it, she says. In 2014, Michael Lewis, the author of Moneyball and The Big Short, studied several American colleges that changed their team names because they were considered offensive. The youngest daughter of Jeralyn Comia and J-Min Pelley, Janae passed away suddenly last week. The power to change the team's name ultimately rested with them. We want to hear all the complaints and we want to hear suggestions., Read more: The Edmonton Elks are one of three "community owned" teams in the CFL (owned by local shareholders). [10][11][12][13] In 2020 pressure mounted for Eskimo be removed from the team by sponsors Belairdirect and Boston Pizza,[14] as well as potential sponsor, Sports Interaction, a self referred to "First Nationsowned" betting company. Edmonton dropped its longtime name, Eskimos, last year after a similar decision by the NFL's Washington team amid pressure on franchises to eliminate racist or stereotypical names. [16] The team temporarily rebranded as the "Edmonton Football Team" or, secondarily, the "EE Football Team", confirming their plan was to rebrand with a nickname starting with "E" to continue the use of at least some of their branding, most notably the interlocked double-E logo.
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