Start Date: December 7, 2026
From 18:00 to 20:00
Address
Brantford Public Library, Brantford
Details
As part of Nova Vita’s #16Days of Activism programming, we’re offering a FREE screening of the “Code of Misconduct” documentary on December 7 at the Brantford Public Library Auditorium (173 Colborne St, Brantford). Doors open at 5:30PM.
Code of Misconduct Synopsis
“It started with a text.
Sent in the early morning hours after a Hockey Canada gala in London, Ontario, the message lands in a group chat shared by members of the 2018 Canadian World Junior hockey team. What begins as a consensual encounter between a young woman and one player shifts as more men arrive at a hotel room, altering the course of the night and the lives of those involved. Years later, five former members of that team stand trial in a London courtroom, where sharply different accounts collide and a country begins to question the sport it holds closest to its identity.
Through the present-day reporting of award-winning journalist Rick Westhead, Code of Misconduct follows the trial as it unfolds in real time, drawing on testimony, police interviews, and text message records to reconstruct what happened and what followed. As Westhead sits in court day after day, the film expands beyond a single case to examine the culture surrounding junior hockey in Canada — its rituals, loyalties, and silences — and the reckoning that comes when the game’s image meets the scrutiny of the justice system.”
This Event is Part of Nova Vita’s “16 Days of Activism” Programming
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is a global campaign to end gender-based violence. Every year, the campaign runs from November 25 to December 10. Over the course of two weeks, Nova Vita will host a series of events dedicated to raising awareness, educating our community, and taking meaningful action to end gender-based violence. Learn more at www.novavita.org/16Days2026.
For more information about this event or Nova Vita’s #16Days programming, contact Tianna Destro, Public Educator, at tdestro@novavita.org.
