Joy Drop: Fans, opponents showing their support for Canada's women's soccer team

Friends, it has been quite a week! We are midway through Black History Month. I came across a few things that absolutely made me smile, grin and want to share with you. 

The publication of former NHL player Akim Aliu's book Dreamer led me to the hashtag #28DaysofBlackCanLit. The tag is curated by Jael Ealey Richardson, who wrote the book The Hockey Jersey that I featured in a previous Joy Drop. Every day in February, Richardson will suggest a book written by a Black Canadian author. It's basically a reading list full of incredible suggestions. Some are children's books and some are adult memoirs. Books bring me so much joy and I hope you use this precious information and share with friends.

For the entire month of February, I’m dedicating my Instagram page to Black Canadian authors. I’ll post here as well. I’m not doing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BHM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BHM</a> events or panels this month, with one exception, but I’m committed to supporting my fellow <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackCanLit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackCanLit</a> authors. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/28DaysofBlackCanLit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#28DaysofBlackCanLit</a>

Next up is a podcast recommendation. My friend Tara Slone (formerly of Sportsnet's Hometown Hockey) has a great podcast called The Undercurrent. Her guest for Episode 8, Bernice Carnegie, is a person who I look up to and whose presence is so important in the hockey ecosystem.

Carnegie is the daughter of Hockey hall of Famer Herb Carnegie and co-founder of the Carnegie Initiative. She is an author and speaker, full of wisdom and generous in sharing it. I enjoyed listening to these two amazing women. I miss Tara as