Dean Smith, chair of Hockey Nova Scotia's diversity and inclusion task force, says the information collected in the survey will be used to develop programming and to inform the organization's investment decisions.

Logan Prosper, who is from Waycobah First Nation, says he was taunted with racist comments from players with the Northside Vikings during a game in Cheticamp, N.S., last week.

Hockey Nova Scotia executive director Amy Walsh says the new team will include a human rights lawyer and representatives from the Indigenous, African Nova Scotian and LGBTQ communities.