ON POINT: ARTICLE FEATURING canada_topflight_academy AND FOUNDER & HEAD COACH tisinthehouse22 opbballevents . . Local elite basketball academy founder operates program partly as a means of clearing barriers . . Excerpt: "House said that 80 to 90 per cent of players coming through the program come from an African-Canadian background and is well aware of discrimination his players face off the court. “We have to deal with systematic racism. We can’t just put our heads in the sand and say, ‘It’s not here and it’s not rampant in Canada, in Ottawa.’ It does exist,” House said. “We always have that chat about what it is to be a young black person in Ottawa.”  . . CHECK OUR STORIES TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE!!! . . #canadatopflightacademy #CTA #Ottawa #ottawahoops #hoops #tonyhouse #basketball #ballislife #prepbasketball #nationscapital #onpointbasketball . . onpointbasketball.com