When people think of Canadian sport, hockey usually comes first. That’s something Dwayne De Rosario has felt throughout his life. Before becoming an MLS star, winning a Gold Cup, representing Canada internationally, and earning two Hall of Fame inductions, he was simply a kid playing a sport that wasn’t widely embraced in his home country. Speaking at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) during the 2026 Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture, titled “Sport Inspiring Meaningful Cultural