U SPORTS Conversations celebrates Indigenous History Month with live event June 30

U SPORTS Conversations celebrates Indigenous History Month with live event June 30

U SPORTS Communications

U SPORTS Conversations, a live speaker series celebrating equity, diversity and inclusion within university sports in Canada, is set to host its second panel event – celebrating Indigenous History Month on Wednesday, June 30.

Hosted by London, Ont., native John Urban of the Ojibway First Nation – former Sports Director at 94.9 CHRW, and radio play-by-play voice of the Western Mustangs – the event features five panelists, including prominent Indigenous student-athletes and alumni of U SPORTS member athletic programs and institutions.

The live conversation represents an opportunity for U SPORTS to hear from those in our ecosystem – by celebrating the success stories of the Indigenous community, using our national platform to examine the issues and barriers faced by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and highlight the advocacy work being accomplished by U SPORTS members within the unceded territories on which they occupy.

NAME SCHOOL SPORT ELIG. HERITAGE HOMETOWN
Cevanna Carlson UNBC Basketball 3rd Deninu K'ue
First Nation
Turner Valley, Alta.
Jana Headrick UNB Hockey 5th Garden River
First Nation
Garden River, Ont.
Rachel O'Toole Regina Hockey 2nd Couchiching
First Nation
The Pas, Man.
Shayla Pine Algoma Soccer 1st (incoming) Garden River
First Nation
Garden River, Ont.
Francis
Verreault-Paul
McGill Hockey Alumnus '12 Pekuakamiulnuatsh
First Nation
Mashteuiatsh, Qué.

U SPORTS Indigenous Conversations, which follows the inaugural live event held on Feb. 16 in celebration of Black History Month, will be broadcast on Wednesday, June 30 at 1:00 p.m. ET (11 a.m. MT) on the @USPORTSca Twitter channel.