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July 4, 2024
First Nations Olympic medalist to be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
Angela Chalmers will be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame this October. Windspeaker.com: Former middle-distance running star Angela Chalmers will return to Canada for a quick visit this fall. Chalmers, a member of Birdtail Sioux First Nation in Manitoba, has been living in Australia for the past 24 years. She’ll return as one of...
June 11, 2024
Legendary Six Nations runner featured in Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame storytelling series
Tom Longboat and his great, great, great niece Cindy Martin. Windspeaker.com: Even before he was a teenager, legendary First Nations runner Tom Longboat had come close to covering the marathon distance of 42.2 kilometres while trying to escape residential school. Longboat’s great, great, great niece Cindy Martin provided details of his life during a keynote...
August 13, 2021
Indigenous Sport Heroes Education Experience
APTN News – Canadian Sports Hall of Fame unveiled a new, first of its kind educational exhibit in Calgary. Titled the Indigenous Sport Heroes Education Experience, the exhibit will offer a glimpse into the truths and experiences of Indigenous hall of famers. The online exhibit features 16 “chapters,” 14 of which are dedicated to the...
January 9, 2018
Online exhibit on Indigenous sporting history
Windspeaker: A new online exhibit launched by Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame includes a handful of segments related to the Indigenous sporting history of the country. The exhibit, which went online in late December and is free to the public, is titled Canadian History and Society: Through the Lens of Sport. The entire exhibit can be...