June 25, 2021

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.