Headrick Joins First Nations Discussion

(TORONTO, ON) 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 Wednesay, June 30^th.

Hosted by London, Ontario, native John Urban, of the Ojibway First Nation, former Sports Director at CHRW, and radio play-by-play voice of the Western Mustangs, the event features five panelists, including Jana Headrick, of the UNB REDS women’s hockey team, and other 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 Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples and highlight the advocacy work being accomplished by U SPORTS members on the unceded territories they occupy.

Along with Headrick, of the Garden River First Nation, speakers will include University of Northern British Columbia women’s basketball player Cevanna Carlson, of the Deninu K’ue First Nation, University of Regina women’s hockey player Rachel O’Toole, of the Couchiching First Nation, Algoma University women’s soccer player Shayla Pine, also of the Garden River First Nation, and McGill University hockey alum Francis Verreault-Paul, of the Pekuakamiulnuatsh First Nation.

U SPORTS Indigenous Conversations, which follows the inaugural live event held in February, in celebration of Black History Month, will be broadcast on Wednesday, June 30^th, at 2:00pm ADT/1:00pm EDT on U SPORTS Twitter channel, @USPORTSca