Climate Champions
Climate Champions
Sport Ecology Group
SSN 3 - EP 11. Dr. Janice Forsyth on sport in residential schools and Indigenous Sport systems
48 minutes Posted Oct 6, 2020 at 2:00 pm.
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In episodes 9-12 of The Listening Sessions, Dr. Maddy Orr addresses the inequities and unique experiences of Indigenous athletes and people working in the Indigenous sport system. Dr. Forsyth discusses the use of sport as an assimilation tool in residential schools, the inequitable distribution of resources in the modern Indigenous sport system, and her research examining the experiences of Tom Longboat award winners.