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Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen.
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Speed Skating is a competitive form of ice skating on either long or short ice tracks. Athletes use special skates and compete solo or in teams of two to four.
Induction year: 2017
Induction category: Athlete
Until Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen finished school, she played every sport she could possibly fit into her schedule. By the age of 23, Cindy won her first Olympic medal, a Bronze in the 3000m, at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, but she wanted more. Using strategies like visualization and goal-setting, alongside intense training, Klassen managed to have one of the best seasons by a Canadian athlete on the World Cup speed skating circuit with 13 Gold, three Silver, and five Bronze medals. At the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Cindy became the first ever Canadian Olympian to win five medals in one Olympic Games; Gold in the 1500m, Silver in the 1000m, Silver in the Team Pursuit, and Bronze in the 5000m and 3000m, making her the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian in history, with a total of six medals. Cindy also overcame a difficult double-knee surgery and won gold at the Ladies World Speed Skating Team Pursuit in 2011. She retired from professional speed skating and now goes beyond her wins, working tirelessly to provide girls and women with much-needed opportunities to play sports, becoming a role model on and off the ice, in Canada, and around the world.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen.
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Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating on either long or short ice tracks. Athletes use special skates and compete solo or in teams of two to four.
Induction year: 2017
Induction category: Athlete
Until Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen finished school, she played every sport she could possibly fit into her schedule. By the age of 23, Cindy won her first Olympic medal, a Bronze in the 3000m, at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, but she wanted more. Using strategies like visualization and goal-setting, alongside intense training, Klassen managed to have one of the best seasons by a Canadian athlete on the World Cup speed skating circuit with 13 Gold, three Silver, and five Bronze medals. At the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Cindy became the first ever Canadian Olympian to win five medals in one Olympic Games; Gold in the 1500m, Silver in the 1000m, Silver in the Team Pursuit, and Bronze in the 5000m and 3000m, making her the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian in history, with a total of six medals. Cindy also overcame a difficult double-knee surgery and won gold at the Ladies World Speed Skating Team Pursuit in 2011. She retired from professional speed skating and gives back to her community as a constable with the Calgary Police Service.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen.
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Speed Skating is a competitive form of ice skating on either long or short ice tracks. Athletes use special skates and compete solo or in teams of two to four.
Induction year: 2017
Induction category: Athlete
Until Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy finished school, she played every sport she could possibly fit into her schedule. By the age of 23, Cindy won her first Olympic medal, a Bronze in the 3000m, at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, but she wanted more. Using strategies like visualization and goal-setting, alongside intense training, Klassen managed to have one of the best seasons by a Canadian athlete on the World Cup speed skating circuit with 13 Gold, three Silver, and five Bronze medals. At the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Cindy became the first ever Canadian Olympian to win five medals in one Olympic Games; Gold in the 1500m, Silver in the 1000m, Silver in the Team Pursuit, and Bronze in the 5000m and 3000m, making her the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian in history, with a total of six medals. Cindy also overcame a difficult double-knee surgery and won gold at the Ladies World Speed Skating Team Pursuit in 2011. She retired from professional speed skating and now goes beyond her wins, working tirelessly to provide girls and women with much-needed opportunities to play sports, becoming a role model on and off the ice, in Canada, and around the world.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen.
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6. How is the object oriented? (i.e., Does it have a presumed front, back, bottom, or top?)
7. What features do you think it might share with similar objects?
8. Does the object prompt some kind of action or performance?
9. What is this artefact?
10. What stories or information do you think it tells?
Speed Skating is a competitive form of ice skating on either long or short ice tracks. Athletes use special skates and compete solo or in teams of two to four.
Induction year: 2017
Induction category: Athlete
Until Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen finished school, she played every sport she could possibly fit into her schedule. By the age of 23, Cindy won her first Olympic medal, a Bronze in the 3000m, at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, but she wanted more. Using strategies like visualization and goal-setting, alongside intense training, Klassen managed to have one of the best seasons by a Canadian athlete on the World Cup speed skating circuit with 13 Gold, three Silver, and five Bronze medals. At the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Cindy became the first ever Canadian Olympian to win five medals in one Olympic Games; Gold in the 1500m, Silver in the 1000m, Silver in the Team Pursuit, and Bronze in the 5000m and 3000m, making her the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian in history, with a total of six medals. Cindy also overcame a difficult double-knee surgery and won gold at the Ladies World Speed Skating Team Pursuit in 2011. She retired from professional speed skating and now goes beyond her wins, working tirelessly to provide girls and women with much-needed opportunities to play sports, becoming a role model on and off the ice, in Canada, and around the world.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Lori-Ann Muenzer.
Track cycling is a bicycle race held on specially built tracks called Velodromes. Athletes use specially built bicycles to race around the track at speeds up to 70 km/h.
Induction year: 2015
Induction category: Athlete
Entering track cycling at the age of 28, Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Lori-Ann Muenzer would experience and overcome many challenges, obstacles, and physical setbacks, most notably a mountain biking accident in 1999 where she plunged off a cliff that almost ended her career, and a ruptured appendix in 2002 while competing in South America. Instead of quitting, she raised the bar. Using strategies like visualization and goal-setting, alongside intense training, Muenzer won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympic Summer Games, being the only Canadian, to this day, to do so. Even though Lori-Ann’s career began later in life than most athletes, she accumulated 13 National Championship Titles, 4 World Championship medals, 11 World Cup medals, 3 Commonwealth Games medals, and is a two-time Olympian (2000 & 2004) to become one of Canada’s most successful cyclists of all time. Lori-Ann gives back to her community by volunteering, supporting fundraising events for cancer research, penning self-help books, and providing motivational speaking.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
Track cycling is a bicycle race held on specially built tracks called Velodromes. Athletes use specially built bicycles to race around the track at speeds up to 70 km/h.
Induction year: 2015
Induction category: Athlete
Entering track cycling at the age of 28, Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Lori-Ann Muenzer would experience and overcome many challenges, obstacles, and physical setbacks, most notably a mountain biking accident in 1999 where she plunged off a cliff that almost ended her career, and a ruptured appendix in 2002 while competing in South America. Instead of quitting, she raised the bar. Using strategies like visualization and goal-setting, alongside intense training, Muenzer won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympic Summer Games, being the only Canadian, to this day, to do so. Even though Lori-Ann’s career began later in life than most athletes, she accumulated 13 National Championship Titles, 4 World Championship medals, 11 World Cup medals, 3 Commonwealth Games medals, and is a two-time Olympian (2000 & 2004) to become one of Canada’s most successful cyclists of all time. Lori-Ann gives back to her community by volunteering, supporting fundraising events for cancer research, penning self-help books, and providing motivational speaking.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Collections.
Field hockey is similar to ice hockey, but played on a field with two teams of 10 players and a goaltender. The game is played with a hard ball.
Courtesy of Hall of Famer Gareth Rees.
Rugby is a contact sport played with an oval shaped ball on a field between two teams of 15 players.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Education Collection.
Ice skating is seen as a recreational activity where a person wears ice skates and glides on an ice surface either indoors or outdoors.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Collections.
Ice hockey is a contact team sport where two teams of five and a goaltender play each other on an ice surface. Players compete for the puck and try to score past the goalie in the net.
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Herb Carnegie was a Canadian ice hockey player and one of the best players to never play in a pro-league. He broke down many racial barriers as one of the first professional Black Canadian athletes in the sport and played on the first all-Black line in ice hockey history. The line was nicknamed the “Black Aces”, a play on the team name the Quebec Aces. While playing in the Quebec Senior Hockey League, Carnegie was voted his team’s Most Valuable Player three times and was often one of the top scorers in the league. After retiring from ice hockey Carnegie went beyond his wins when he founded the Future Aces Hockey School, one of the first ice hockey schools in Canada. The goal of the school was to foster respect, tolerance, diversity, and sportsmanship among young ice hockey players. Carnegie also continued his sports career as a senior golfer, winning numerous local and national championships.
Vincent Churchill “Manny” McIntyre - Induction year: 2015 Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Vincent Churchill "Manny" McIntyre challenged the racial barriers within his chosen sports of baseball and ice hockey. Manny set a career high .385 batting average in 1943 playing for the Halifax Shipyards as shortstop. In 1944, he was the League’s MVP, first team All-Star and voted most popular player. Manny played for Trois-Rivieres team in the Quebec Provincial League and in 1946 became the first black Canadian to sign a professional baseball contract with the St. Louis Cardinals farm team the Sherbrooke Canadiens. While taking a job working in the mines, Manny also began to play competitive ice hockey in the Northern Ontario League. He was part of the first All-Black line in semi-professional ice hockey known as “The Black Aces” and he travelled throughout Europe before returning to Canada to play with the Sherbrooke Saints in 1948, the Moncton Hawks in 1949, and the Saint John Beavers in 1950. Overall Manny compiled 187 goals, 278 assists, for 465 points in 468 games played during his career. Manny also served his country in the Second World War with the Lanark Renfrew Scottish Regiment.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Collections.
Ice hockey is a contact team sport where two teams of five and a goaltender play each other on an ice surface. Players compete for the puck and try to score past the goalie in the net.
Induction year: 2005
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Stan Mikita was a Slovak-Canadian professional ice hockey player who is well-known for accidentally inventing the “banana blade” after breaking his stick in practice and experimenting with curves on hockey stick blades to see how it can affect shooting. More notably, he played for Team Canada during the infamous Summit Series against the Soviet Union in 1972. It began as a series which Canada was supposed to win all eight games and ended in the most dramatic goal in hockey history. The 1972 Summit Series was organized as a result of Canada's frustration at not being allowed to ice a team of professional players at the World Championships and Olympics, where the Soviets showed up with only their very best. And so, September 1972 was arranged to settle all bragging rights, best on best regardless of amateur status. Four games in Canada - Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver - followed by four in Moscow. It was a series that pitted democratic Canada against Communist CCCP, professional NHL versus "amateur" Soviet hockey. It was East against West, known versus unknown. Canada ultimately gained victory, 4-3-1 in the eight games, and changed hockey forever. The world saw international hockey as it never had before, and out of this series came the Canada Cup and the start of professional hockey played between nations.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Collections.
Ice hockey is a contact team sport where two teams of five and a goaltender play each other on an ice surface. Players compete for the puck and try to score past the goalie in the net.
Induction year: 2000
Induction category: Athlete
A career that began on his father's backyard rink developed into one of the greatest hockey has known. By 15, Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky made his debut in the OHL, and at 16 he played a full season with Sault Ste. Marie. He wanted to wear number 9, but it was already taken, so the coach suggested he put two 9s on his sweater. Thus was born the famous 99. Gretzky played his first international tournament in the 1977-78 season, becoming the only 16-year-old to lead the World Junior Championship in scoring. Within the next two years he was in the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers. As a rookie, he tied Marcel Dionne for the lead in scoring with 137 points. The next year the Great One broke two major records, eclipsing Bobby Orr's assists mark and Phil Esposito's points mark. In '81-'82, he set a record which might never be broken, reaching the hallowed 50-goal mark in just 39 games. Gretzky led the Edmonton Oilers to their first Stanley Cup in 1984 and repeated again the next year, with 163 assists and 215 points. He took Canada to Canada Cup victory at the start of that season and another win in the 1987 Canada Cup. That '87-'88 season was his last with the Oilers as he was traded to Los Angeles after four Stanley Cups in Alberta. With the Kings, Gretzky continued to set records and recorded his 1,852nd point to pass the great Gordie Howe as the all-time scorer. He played a few games with St. Louis at the end of the '96-'97 season and finished his career in New York. Gretzky led the NHL in assists in his first 13 seasons in a row. He finished with 2,857 total points and set more than 50 NHL records. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999, the year he retired, and into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame the following year. In addition to his NHL career, Gretzky played for Canada whenever he was asked. This included the 1991 Canada Cup, 1996 World Cup, and 1998 Olympic Winter Games.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Collections.
Ice hockey is a contact team sport where two teams of five and a goaltender play each other on an ice surface. Players compete for the puck and try to score past the goalie in the net.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Collections.
Courtesy of the Reynolds-Alberta Museum.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Collections.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
Induction year: 2018
Induction category: Builder
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Dr. Sandra Kirby, a former Olympic rower, has been a champion for women and minority groups throughout her athletic career and beyond. Dr. Kirby was an important figure in the fight against the practice of chromosomal testing for female Olympians. As a professor at the University of Winnipeg, she specialized in teaching about women in sport. Sandra has authored over fifty publications and co-authored 13 books, often by addressing a range of important topics involving sexual harassment, children’s safety in sport, athletes with disabilities, and gender inequalities. Sandra has implemented real and lasting change through her work with national and international organizations, including the International Olympic Committee and UNICEF. She is also a Founding Board member of Safe Sport International (SSI), which advocates for elimination of violence and abuse against athletes at all ages and levels. Her ongoing activism and involvement in sport has been inspirational for Canadians of all ages.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.
Induction year: 2018
Induction category: Builder
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Dr. Sandra Kirby, a former Olympic rower, has been a champion for women and minority groups throughout her athletic career and beyond. Dr. Kirby was an important figure in the fight against the practice of chromosomal testing for female Olympians. As a professor at the University of Winnipeg, she specialized in teaching about women in sport. Sandra has authored over fifty publications and co-authored 13 books, often by addressing a range of important topics involving sexual harassment, children’s safety in sport, athletes with disabilities, and gender inequalities. Sandra has implemented real and lasting change through her work with national and international organizations, including the International Olympic Committee and UNICEF. She is also a Founding Board member of Safe Sport International (SSI), which advocates for elimination of violence and abuse against athletes at all ages and levels. Her ongoing activism and involvement in sport has been inspirational for Canadians of all ages.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Collections.
Induction year: 2018
Induction category: Builder
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Dr. Sandra Kirby, a former Olympic rower, has been a champion for women and minority groups throughout her athletic career and beyond. Dr. Kirby was an important figure in the fight against the practice of chromosomal testing for female Olympians. As a professor at the University of Winnipeg, she specialized in teaching about women in sport. Sandra has authored over fifty publications and co-authored 13 books, often by addressing a range of important topics involving sexual harassment, children’s safety in sport, athletes with disabilities, and gender inequalities. Sandra has implemented real and lasting change through her work with national and international organizations, including the International Olympic Committee and UNICEF. She is also a Founding Board member of Safe Sport International (SSI), which advocates for elimination of violence and abuse against athletes at all ages and levels. Her ongoing activism and involvement in sport has been inspirational for Canadians of all ages.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Education Collection.
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A contact team sport where two teams of five and a goaltender play each other on an ice surface. Players compete for the puck and try to score past the goalie in the net.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Collection
Track cycling is a bicycle race held on specially built tracks called Velodromes. Athletes use specially built bicycles to race around the track at speeds up to 70 km/h.
Induction year: 2015
Induction category: Athlete
Entering track cycling at the age of 28, Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Lori-Ann Muenzer would experience and overcome many challenges, obstacles, and physical setbacks, most notably a mountain biking accident in 1999 where she plunged off a cliff that almost ended her career, and a ruptured appendix in 2002 while competing in South America. Instead of quitting, she raised the bar. Using strategies like visualization and goal-setting, alongside intense training, Muenzer won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympic Summer Games, being the only Canadian, to this day, to do so. Even though Lori-Ann’s career began later in life than most athletes, she accumulated 13 National Championship Titles, 4 World Championship medals, 11 World Cup medals, 3 Commonwealth Games medals, and is a two-time Olympian (2000 & 2004) to become one of Canada’s most successful cyclists of all time. Lori-Ann gives back to her community by volunteering, supporting fundraising events for cancer research, penning self-help books, and providing motivational speaking.
Vicki Keith
Induction category: Athlete
Crossing some of the most daunting bodies of water in the world, Order of Sport recipient and Hall of Famer, Vicki Keith has left unprecedented achievements in her wake, setting 16 world records and receiving over 41 awards and honours as a marathon swimmer. Born in Winnipeg and growing up in Ottawa, Pointe-Claire, and Kingston, she did not always show an aptitude for sport and was often picked last for teams in gym class. Undeterred, Vicki began training for marathon swimming in 1984, and very quickly began to raise the sport’s high water mark for endurance and skill. To date, she has raised over 1 million dollars supporting athletic opportunities for children with physical disabilities, complementing her record-setting ways with an outstanding legacy of mentorship and empowerment that redefines what it means to be a champion in Canadian sport. Vicki now works as a swim coach at Variety Village for youth living with a disability.
Marathon swimming is a nonstop, unassisted open water swim of 10 KM or longer.
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Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least 3 km (1.9 mi). Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. In the sport of athletics, long-distance events are defined as races covering 3 km (1.9 mi) and above. The three most common types are track running, road running and cross country running, all of which are defined by their terrain – all-weather tracks, roads and natural terrain, respectively.
Induction year: 1955
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Tom Longboat was from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario and is one of the greatest long distance runners in Canada. After escaping residential school as a child, Longboat found his passion for running while working at his Uncle’s farm. He won the Around the Bay Road Race in Hamilton, Ontario at 19-years-old and then began competitively training for the 1907 Boston Marathon, which he ended up winning. From there, he continued to dominate the sport, but despite his proven athletic abilities, he was subjected to racism and criticism because he was Indigenous. His unique training methods were heavily scrutinized in the media and made him an easy scapegoat for racial stereotypes and attitudes towards Indigenous Peoples. Longboat put aside his professional running career in 1916 at age 29 to join the Canadian Armed Forces serving in Europe as a dispatch runner. In 1951, the Tom Longboat Award—still administered today by the Aboriginal Sport Circle—was created to reward excellence in sport and physical activity among Indigenous athletes.
Courtesy of the Gaylord Powless Family.
Bâton de crosse utilisé par Gaylord Powless durant son séjour avec les Green Gaels d’Oshawa.
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Canada’s national summer sport, lacrosse – the Creator’s Game (Deyhontsigwa’ehs), an ancient Haudenosaunee game that has traditional roots in healing, ceremony and a strong connection to land. Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America.
Induction year: 2017
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Gaylord Powless was a Mohawk lacrosse player from the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nations Reserve. He led the Oshawa Green Gaels to four consecutive National Championships and was named MVP every year. When he was just 17-years-old, he won the Tom Longboat Award. He later went on to have a successful career in professional and senior amateur lacrosse, highlighted by winning the Canadian National Senior Lacrosse Championship in 1971. As an Indigenous person, Gaylord was subjected to tremendous racism from coaches, players, fans and sports writers. His reaction was to recognize that he was a target for bullying and abuse and to overcome it by being the best player, and the highest scoring athlete. Today, Gaylord is still considered one of the best lacrosse players in the sport’s history, and his influence as a role model and inspiration to generations of Indigenous youth carries on.
Une balle de crosse de la saison 1971 signée par Gaylord Powless.
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Canada’s national summer sport, lacrosse – the Creator’s Game (Deyhontsigwa’ehs), an ancient Haudenosaunee game that has traditional roots in healing, ceremony and a strong connection to land. Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America.
Induction year: 2017
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Gaylord Powless was a Mohawk lacrosse player from the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nations Reserve. He led the Oshawa Green Gaels to four consecutive National Championships and was named MVP every year. When he was just 17-years-old, he won the Tom Longboat Award. He later went on to have a successful career in professional and senior amateur lacrosse, highlighted by winning the Canadian National Senior Lacrosse Championship in 1971. As an Indigenous person, Gaylord was subjected to tremendous racism from coaches, players, fans and sports writers. His reaction was to recognize that he was a target for bullying and abuse and to overcome it by being the best player, and the highest scoring athlete. Today, Gaylord is still considered one of the best lacrosse players in the sport’s history, and his influence as a role model and inspiration to generations of Indigenous youth carries on.
Les Green Gaels d’Oshawa sont la seule équipe nationale junior à avoir remporté la coupe Minto pendant quatre années consécutives. Pendant cette période, Gaylord Powless a été nommé joueur le plus utile de son équipe en 1964 et en 1967.
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6. How is the object oriented? (i.e., Does it have a presumed front, back, bottom, or top?)
7. What features do you think it might share with similar objects?
8. Does the object prompt some kind of action or performance?
9. What is this artefact?
10. What stories or information do you think it tells?
Canada’s national summer sport, lacrosse – the Creator’s Game (Deyhontsigwa’ehs), an ancient Haudenosaunee game that has traditional roots in healing, ceremony and a strong connection to land. Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America.
Induction year: 2017
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Gaylord Powless was a Mohawk lacrosse player from the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nations Reserve. He led the Oshawa Green Gaels to four consecutive National Championships and was named MVP every year. When he was just 17-years-old, he won the Tom Longboat Award. He later went on to have a successful career in professional and senior amateur lacrosse, highlighted by winning the Canadian National Senior Lacrosse Championship in 1971. As an Indigenous person, Gaylord was subjected to tremendous racism from coaches, players, fans and sports writers. His reaction was to recognize that he was a target for bullying and abuse and to overcome it by being the best player, and the highest scoring athlete. Today, Gaylord is still considered one of the best lacrosse players in the sport’s history, and his influence as a role model and inspiration to generations of Indigenous youth carries on.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Collections.
Ice hockey is a contact team sport where two teams of five and a goaltender play each other on an ice surface. Players compete for the puck and try to score past the goalie in the net.
Tom Longboat Award
Cindy Klassen
Induction category: Athlete
Until Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen finished school, she played every sport she could possibly fit into her schedule. By the age of 23, Cindy won her first Olympic medal, a Bronze in the 3000m, at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, but she wanted more. Using strategies like visualization and goal-setting, alongside intense training, Klassen managed to have one of the best seasons by a Canadian athlete on the World Cup speed skating circuit with 13 Gold, three Silver, and five Bronze medals. At the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Cindy became the first ever Canadian Olympian to win five medals in one Olympic Games; Gold in the 1500m, Silver in the 1000m, Silver in the Team Pursuit, and Bronze in the 5000m and 3000m, making her the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian in history, with a total of six medals. Cindy also overcame a difficult double-knee surgery and won gold at the Ladies World Speed Skating Team Pursuit in 2011. She retired from professional speed skating and now goes beyond her wins, working tirelessly to provide girls and women with much-needed opportunities to play sports, becoming a role model on and off the ice, in Canada, and around the world.
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating.
Lori-Ann Muenzer
Induction category: Athlete
Entering track cycling at the age of 28, Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Lori-Ann Muenzer would experience and overcome many challenges, obstacles, and physical setbacks, most notably a mountain biking accident in 1999 where she plunged off a cliff that almost ended her career, and a ruptured appendix in 2002 while competing in South America. Instead of quitting, she raised the bar. Using strategies like visualization and goal-setting, alongside intense training, Muenzer won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympic Summer Games, being the only Canadian, to this day, to do so. Even though Lori-Ann’s career began later in life than most athletes, she accumulated 13 National Championship Titles, 4 World Championship medals, 11 World Cup medals, 3 Commonwealth Games medals, and is a two-time Olympian (2000 & 2004) to become one of Canada’s most successful cyclists of all time. Lori-Ann gives back to her community by volunteering, supporting fundraising events for cancer research, penning self-help books, and providing motivational speaking.
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
Tom Longboat
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Tom Longboat was from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario and is one of the greatest long distance runners in Canada. After escaping residential school as a child, Longboat found his passion for running while working at his Uncle’s farm. He won the Around the Bay Road Race in Hamilton, Ontario at 19-years-old and then began competitively training for the 1907 Boston Marathon, which he ended up winning. From there, he continued to dominate the sport, but despite his proven athletic abilities, he was subjected to racism and criticism because he was Indigenous. His unique training methods were heavily scrutinized in the media and made him an easy scapegoat for racial stereotypes and attitudes towards Indigenous Peoples. Longboat put aside his professional running career in 1916 at age 29 to join the Canadian Armed Forces serving in Europe as a dispatch runner. In 1951, the Tom Longboat Award—still administered today by the Aboriginal Sport Circle—was created to reward excellence in sport and physical activity among Indigenous athletes.
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events.
Gaylord Powless
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Gaylord Powless was a Mohawk lacrosse player from the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nations Reserve. He led the Oshawa Green Gaels to four consecutive National Championships and was named MVP every year. When he was just 17-years-old, he won the Tom Longboat Award. He later went on to have a successful career in professional and senior amateur lacrosse, highlighted by winning the Canadian National Senior Lacrosse Championship in 1971. As an Indigenous person, Gaylord was subjected to tremendous racism from coaches, players, fans and sports writers. His reaction was to recognize that he was a target for bullying and abuse and to overcome it by being the best player, and the highest scoring athlete. Today, Gaylord is still considered one of the best lacrosse players in the sport’s history, and his influence as a role model and inspiration to generations of Indigenous youth carries on.
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century.
Dr. Sandra Kirby
Induction category: Builder
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Dr. Sandra Kirby, a former Olympic rower, has been a champion for women and minority groups throughout her athletic career and beyond. Dr. Kirby was an important figure in the fight against the practice of chromosomal testing for female Olympians. As a professor at the University of Winnipeg, she specialized in teaching about women in sport. Sandra has authored over fifty publications and co-authored 13 books, often by addressing a range of important topics involving sexual harassment, children’s safety in sport, athletes with disabilities, and gender inequalities. Sandra has implemented real and lasting change through her work with national and international organizations, including the International Olympic Committee and UNICEF. She is also a Founding Board member of Safe Sport International (SSI), which advocates for elimination of violence and abuse against athletes at all ages and levels. Her ongoing activism and involvement in sport has been inspirational for Canadians of all ages.
Rowing, sometimes called crew, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing.
Mary "Bonnie" Baker
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.
Herb Carnegie
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Herb Carnegie was a Canadian ice hockey player and one of the best players to never play in a pro-league. He broke down many racial barriers as one of the first professional Black Canadian athletes in the sport and played on the first all-Black line in ice hockey history. The line was nicknamed the “Black Aces”, a play on the team name the Quebec Aces. While playing in the Quebec Senior Hockey League, Carnegie was voted his team’s Most Valuable Player three times and was often one of the top scorers in the league. After retiring from ice hockey Carnegie went beyond his wins when he founded the Future Aces Hockey School, one of the first ice hockey schools in Canada. The goal of the school was to foster respect, tolerance, diversity, and sportsmanship among young ice hockey players. Carnegie also continued his sports career as a senior golfer, winning numerous local and national championships.
Ice hockey is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey.
Stan Mikita
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Stan Mikita was a Slovak-Canadian professional ice hockey player who is well-known for accidentally inventing the “banana blade” after breaking his stick in practice and experimenting with curves on hockey stick blades to see how it can affect shooting. More notably, he played for Team Canada during the infamous Summit Series against the Soviet Union in 1972. It began as a series which Canada was supposed to win all eight games and ended in the most dramatic goal in hockey history. The 1972 Summit Series was organized as a result of Canada's frustration at not being allowed to ice a team of professional players at the World Championships and Olympics, where the Soviets showed up with only their very best. And so, September 1972 was arranged to settle all bragging rights, best on best regardless of amateur status. Four games in Canada - Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver - followed by four in Moscow. It was a series that pitted democratic Canada against Communist CCCP, professional NHL versus "amateur" Soviet hockey. It was East against West, known versus unknown. Canada ultimately gained victory, 4-3-1 in the eight games, and changed hockey forever. The world saw international hockey as it never had before, and out of this series came the Canada Cup and the start of professional hockey played between nations.
Ice hockey is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey.
Angela James
Date of Birth: December 22, 1964
Member Category: Athlete
Pioneers are made of tough stuff. No one knows this better than one of Canada's greatest ice hockey players, Angela James. A four-time world champion in
women's ice hockey who also won a world championship in roller hockey, James
was a brilliant goal scorer who was among the first women inducted into the
Hockey Hall of Fame alongside Cammi Granato in 2010. A respected role model,
the Toronto community she grew up in has named a local hockey rink the Angela
James Arena.
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of Angela James and Geraldine Heaney holding the 3 Nations Cup.
Photo credit: Order of Sport Collection/Canadian Museum of History
Herb Carnegie
Date of Birth: January 18, 1919
Member Category: Athlete
Herb Carnegie was likely one of the best ever players to never play pro-league hockey. He starred in Quebec senior hockey leagues in the 1940s and '50s. A smooth skating centre, Carnegie trained hard and following an outstanding junior career joined the Perron Flyers in Northern Quebec, eventually landing with Shawinigan Falls in the Quebec Provincial League before moving to Sherbrooke. With the Sherbrooke Saints, Carnegie, his brother Ossie, and a third black player, Manny McIntyre from Fredericton, formed one of the most successful lines in league history. Learn more
Willie O'Ree
Date of Birth: October 15, 1935
Member Category: Builder
Willie O’Ree discovered his extraordinary passion for ice hockey at an early age, practicing on a homemade rink in his backyard and skating to school whenever the weather allowed. Growing up in one of only two black families in Fredericton in the 1930’s, Willie began to dream when he was 14 years old of playing ice hockey professionally in the National Hockey League (NHL). This was a goal that demanded tremendous courage, drive and perseverance, as no black athlete had ever played in the NHL before. Learn more
Willie O'Ree's Boston Bruins & Hockey Hall of Fame Commemorative Rings
Bryan Trottier
Date of Birth: July 17, 1956
Member Category: Athlete
In the world of ice hockey, Bryan Trottier’s accomplishments
are legendary. What makes those accomplishments even more spectacular is where
it all humbly began, out on the freshly flooded pond made by a beaver dam.
Bryan remembers learning how to skate and shoot just like all the other kids,
spending hours honing the skills that would eventually help him become a hockey
superstar.
Fondly nicknamed “Trots” Bryan’s accomplishments over the
years have made him legendary both on and off the ice. As a major junior
player, he was named Most Valuable Player for both the Western Canadian Hockey
League and the World Hockey Championships during the 1974-1975 season. At 18,
the NHL’s New York Islanders drafted Bryan. Over an 18-year career, led his
teams to the Stanley Cup six times, 1980-1983, 1991, 1992 adding a Stanley Cup
win as an Assistant Coach in 2001.
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Bryan Trottier won the Stanley Cup six times during his career as a player and coach.
Courtesy of Bryan Trottier
The last jersey worn as a New York Islander in 1990; worn when Bryan Trottier scored his 500th goal.
Courtesy Bryan Trottier
Vincent Churchill "Manny" McIntyre
Date of Birth: October 4, 1918
Member Category: Athlete
Vincent Churchill "Manny" McIntyre challenged the racial barriers within his chosen sports of baseball and ice hockey. In 1946, Manny became the first black Canadian to sign a professional baseball contract with the St. Louis Cardinals farm team the Sherbrooke Canadiens. While taking a job working in the mines, Manny also began to play competitive hockey in the Northern Ontario League. He was a part of the first all-black line in professional hockey known as “The Black Aces.” Learn more
Herb Carnegie
Date of Birth: November 8th, 1919
Member Category: Athlete
Herb
Carnegie, who starred in the Quebec senior hockey leagues in the 1940s and
‘50s, was likely one of the best players to never play in the National Hockey
League. A smooth-skating center, Carnegie trained hard and following an
outstanding junior career joined the Perron Flyers in Northern Ontario, before
eventually landing with Shawinigan Falls and then Sherbrooke in the Quebec
Provincial League. With the Sherbrooke Saints, Carnegie, his brother Ossie, and
a third black player, Manny McIntyre from Fredericton, formed one of the most
successful lines in league history. Learn more
Herb Carnegie donning his red, black, white and
blue Quebec Aces jersey in the team locker room.
Photo Credit: Order of Sport Collection/Canadian Museum of History
Herb Carnegie on an ice rink in full
Quebec Aces uniform.
Photo Credit: Order of Sport Collection/Canadian Museum of History
Dr. Sandra Kirby
Induction category: Builder
Order of Sport recipient and Hall of Famer, Dr. Sandra Kirby is an Olympic rower and an accomplished educator, sport administrator, coach, and activist who has dedicated much of her career to fighting sexual harassment and abuse, homophobia, and violence against children in sport. For over forty years, Dr. Kirby’s activism and compassionate scholarship have helped transform the values and the ethics shaping sport practices in Canada and around the world. She urged athletes and sport administrators to embrace diversity and principles of social justice. Beginning in 1989 Dr. Kirby taught in the Department of Sociology at the University of Winnipeg, specializing in the study of women in sport. Over her career, she has written over fifty publications, often breaking new ground by addressing a range of topics that previously received little to no scholarly attention, including: sexual harassment and gender equity in sport; athletes living with disabilities; and, human rights issues in sports. Dr. Kirby remains a professor at the University of Winnipeg and continues her work as an advocate in the sport sector.
PRESENTATION NAME
Rowing is the propelling of a boat using a fixed oar as a lever. In modern sports, rowers race against each other as individuals or in crews of two, four or eight.
Gareth Rees
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport recipient and Hall of Famer, Gareth Rees is known around the world for his outstanding rugby skills. At 19, he was the youngest person ever to be named to an All World Rugby XV and is the only man to have represented his country in four consecutive Rugby World Cups – 1987, 1991, 1995, and 1999. Gareth is also the first man in the world to captain his country in two Rugby World Cups (1995 & 1999) and was captain of the Canadian National Team 25 times in his 14 years with the team. Since his retirement, Gareth continues to give back to the game he loves and now works for Rugby Canada.
Sport and the Community
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Hall of Famer and 25-time Canadian Rugby Team Captain, Gareth Rees, shares the story of the 2019 Rugby World Cup: Typhoon Hagibis devastates the city of Kamaishi and Team Canada’s final match is cancelled. What did Team Canada do next? Find out by booking today!
Rugby is a contact team sport that is based on running with the oval ball in hand. There are two forms of the game, one being played between two teams of 15 players and the other being played with two teams of 7 players.
Cindy Klassen
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer, Cindy Klassen won her first Olympic medal, a Bronze in the 3000m, at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. At the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Cindy became the first ever Canadian Olympian to win five medals in one Olympic Games (Gold in the 1500m, Silver in the 1000m, Silver in the Team Pursuit, and Bronze in the 5000m and 3000m) making her one of the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian in history, with a total of six medals. Cindy amassed a total of 115 international medals. She was World Champion nine times and broke seven international records, and is still the world record holder in the 3000m. She has gone beyond her wins, working tirelessly to provide girls and women with much-needed opportunities to play sports, becoming a role model on and off the ice, in Canada, and around the world.
With All Your Heart
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DESCRIPTION
As a little girl in Winnipeg, Cindy Klassen’s dream is to become a world class hockey player. By 18, her sights are firmly set on Nagano, Japan, with the Olympic debut of women’s hockey.
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating on either long or short ice tracks. Athletes use special skates and compete solo or in teams of two to four.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Vicki Keith.
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Marathon swimming is a nonstop, unassisted open water swim of 10 KM or longer.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Vicki Keith.
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Marathon swimming is a nonstop, unassisted open water swim of 10 KM or longer.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Vicki Keith.
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Marathon swimming is a nonstop, unassisted open water swim of 10 KM or longer.
Courtesy of Order of Sport collection, Canadian Museum of History.
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Rugby is a contact team sport that is based on running with the oval ball in hand. There are two forms of the game, one being played between two teams of 15 players and the other being played with two teams of 7 players.
Courtesy of Order of Sport collection, Canadian Museum of History.
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Rugby is a contact team sport that is based on running with the oval ball in hand. There are two forms of the game, one being played between two teams of 15 players and the other being played with two teams of 7 players.
Courtesy of Order of Sport collection, Canadian Museum of History.
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Rugby is a contact team sport that is based on running with the oval ball in hand. There are two forms of the game, one being played between two teams of 15 players and the other being played with two teams of 7 players.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Gareth Rees.
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Rugby is a contact team sport that is based on running with the oval ball in hand. There are two forms of the game, one being played between two teams of 15 players and the other being played with two teams of 7 players.
Courtesy of Order of Sport collection, Canadian Museum of History.
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Rowing is the propelling of a boat using a fixed oar as a lever. In modern sports, rowers race against each other as individuals or in crews of two, four or eight.
Courtesy of Order of Sport collection, Canadian Museum of History.
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Rowing is the propelling of a boat using a fixed oar as a lever. In modern sports, rowers race against each other as individuals or in crews of two, four or eight.
Courtesy of Order of Sport collection, Canadian Museum of History.
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Rowing is the propelling of a boat using a fixed oar as a lever. In modern sports, rowers race against each other as individuals or in crews of two, four or eight.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen.
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Speed Skating is a competitive form of ice skating on either long or short ice tracks. Athletes use special skates and compete solo or in teams of two to four.
Induction year: 2017
Induction category: Athlete
Until Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen finished school, she played every sport she could possibly fit into her schedule. By the age of 23, Cindy won her first Olympic medal, a Bronze in the 3000m, at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, but she wanted more. Using strategies like visualization and goal-setting, alongside intense training, Klassen managed to have one of the best seasons by a Canadian athlete on the World Cup speed skating circuit with 13 Gold, three Silver, and five Bronze medals. At the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Cindy became the first ever Canadian Olympian to win five medals in one Olympic Games; Gold in the 1500m, Silver in the 1000m, Silver in the Team Pursuit, and Bronze in the 5000m and 3000m, making her the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian in history, with a total of six medals. Cindy also overcame a difficult double-knee surgery and won gold at the Ladies World Speed Skating Team Pursuit in 2011. She retired from professional speed skating and now goes beyond her wins, working tirelessly to provide girls and women with much-needed opportunities to play sports, becoming a role model on and off the ice, in Canada, and around the world.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen.
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Speed Skating is a competitive form of ice skating on either long or short ice tracks. Athletes use special skates and compete solo or in teams of two to four.
Induction year: 2017
Induction category: Athlete
Until Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Cindy Klassen finished school, she played every sport she could possibly fit into her schedule. By the age of 23, Cindy won her first Olympic medal, a Bronze in the 3000m, at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, but she wanted more. Using strategies like visualization and goal-setting, alongside intense training, Klassen managed to have one of the best seasons by a Canadian athlete on the World Cup speed skating circuit with 13 Gold, three Silver, and five Bronze medals. At the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Cindy became the first ever Canadian Olympian to win five medals in one Olympic Games; Gold in the 1500m, Silver in the 1000m, Silver in the Team Pursuit, and Bronze in the 5000m and 3000m, making her the most decorated Canadian Winter Olympian in history, with a total of six medals. Cindy also overcame a difficult double-knee surgery and won gold at the Ladies World Speed Skating Team Pursuit in 2011. She retired from professional speed skating and now goes beyond her wins, working tirelessly to provide girls and women with much-needed opportunities to play sports, becoming a role model on and off the ice, in Canada, and around the world.
Courtesy of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Collections.
Ice hockey is a contact team sport where two teams of five and a goaltender play each other on an ice surface. Players compete for the puck and try to score past the goalie in the net.
Danielle Peers
Having a transformative impact on and off the basketball court, as a decorated para athlete, coach, activist, and artist, they changed the conversation surrounding queer people and people living with disabilities in Canadian sport and culture.
Georges St-Pierre
One of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time, known for razor sharp focus, discipline and lightning speed, he retired with an unprecedented fight record in the UFC, and actively promotes anti-bullying programming and youth participation in sport.
Hiroshi Nakamura
An iconic mentor, trainer, and high performance coach who has devoted much of his life to developing judo in Canada, he continues to empower generations of athletes to fulfill their potential.
The Ferbey Four
Randy Ferbey, David Nedohin, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque – One of the most successful teams in the history of Canadian curling, winning three World Men’s Curling Championships, and four Canadian Men’s Curling Championships, this legendary foursome also innovated new strategies that left an indelible mark on curling’s development.
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
Considered one of the greatest skating duos of all time, they spent nearly a decade at the top of their sport, becoming the most decorated ice dancers in the world winning a record-setting five Olympic medals, three World Championships, and eight Canadian National Championships.
Phyllis Bomberry
Over a storied career spanning nearly a quarter century, she pioneered her own revolutionary road to unparalleled excellence in Canadian softball, winning Gold at the Canada Summer Games in 1969 and being the first female athlete to be awarded the Tom Longboat Award.
Oren Lyons
A visionary builder and decorated lacrosse athlete, he has spent much of his remarkable life advocating for the rights of Indigenous people in the world of sport and beyond.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Jackie Barrett
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Powerlifting is a strength sport in which athletes aim to lift the maximum weight possible in three specific lifts: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift. Weight class categorizes competitors, and their goal is to lift the heaviest weights in each of the three designated exercises. The sport emphasizes raw strength, requiring participants to lift without the use of supportive equipment like bench press shirts or squat suits in some competitions. Successful powerlifting demands a combination of physical strength, technique, and mental focus, making it a challenging and rewarding pursuit for athletes seeking to display their power and resilience.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Jackie Barrett
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Powerlifting is a strength sport in which athletes aim to lift the maximum weight possible in three specific lifts: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift. Weight class categorizes competitors, and their goal is to lift the heaviest weights in each of the three designated exercises. The sport emphasizes raw strength, requiring participants to lift without the use of supportive equipment like bench press shirts or squat suits in some competitions. Successful powerlifting demands a combination of physical strength, technique, and mental focus, making it a challenging and rewarding pursuit for athletes seeking to display their power and resilience.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Jackie Barrett
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Powerlifting is a strength sport in which athletes aim to lift the maximum weight possible in three specific lifts: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift. Weight class categorizes competitors, and their goal is to lift the heaviest weights in each of the three designated exercises. The sport emphasizes raw strength, requiring participants to lift without the use of supportive equipment like bench press shirts or squat suits in some competitions. Successful powerlifting demands a combination of physical strength, technique, and mental focus, making it a challenging and rewarding pursuit for athletes seeking to display their power and resilience.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Waneek Horn-Miller
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Water polo is a team sport played in a pool, combining elements of swimming, basketball, and soccer. Teams of seven players aim to score goals by throwing a ball into the opposing team's net while treading water. It's fast-paced, physically demanding, and requires both strategy and skill.
Induction year: 2019
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Waneek Horn-Miller turned to sport for healing, strength, and resilience after suffering a near-fatal wound during an armed protest on land sacred to her Mohawk community when she was 14. Following her harrowing experience at the historic Oka crisis, Waneek started playing water polo, and her competitive spirit and powerful shooting arm made her a breakout star. In 1999, she won a Gold medal with the Canadian women’s team at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg. In 2000, she co-captained the Canadian women’s team the first year water polo was included in the Olympic Games. Suddenly cut from the national program in 2003 after nine years of groundbreaking achievements, Waneek challenged the decision as discriminatory. Arbitration required her coaches and teammates to undergo Indigenous sensitivity training, raising public awareness of challenges faced by Indigenous athletes. Retiring in 2008, Waneek remains an ambassador for many initiatives dedicated to empowering Indigenous communities and youth through sport.
Courtesy of Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Chief Wilton Littlechild
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It took nearly forty years for Chief Wilton Littlechild’s dream of the World Indigenous Games to become a reality, but it was worth the wait. In 2015, the first World Indigenous Games were held in Palmas, Brazil. Over 2000 Indigenous athletes representing over 30 countries competed in a mix of mainstream sports and traditional indigenous games. The World Indigenous Games promote positive, healthy lifestyles for Indigenous Peoples, through sports, recreation, and cultural programs. These Games also promote peace and reconciliation by celebrating passion and pride for sports, traditions, and culture.
Courtesy of the Manitoba World War One Museum
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Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least 3 km (1.9 mi). Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. In the sport of athletics, long-distance events are defined as races covering 3 km (1.9 mi) and above. The three most common types are track running, road running and cross country running, all of which are defined by their terrain – all-weather tracks, roads, and natural terrain, respectively.
Induction year: 1955
Induction category: Athlete
Order of Sport Recipient and Hall of Famer Tom Longboat was from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario and is one of the greatest long-distance runners in Canada. After escaping residential school as a child, Longboat found his passion for running while working at his uncle’s farm. He won the Around the Bay Road Race in Hamilton, Ontario at 19-years-old and then began competitively training for the 1907 Boston Marathon, which he ended up winning. From there, he continued to dominate the sport, but despite his proven athletic abilities, he was subjected to racism and criticism because he was Indigenous. His unique training methods were heavily scrutinized in the media and made him an easy scapegoat for racial stereotypes and attitudes towards Indigenous Peoples. Longboat put aside his professional running career in 1916 at age 29 to join the Canadian Armed Forces serving in Europe as a dispatch runner. In 1951, the Tom Longboat Award—still administered today by the Aboriginal Sport Circle—was created to reward excellence in sport and physical activity among Indigenous athletes.