A pair of former elite athletes were among the panellists gathered at an event in Calgary last week to discuss the importance of Indigenous athletes and builders.
He was always keen to share his culture while hooping.“Because me, growing up hearing what I heard, it was the same things my friends were hearing. So, when I had those opportunities to share with them, I knew they would be in some conversations and rooms that I wasn’t going to be in where they could help to advocate on behalf of us.”“I was breaking down the stereotypes,” he said.
Linklater was raised by his grandparents, his great aunt and her late husband, who he considers his parents. He never knew his biological father. His mother, who was part of the Sixties Scoop, continues to battle with alcoholism. June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. Linklater was joined on the panel in Calgary on National Indigenous Peoples Day by Alwyn Morris, a Mohawk sprint kayaker from Kahnawake in Quebec who won gold and bronze medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The day included a panel discussion focused on truth and reconciliation in sport, entitled “Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being.”
Morris, who remains the only Indigenous athlete to capture a gold medal for Canada at the Summer Olympics, said being an Olympic champion opened doors that led to the creation of the ASC.
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