Waneek Horn-Miller's guest appearances

Waneek Horn-Miller

From Here Forward

Player's Own Voice

The Conversation Piece

Shelagh Rogers

Mark Henick

Michio Kaku

Anand Giridharadas

Emma Donoghue

Tamlyn Tomita

Margaret Atwood

Gabor Maté

Graham Greene

Isabel Allende

Wade Davis

Camille Dundas

Eva Greyeyes

Jeremy Rifkin

David Suzuki

OwlTail

Excellence was always expected of Waneek Horn-Miller, and her three sisters.  Their single mom led by example in committing to activism, feminism, and indigenous rights. From childhood, the message was: whatever you do in life, be great at it, and don't just do it for yourself, do it for the next generation.More than thirty years after she first came to international attention on the front lines of the 1990 Oka Crisis, Horn-Miller continues to honour her mother's teaching. In 2000, the water polo player helped deliver the best Olympic results Canadian women have ever seen.In the years since, Horn-Miller's advocacy has effectively kept important, difficult issues on the table. Two core concerns are abuse in amateur sport, and the role of sport in truth and reconciliation. For Horn-Miller the effort begins at home, raising well-rounded and athletic daughters- and radiates out to coaching at Water Polo clubs, and further afield, to helping the Assembly of First Nations develop an Indigenous Sport, Fitness and Wellness Strategy.While those long-term causes keep Horn-Miller focussed on lasting results, she's also having a blast at this very moment, coaching contestants on Canada's Ultimate Challenge, CBC's new big ticket reality program. Horn-Miller sets the bar high for herself in this role, urging her athletes to compete according to principles that are long understood among Mohawk people- even if they may be new values for western contestants to consider.  It's a challenging task, but Waneek Horn-Miller excels at it.

Excellence was always expected of Waneek Horn-Miller, and her three sisters. Their single mom led by example in committing to activism, feminism, and indigenous rights. From childhood, the message was: whatever you do in life, be great at it, and don't just do it for yourself, do it for the next generation. More than thirty years after she first came to international attention on the front lines of the 1990 Oka Crisis, Horn-Miller continues to honour her mother's teaching. In 2000, the water polo player helped deliver the best Olympic results Canadian women have ever seen. In the years since, Horn-Miller's advocacy has effectively kept important, difficult issues on the table. Two core concerns are abuse in amateur sport, and the role of sport in truth and reconciliation. For Horn-Miller the effort begins at home, raising well-rounded and athletic daughters- and radiates out to coaching at Water Polo clubs, and further afield, to helping the Assembly of First Nations develop an Indigenous Sport, Fitness and Wellness Strategy. While those long-term causes keep Horn-Miller focussed on lasting results, she's also having a blast at this very moment, coaching contestants on Canada's Ultimate Challenge, CBC's new big ticket reality program. Horn-Miller sets the bar high for herself in this role, urging her athletes to compete according to principles that are long understood among Mohawk people- even if they may be new values for western contestants to consider. It's a challenging task, but Waneek Horn-Miller excels at it.

Waneek Horn-Miller rocks a new role

It’s hard, as we go into the triple digits of days that some of us have been at home, isolating from friends and society, to maintain hope. When Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller talks about the health issues endured by the Indigenous people of Canada, she emphasises that hope is what gets her through. Her mother taught her that. She was a Hope-maker. Here’s Waneek Horn-Miller speaking at The Walrus Talks Health in 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s hard, as we go into the triple digits of days that some of us have been at home, isolating from friends and society, to maintain hope. When Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller talks about the health issues endured by the Indigenous people of Canada, she emphasises that hope is what gets her through. Her mother taught her that. She was a Hope-maker. Here’s Waneek Horn-Miller speaking at The Walrus Talks Health in 2016. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller

UBC Connects is presented by University of British Columbia President Santa J. Ono, in partnership with alumni UBC. The series (www.ubc.ca/ubcconnects/) is made possible with the generous support of the R &amp; J Stern Family Foundation.During her work for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Waneek Horn-Miller came to understand that if we are to embrace the true spirit of Indigenous reconciliation, we need to make it a way of life-a cornerstone of how we proceed as a multicultural society, and not a mere destination to be gained and forgotten. In this important talk, the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) mother, activist, Olympian, and entrepreneur makes the case for fostering a collective culture of listening and dialogue; for extending empathy to those with different outlooks and not shying away from debate; and for applying solutions-based thinking rooted in shared aspirations. She unpacks the hard but necessary work ahead of us to address societal wrongs, live in harmony, and heal those who need it most-no matter who they are or where they come from.Recorded Thursday, April 19, 2018 at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, UBC’s Vancouver campus.This recording was produced by the University of British Columbia and originally released at @universityofbc. We are pleased to be able to share it with you, our alumni and subscribers.

UBC Connects is presented by University of British Columbia President Santa J. Ono, in partnership with alumni UBC. The series (<a href="http://www.ubc.ca/ubcconnects/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ubc.ca/ubcconnects/</a>) is made possible with the generous support of the R &amp; J Stern Family Foundation. During her work for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Waneek Horn-Miller came to understand that if we are to embrace the true spirit of Indigenous reconciliation, we need to make it a way of life-a cornerstone of how we proceed as a multicultural society, and not a mere destination to be gained and forgotten. In this important talk, the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) mother, activist, Olympian, and entrepreneur makes the case for fostering a collective culture of listening and dialogue; for extending empathy to those with different outlooks and not shying away from debate; and for applying solutions-based thinking rooted in shared aspirations. She unpacks the hard but necessary work ahead of us to address societal wrongs, live in harmony, and heal those who need it most-no matter who they are or where they come from. Recorded Thursday, April 19, 2018 at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, UBC’s Vancouver campus. This recording was produced by the University of British Columbia and originally released at @universityofbc. We are pleased to be able to share it with you, our alumni and subscribers.

UBC Connects with Waneek Horn-Miller - The Wisdom of Reconciliation: A roadmap for multiculturalism