Letter to a legend
Reflecting on Dr. Lillian Eva Quan Dyck’s impact
October 11, 2026Content warning: mention of residential schools, the Indian Act, and domestic abuse. Dr. Lillian Eva Quan Dyck is a neuroscientist, a Cree woman and member of the George Gordon First Nation, and a Chinese Canadian. Throughout her career she made advances in science and advocated for Indigenous and women’s rights. She makes the distinction that the way Western science is defined and practiced is limiting. As a student at the intersection of psychology and gender studies, studying the mind and behaviour fascinates me; however, I recognize that psychology has contributed to the marginalization of people of colour. An example of…
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Letter to a legend: Mary Spencer
September 26, 2026The greatest athletes don’t just excel in their sport — they use their sport to make a difference. Mary Spencer is an Ojibwe boxer from the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. She started her athletic journey in 2002, then…
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Thierry Henry, an Olympian with the talent of scoring
February 21, 2025I’ve never been fond of Arsenal as a soccer club. I don’t know if it’s the jerseys, the fanbase, or the team’s ability to have remarkable seasons before “blowing it” when it matters most. However, there is one player I…
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Aurélie Rivard and her remarkable Canadian legacy
November 21, 2024Aurélie Rivard has won the most medals of any woman in Canadian Paralympic swimming with a total of 14 Paralympic medals — six gold, four silver, and four bronze. She has won another 19 world championship medals and holds a…
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How my goalkeeping dreams began
October 22, 2024I have a low tolerance for pain and hardship. Somehow, I managed to become the sole goalkeeper on my high school’s girl’s soccer team, the only position that I was half decent at. I took a few balls straight into…
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Letter to a Legend: Carolyn Waldo
March 23, 2023Carolyn Waldo was the first Canadian woman to win two gold medals at an Olympic Games, and she did it all while getting a late start to the sport. Waldo started artistic swimming when she was 11-years-old to overcome her…
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Letter to a Legend: My mentor Jason Botchford
March 7, 2023I have a unique relationship with my mentor, Jason Botchford. We never had the chance to meet, but I can only hope he sees the impact he’s made not only on me, but the entire Vancouver Canucks community. Botchford, or…
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Letter to a Legend: Markus Naslund and Nathan MacKinnon
March 2, 2023Markus Naslund, My dad was the reason I first learned about you. He was like you, in a way, having been brought to Vancouver at a young age and not knowing anyone in the area. Unlike you, he hadn’t been…
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Letter to a legend: My first role model
October 20, 2022Dear Ms. Dines, I decided to write to you because before we met, I hated sports so much. The idea of having to continuously push myself, and test my own mental strength and stamina through movement was so foreign to…
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Letter to a legend: Watching Serena Williams for the last time
October 1, 2022Serena Williams won her first major title at the US Open in September 1999. She was 17, and I was six-months-old. By the time I started watching tennis with my parents, Williams’ reputation at the top of her sport was…
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