Ep. 10: Amy Shipley From Sask Sport

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Episode 10 for the Future Sport Podcast features Amy Shipley, from Peguis First Nation, who is one of the founders of the Future Sport Podcast. Amy has a long history involving sport, which includes 17 years at Sask Sport in various roles, all with the aim to improve sport for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Saskatchewan. She competed in national swimming competitions before dedicating her passion for swimming towards her long coaching career, that even involved coaching an athlete to the olympics! After attending University to study philosophy, Amy took a job at Sask Sport after her graduation; where she now uses philosophy with an Indigenous lens, to blend with her passion for sport. In her long career involved in sports programming for Saskatchewan, Amy has taken part in the implementation of many programs that will create safer spaces for Indigenous athletes to excel in. Amy Shipley has a lot of involvement in her 17 years as an employee at Sask Sport, in addition to her time as a coach and an elite athlete, and she still has so much planned for the Future of Sport in Saskatchewan.