A founding member of Indigenous Women Outdoors and coach with ILSA, Sandy Ward is an avid snowboarder, mountain biker and climber from the Lil'wat nation working to carve out a path for more Indigenous folks to get into the outdoors in a safe, welcoming space, and to see their ancestral lands from new a perspective through sport.  Her and I sat down to talk about her journey in the outdoor sports world as a coach, athlete and mentor, how mindsets have shifted towards these recreational activities both within and outside of Indigenous communities, and other issues regarding working with Indigenous nations when it comes to building bike trails, skateparks and more.

Sandy is a really inspiring, awesome human, and you're gonna love to hear what she has to say!  

For more on the work she's doing, you can check out: 

Indigenous Women Outdoors: https://www.indigenouswomenoutdoors.ca/ 

Indigenous Life Sport Academy: https://www.lifesportcanada.org/

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