Awakening a Nation Rhonda Lee McIsaac Songs are sacred and their messages can be universal. Waiata is the Maori word for song. This particular song is meaningful to the Maori Nation in Aotearoa and is used today to push back against the continuing marginalization and oppression of people. There is Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — With only a peach basket and a set of rules, the game of basketball caught on like wildfire. Developed by Ontarian Dr. James Naismith in the United States in 1981, basketball has deep Canadian roots. Women’s basketball developed alongside men’s basketball. And this year at the Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — Jay Liotta, fresh from a day spent with family, sat down to talk basketball and about returning to a country that has embraced their team like no other place. Last year’s final game saw the Lords of the Plains team lose 98 to 91 in the Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — First-time contenders bring their ancient Māori spirits to the hardwood at the 2017 World Indigenous Basketball Challenge. The team may also intimidate their fellow teams with the haka; a traditional war dance which was also used in peace times to show unity, pride, and strength of Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — Team Bantu, Zambia returns to the territory of the Musqueam First Nation, upon which the University of British Columbia (UBC) stands. They are excited to play against other indigenous teams from North America and international teams in the 2017 World Indigenous Basketball Challenge. All are in Read more…
Rhonda Lee McIsaac — Serranos Zapotecos, Mixes and Chinantecos are coming down to sea level. The team comes from Guelatao, a village in the Sierra Madre mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, where basketball is a way of life and where champions are born, raised, praised, and remembered by fans of Read more…