Eugene Arcand is Cree and from the Muskeg Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan. Eugene Arcand spent nine years at the St. Michael Indian Residential School in Duck Lake and two years at the St. Paul’s Lebret Students Residence, which has informed his work for the Indian Residential Schools Survivor Committee for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as well as the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Governing Circle.
He is a First Nation Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
Victoria Bach is a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation. Bach is a professional hockey player for the Ottawa Charge of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). As a player, Bach is a highly-decorated athlete, earning gold medals at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships for Team Canada, CWHL Rookie of the Year in 2018, a U18 World Championship gold medal for Team Canada in 2014, among other accolades.
Bach holds the all-time points and goals record for Boston University.
John Chabot is an Indigenous Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. Chabot played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1983 to 1991, followed by continued playing opportunities in Europe from 1991 until he retired in 2001. He currently operates First Assist, an Indigenous-run charity that advances educational achievement in Indigenous communities through sport".
Sydney Daniels is a member of Mistawasis Nêhiyawak First Nation on Treaty 6 Territory. Daniels is a former professional hockey player and current scout for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Daniels previously played NCAA Div. 1 hockey at Harvard University and has represented Team USA at U-18 and U-22 levels. Daniels played professional hockey for the Boston Pride in 2017 and served as an assistant coach for Harvard University from 2018-2022. Sydney is the first female from Treaty 6 Territory to be an operations staff member of an NHL team. Daniels was inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame (NAIAHF) in 2024.
Ryan Francis is a Mi’kmaw Sport, Recreation, & Physical Activity Corporate Strategist (CCTH) with the Government of Nova Scotia. Ryan is a co-founder of the Indigenous Girls Hockey Program, a modified version of Hockey Canada's skills academy with Indigenous female leadership, use of instruction in Mi'kmaw, station training to minimize focus on individual skill, and compulsory school attendance. The program supports hundreds of Indigenous girls' hockey experiences in Nova Scotia, with four locations as of 2023.
Stephane Friday is Inninew (Cree) from Kashechwan First Nation. He and his wife Abigail are founders of Hockey Indigenous, an indigenous-led and governed organization whose overall goal and mandate is to provide a whole new generational direction toward Indigenous Youth and Community Empowerment. Through Hockey Indigenous, Stephane strives to bring inclusion, motivation, and support to Indigenous Peoples while fostering policy and cultural teachings.
Marian Jacko is Ojibway and Bear Clan from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island. She is the Children’s Lawyer for Ontario, the first Indigenous women to hold this position, as well as the President of the Board of Anishnawbe Health of Toronto and the President of the Little Native Hockey League. In 2020, she was awarded an Indspire Award for her work in Law and Justice.
Mel Whitesell is a prominent figure in the Manitoba Indigenous sporting community, noted for her work with the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship. She is the Executive Director of the Manitoba Aboriginal Sports & Recreation Council (MASRC) as well as the Director on the Board of Directors for the 2020 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) Host Society.