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Janelle Joseph

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Assistant Professor, Critical Studies of Race & Indigeneity, University of Toronto
Associate Professor, Health Sciences and Sport Management, Brock University

Flag bearers from Canada, Mikael Kingsbury and Marielle Thompson, lead the team during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 6, 2026. (Cameron Spencer/Pool Photo via AP)

February 12, 2026

How Indigenous athletes challenge simple ideas of national unity at the Olympics

Taylor McKee, Brock University; Janelle Joseph, University of Toronto; Brock University, and Lucas Rotondo, Brock University

As the 2026 Winter Olympics approach, Indigenous athletes reveal why using the Olympics to perform Canadian sovereignty is never simple.

Japan’s Naomi Osaka lights the cauldron during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

August 11, 2021

Black women athletes ruptured destructive and limiting beliefs at the Tokyo Olympics

Sabrina Razack, University of Toronto; Braeden McKenzie, University of Toronto, and Janelle Joseph, University of Toronto

Black women played a central role in the 2021 Olympic Games. And that role was more than just resistance and resilience.

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