Erin Mcleod is not only a gold medal winner with the Canada Women's soccer team, but she is also a global changemaker. Known for using her platform to spread awareness about the inequalities in sport and advocating for changes to benefit all athletes regardless of their gender, ethnicity or social class, Erin is one of those people who leaves a lasting impression on everyone she meets.

On this episode Erin discusses her early involvement with various sports, the challenges she faced as a female athlete and having to accept less than her male counterparts, being an impact player and learning how to do her part for the team from the bench at times, what the word queer means to her, her role with local Wanderers club partner Halifax City Soccer Club and her journey that has led her to be included in the all time XI for the Canada Women's National team.

This is one episode you will want to listen to over and over again!

For those of you who don’t know these two incredible ladies, you’re about to find out why they are on their way to becoming household names.

Voted in the top 25 under 25 for their work in bringing young changemakers together as well as providing dance apparel for black dancers in need of "nude" dance colors.

Justice and Nia are strong advocates for changing how youth and adults access and engage with social media by using the technology that enforces the code of conduct.

Justice aims to be the prime minister one day, and Nia is changing the way that the fashion and dance industries provide clothing for dancers of all shades and colors. In short, they are game changers!

Donald Oliver is a Canadian lawyer, developer and politician. Appointed by former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Oliver served in the Senate of Canada from 1990 until 2013. He was the first black male to sit in the Senate and the second black Canadian appointed to the chamber.

Donald Oliver is a member of The Queen's Counsel, which is an office conferred by the Crown, that is recognized by courts. Members have the privilege of sitting within the inner bar of court. The term is recognized as an honorific

Senator Donald Oliver reads an excerpt from his book "A Matter of Equality" which dissects the business case for diversity.

Today is International Women’s Day and I am pleased to introduce Mallory MacDonald who works for Halifax Wanderers local club partner Halifax County. Mallory is the second female guest on the podcast who has the distinction of being the first in her role in Nova Scotia. We had Kenzie Lalonde on the show (episode 5) who was the first female to announce a game in the Quebec Major Hockey League and Kenzie has continued to soar by going to the Olympics recently where she is currently representing Nova Scotia and Canada as a journalist.

Mallory is the first ever female Director of football in Nova Scotia. Yes you heard that right football, not soccer as it is commonly referred to in North America. Many before Mallory have done the work, but were not recognized with the title so we hope to see this change now that Mallory has laid the foundation.

Today I’m joined by Danielle Mcnally who is the Lead Physiotherapist for the club since the 2019 season.

Danielle had one of the toughest jobs in 2021 as the team endured a long series of games in the Manitoba bubble before playing games in other stadiums once covid restrictions were lifted across the country. She is one of a handful of female full time employees for the Halifax Wanderers.

Today I’m joined by Brady Paul,

Brady is from Sitansisk (sa-dan-sisk) (St Mary’s First Nation) in New Brunswick and he is Wolastoqiyik, (wool-last-took-way-ik) which means people of the beautiful river.

Brady was a former student athlete at Saint Mary’s University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in history which was focused on Indigenous history. With a combination of personal experiences along with his studies

Brady has instilled a dedication for indigenous wellness, advocacy, and preservation. Early in Brady’s professional career at the University of New Brunswick Mi’Kmaq-Wolastoqey (wool-last-took-way-ik) Centre, he was able to gain experience that reinforced his passion for traditional healing methods, ideologies, and preservation of culture and language as a Wolastoqey language application developer and as a Traditional Wellness Project Researcher.

Megan Neaves is a member of the Wanderers Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Megan was the first President of the Nova Scotia Association of Teachers for Equity in Education with the Halifax Regional Centre for Education.

Megan is a jr. high school teacher with the Halifax Regional Centre of Education. She holds a Bachelor of Arts with a major in English and a minor in History as well as a Bachelor of Education. Megan recently completed her Masters of Education in Supporting Diverse Learners with Needs and Exceptionalities in July of 2019.

In 2018 Megan developed a unit called “Empowering Changes” that aims to teach students how to recognize White privilege and how to use their privilege to create change. An experiential learning component of this unit was to bring leaders from the racialized communities into the school to share with students about their experiences with racism.

Megan is involved in the Halifax community and actively engaged in initiatives, events, and discussions pertaining to anti-racism, poverty, and solutions for marginalized communities. She has compiled an array of research in regard to educating people about White privilege as her chosen Master’s project. Megan plans to further her education as well as this work and complete a Ph.D. with a focus on examining the literacy levels of inmates and the school to prison pipeline.

Paul is the former president and founder of the CPL, a man who wasn’t afraid to work 48 jobs before finally getting it right on the 49th try, showing he is a truly resilient individual.

Paul is a man who exemplifies innovation and willingness to grow personally and professionally on a scale not many can or will be able to say in their lifetime.

Paul is a musician and self proclaimed childhood nerd, turned sports revolutionary. The term revolutionary refers to something that has a major or sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human life and I can confidently say that Paul has exemplified just that in creating pathways and accessibility to the beautiful game for many Canadian and international athletes.

In short, Paul is a builder of communities!