Interview with Sanjay Jeram

Interview with Sanjay Jeram

Sanjay Jeram is a former Canada Games athlete, attending the 1997 Canada Summer Games in Brandon, Manitoba as a singles tennis player. Raised in Toronto, Sanjay describes the cultural differences he saw between the two cities, and recalls what it was like to compete for Team Ontario as a teenager. He also explains how his Canada Games experience impacted his view of what it meant to be Canadian.

Inclusivity in Sport

Canadian Identity

Francophones and Anglophones

Indigenous/First Nations Relations

Career Impacts

Friendships at the Canada Games

Athlete Mentality in Competitions

2020-09-25

video

CGOH-019

Vlossak, Elizabeth

Linzel, Jessica

Jeram, Sanjay

Recorded over Microsoft Teams in St. Catharines (Ontario, Canada), Grimsby (Ontario, Canada) and Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada).

English

1997

Canada -- Ontario -- Toronto
Canada -- Manitoba -- Brandon

Permission from the SOHA is required for publication or reproduction.

This oral history interview was conducted digitally via Microsoft Teams. The video was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, at which point an introduction sequence and question slides were added, and the interviewer's video and audio were removed.

Tennis

Team Ontario

Athletes

Friends

Competition

Coaches

Canada Summer Games