Interview with Carla Macleod

Interview with Carla Macleod

Carla Macleod is a women's hockey player from Alberta, playing for Team Canada at the Olympic level and helping them win gold in both 2006 and 2010. Carla competed as an athlete at the Canada Games in her youth, and returned to the Games in 2019 as a women's hockey coach. She was also inducted into the Games Hall of Honour in 2017. In this interview, Carla talks about what it was like to play hockey for Team Alberta at the Canada Games, how the sport of women's hockey has evolved over her career, and how she coaches young women today to achieve success in the sport.

Athlete Mentality in Competitions

Women and Gender Equity

Friendships at the Canada Games

Coaching at the Canada Games

Media

Career Impacts

Unity Through Sport

Canadian Identity

2020-09-04

video

CGOH-009

Vlossak, Elizabeth

Linzel, Jessica

Macleod, Carla

Recorded over Microsoft Teams in St. Catharines (Ontario, Canada), Grimsby (Ontario, Canada) and Calgary (Alberta, Canada).

English

1995
1999
2019
1991-2021

Canada -- Alberta -- Calgary
Canada -- Alberta -- Grande Prairie
Canada -- Newfoundland -- Cornerbrook
Canada -- Alberta -- Red Deer
Canada -- British Columbia -- Vancouver
Canada -- Ontario -- Niagara

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.

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Hockey

Women's Hockey

Team Alberta

Experience

Hall of Honour

Athletes

Coach

Opportunity

Career

National