Interview with Katie Tanner

Interview with Katie Tanner

Katie Tanner is the Museum and Communications Coordinator at the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in Halifax. In this interview, Katie talks about the Canada Games materials in their museum collection, and the various exhibits they've put on in relation to the Games. She describes the importance of the Canada Games for young Nova Scotian athletes, and how for many it marked the beginning of a successful sporting career.

History of Sport

Unity Through Sport

Inclusivity in Sport

Preserving Canada Games Materials

Canadian Identity

Black History

Women and Gender Equity

Museum Exhibit(s)

Collective Memory

2020-09-14

video

CGOH-014

Vlossak, Elizabeth

Linzel, Jessica

Tanner, Katie

Recorded over Microsoft Teams in St. Catharines (Ontario, Canada), Grimsby (Ontario, Canada) and Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada).

English

1973
1976
1980
1987
2010
2011

Canada -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax
Canada -- British Columbia -- Vancouver

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.

Hall of Fame

Team Nova Scotia

Halifax

Museum

Collection

Artifact(s)

Athletes

History

Community

Olympics

Sidney Crosby