Interview with Sanjay Jeram
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Title
Interview with Sanjay Jeram
Description
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.
Subject
Inclusivity in Sport
Canadian Identity
Francophones and Anglophones
Indigenous/First Nations Relations
Career Impacts
Friendships at the Canada Games
Athlete Mentality in Competitions
Date
2020-09-25
Format
video
Identifier
CGOH-019
Interviewer
Vlossak, Elizabeth
Linzel, Jessica
Interviewee
Jeram, Sanjay
Location
Recorded over Microsoft Teams in St. Catharines (Ontario, Canada), Grimsby (Ontario, Canada) and Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada).
Language
English
Temporal Coverage
1997
Spatial Coverage
Canada -- Ontario -- Toronto
Canada -- Manitoba -- Brandon
Canada -- Manitoba -- Brandon
Rights
Permission from the SOHA is required for publication or reproduction.
Conversion
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.
Interview Keyword
Tennis
Team Ontario
Athletes
Friends
Competition
Coaches
Canada Summer Games
Collection
Citation
“Interview with Sanjay Jeram,” Sport Oral History Archive, accessed April 20, 2024, https://sportoralhistory.ca/items/show/46.