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Olympic athlete & resilience advocate

Waneek Horn-Miller

Strengthen resilience, Indigenous reconciliation, and inclusive leadership with Waneek Horn-Miller, Olympic water polo co-captain and mental health advocate. Waneek works with organisations to build workplace wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, and trauma-informed leadership, delivering powerful storytelling recognized globally including TIME magazine.
Waneek Horn-Miller, Speaker | Olympian, reconciliation advocate
Waneek Horn-Miller

Waneek Horn-Miller

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  • First Mohawk woman to compete at the Olympics
  • Survivor of the Oka Crisis
  • Leading Indigenous voice on reconciliation in Canada
Waneek Horn-Miller is a Mohawk athlete, advocate, and storyteller whose life work sits at the intersection of Indigenous rights, Olympic sport, and community resilience. Horn-Miller made history as the first Mohawk woman to compete in the Olympics, where she co-captained Canada's water polo team at the 2000 Sydney Games. She appeared on the cover of TIME magazine and has become one of Canada's most recognized voices on reconciliation and Indigenous perseverance. Waneek's story carries a weight that few speakers can match. At 14, she was stabbed by a Canadian soldier during the Oka Crisis. Ten years to the day of that attack, she walked into the Olympic arena as team co-captain. That journey, from trauma to triumph on a global stage, gives her a rare authority when she speaks about mental health, recovery, and what it actually takes to reclaim your own narrative. Her audiences don't just hear about resilience; they see its proof. Those who attend Waneek's sessions leave with a grounded understanding of reconciliation as a living practice, practical insight into overcoming adversity without minimizing its cost, and a renewed sense of what collective strength looks like when it is put into action. Book Waneek Horn-Miller to give your audience a story they will carry with them long after they leave the room.

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Strengthen resilience, Indigenous reconciliation, and inclusive leadership with Waneek Horn-Miller, Olympic water polo co-captain and mental health advocate. Waneek works with organisations to build workplace wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, and trauma-informed leadership, delivering powerful storytelling recognized globally including TIME magazine.

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What is Waneek Horn-Miller's speaking style like?
Previous bookers say Waneek Horn-Miller connects well with audiences and speaks with clarity, confidence, and ease.
What topics does Waneek Horn-Miller specialise in?
Waneek Horn-Miller specialises in discussing indigenous rights and reconciliation, health, wellness and fitness in Indigenous communities, resilience and overcoming personal trauma and more.
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