A game-changer in women’s hockey, Kaylee Grant tirelessly gives her time across the territories, volunteering to ensure opportunities exist for women and girls
The first thing Kaylee Grant did when she moved to Yellowknife was find a
hockey team.
The operating engineer took a one-year term to gain experience in her
industry. Twelve years later, she’s still in the Northwest Territories and
hockey has been a reason why she calls it home.
“You gravitate to what you know, and I knew sports,” Grant says. “When you
join a sport, you instantly have 17 friends and a group where you feel
accepted through a common goal and interest. When I moved to the North, I
didn’t know how else to meet friends, so I went to the rink right away.”
Grant grew up around the rink in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The community was
also a hockey hotbed, supporting its Junior A, Junior B and university
teams. Being around that passion and…
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