{"id":1049,"date":"2019-02-25T15:35:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T15:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2019-02-26T18:10:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T18:10:25","slug":"black-history-month-nathania-yorke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/2019\/02\/25\/black-history-month-nathania-yorke\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month: Nathania Yorke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ultimate Canada Magazine &#8211; February 25, 2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Black History Month takes place in Canada every February. Canadians are invited to participate in Black History Month festivities and events that honour the legacy of Black Canadians, past and present. You can find more information about the month\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/campaigns\/black-history-month.html\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fifth profile to celebrate the month features Nathania Yorke, who plays with Carleton University in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1052\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1052\" src=\"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-2-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-2-200x300.png 200w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-2-768x1150.png 768w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-2-684x1024.png 684w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-2-696x1042.png 696w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-2-1068x1599.png 1068w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-2-280x420.png 280w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-2.png 1341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yorke pursues the disc on defence. Photo\/Eye to Ngai Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Ultimate Canada:<\/strong>\u00a0How did you get started in Ultimate?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nathania Yorke:<\/strong>\u00a0I started playing Ultimate in second year as a way to stay active and meet some new friends, and it was the best decision!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>UC:<\/strong>\u00a0How has your experience been, being a player of colour in the community?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NY:<\/strong>\u00a0I have had a great experience in the community, I have amazing teammates that are super accepting of my culture and it&#8217;s great to bring another nationality to the growing ethnicity of the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UC:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have any thoughts on how we can increase participation from the Black community in Ultimate?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1053\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1053\" src=\"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-3-300x193.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-3-300x193.png 300w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-3-768x494.png 768w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-3-1024x658.png 1024w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-3-696x447.png 696w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-3-1068x686.png 1068w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-3-654x420.png 654w, http:\/\/ucm.canadianultimate.com\/secure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-3.png 1939w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yorke participates in a spirit game with her team. Photo\/Ed Kung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>NY:\u00a0<\/strong>The Ultimate community is already considered quite small in comparison to other sports, so overall some more awareness of the sport would be great. I think to increase participation from the black community we need to promote the overall athletic nature of frisbee and promote the sport to younger athletes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UC:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have anything else you would like to add?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NY:<\/strong>\u00a0I am so honoured to be featured, I really appreciate the awareness the Ultimate community has for diverse cultures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimate Canada Magazine &#8211; February 25, 2019 Black History Month takes place in Canada every February. Canadians are invited to participate in Black History Month festivities and events that honour the legacy of Black Canadians, past and present. You can find more information about the month\u00a0here. 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