Claire Durston and Alex Rossi selected as Share a Yarn Ambassadors and Josie Janz-Dawson as a Mentor

WAIS scholarship holders Claire Durston (water polo) and Alex Rossi (rowing) have been selected as AIS Share A Yarn Athlete Ambassadors, and former WAIS scholarship holder and now WAIS Board Member Josie Janz-Dawson is one of four First Nations athletes to be selected as a Mentor.

Now it its third year, AIS Share a Yarn aims to enhance athlete knowledge and understanding of First Nations culture, helping them to become advocates within their own sporting communities.

“A lot of people have great intention but still lack the awareness and understanding of how to create culturally safe and appropriate spaces to ensure we are being inclusive to everyone,” Janz-Dawson said. 

“It’s time we open up this conversation and make it everyone’s business, we (as First Nations People) cannot do it all on our own.