Carlin Nordstrom is from the Poundmaker First Nation. He grew up in Warman playing in their minor hockey system, battling through racism as the only First Nations player on his team. He made it through the ranks to The Saskatchewan Junior hockey league where he was able to achieve a major goal of his, a scholarship to Western Michigan University where he enrolled in Physical Education and would play NCAA division 1 hockey. He was named assistant captain his final year and went on to a 4 year professional career highlighted by 2 games with the Ottawa Senators. Carlin has been doing Health & Wellness workshops for over three years now and has worked with over 30 communities in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Health and wellness requires a lifestyle that includes daily physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual practices. As an Indigenous role model, Carlin delivers his message from the heart to young children, youth, and the community. He provides a variety of workshops and experiential activities to engage children, youth and adults. The content for his presentation was developed in collaboration with an Indigenous Registered Doctoral Psychologist.
As a corporate speaker Carlin clearly draws the line between how to turn negatives into positives. He brings us along his journey of how he battled through discrimination, turned it into motivation and formed a plan to make his way to the pro Hockey ranks.
