Indigenous Achievement Award winner: Destiny Fiddler

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Indigenous Achievement Award winner: Destiny Fiddler – University of Saskatchewan

by ahnationtalk on March 11, 202519 Views

Mar 11, 2025

Each year, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) recognizes the achievements of Métis, First Nations and Inuit students, staff, faculty, and alumni during Indigenous Achievement Week (IAW).

This year, Destiny Fiddler of the College of Kinesiology is one of the proud recipients of an Indigenous Achievement Award for research. Fiddler is originally from Meadow Lake, Sask., which is 45 minutes south of her home community. She is a proud nēhiyaw iskwēw (Plains Cree woman) from Waterhen Lake First Nation.

“I am grateful to be given this award for the College of Kinesiology,” said Fiddler. “It showcases the research that I have been doing and the need for Indigenous people to be included in research done on Indigenous people. I can confidently say I am the only First Nation person working on this project with Dr. Leah Ferguson researching Indigenous women and girls’ participation in sport and physical activity for an SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) grant.”

Fiddler aspired to continue her education after high school and chose USask because she had experience living away from home with playing sports as a teenager.