Neily, Marilyn

Year Inducted / Année Intronisé:

2015

Province / Province:

Nunavut

Category / Catégorie:

Board of Governors, Chair

Biography / Biographie:

Marilyn Neily served as chair of Curling Canada’s board of governors during the 2014-15 curling season after first being elected to the board in 2010. Before that, she was very active in sport administration in Nunavut, where she was a special adviser to the government for sport, recreation and physical activity. She played a significant role in the establishment of the Nunavut Curling Association and was a major part of Nunavut’s first hosting of a national curling championship, the 2009 Canadian Mixed, in her hometown of Iqaluit.

Neily was named to the Sport and Recreation Council of Canada’s honour roll in 2011 and, two years later, was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her significant and sustained contributions to making physical activity a priority within her community and country through the national office of ParticipACTION. Neily is retired and now lives in Pleasantville, Nova Scotia.

Marilyn was inducted in 2015.