Mi'kmaw athlete to compete for Team Canada at Parapan Am Games in Chile
Desiree Isaac-Pictou, from Ugpi'ganjig, Eel River Bar First Nation in New Brunswick, will be off to Santiago, Chile, in November with Team Canada's wheelchair basketball team for the Parapan American Games.
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![Desiree Isaac-Pictou, centre, guards an athlete from South Africa during the U25 world wheel chair basketball tournament. An Indigenous athlete guards a South African athlete during the wheel chair basketball tournament.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7009317.1698347054!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/desiree-isaac-pictou-competes-against-south-africa.jpg)
Desiree Isaac-Pictou, from Ugpi'ganjig, Eel River Bar First Nation in New Brunswick, will be off to Santiago, Chile, in November with Team Canada's wheelchair basketball team for the Parapan American Games.