Elsie Yanik at the 2019 Olympic Torch Ceremony

Date: 2009. Source: Fort McMurray Heritage Society
Elder Elsie Yanik represented the Wood Buffalo region as an official torchbearer for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The torch relay event was a 106-day run held from October 30, 2009, until February 12, 2010, leading up to the Games held in Vancouver, B.C.