Joy SpearChief-Morris

In June 2019, SpearChief-Morris was announced as part of the Canadian delegation for the 2019 FISU Summer Universiade, held in July, in Italy.

[8] As a child, she was influenced by her older brother Julian SpearChief-Morris to practice sports and describes herself as a "multi-sport athlete all through school".

[8][9] In elementary school, SpearChief-Morris's favorite events were track and field and the high jump, but she also practised volleyball and basketball.

[11] Her brother, Julian SpearChief-Morris is the first indigenous student to head Harvard Law School's venerable Legal Aid Bureau.

[12] As a result of her performance in high school, The University of Guelph wanted the young athlete on their team, and paid her an official visit.

Still looking for a place to develop as an athlete and as a student, SpearChief-Morris pursued a pathway to universities in the United States, but her options did not satisfy her academic expectations.

[10] Eventually, SpearChief-Morris earned a scholarship to the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver with the assistance of her high school vice-principal.

Three years later, after graduating from UWO, SpearChief-Morris changed her training location, moving from London to Santa Barbara, California.

There she joined the Santa Barbara Track Club, intending to make the Canadian Team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

She was also the keynote speaker at the Kainai Truth and Reconciliation Conference's First Nations Track and Field Day, where she spoke about the power of sport.