Collinda Joseph
Collinda Patricia Joseph is a Canadian wheelchair curler. She was part of Canada's bronze medal mixed team at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Early life and education
Joseph was born and raised in Ottawa. In 1983 at age 18, she was in a train accident in France which caused a spinal cord injury. Prior to her injury, she was a competitive diver. After her injury, Joseph explored adaptive sports such as wheelchair tennis, skiing, track and field, and, finally, wheelchair basketball.She attended Carleton University and then Algonquin College.
Career
Joseph played wheelchair basketball for 15 years. She has been involved in wheelchair curling since 2006. She first tried wheelchair curling at a RBC-sponsored “Give It A Go” event organized by her rehab clinic. She began being invited to national team training camps in 2012.Joseph competed for Canada in the 2019, 2020, 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championships. She won a silver medal in the mixed team competition at the 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship. She made her Paralympic debut in 2022 on a team with Dennis Thiessen, Ina Forrest, Jon Thurston and Mark Ideson. They won bronze in mixed team wheelchair curling.
Joseph competed in the World Wheelchair [Mixed Doubles Curling Championship|World Mixed Doubles Wheelchair Curling Championships] with Dennis Thiessen in 2023, only the second year the event was held. They lost their semi-final to the United States, but defeated China in the bronze medal match for a third-place finish. She represented Canada at the 2025 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, serving as the team's lead and winning bronze to secure team Canada a spot in the 2026 Winter Paralympics. The team won gold at the inaugural wheelchair event at the Grand Slam of Curling in September 2025.
Outside of her curling career, Joseph has worked for Accessibility Standards Canada and the National [Research Council of Canada].