Collinda Joseph

Collinda Patricia Joseph (born May 15, 1965) is a Canadian wheelchair curler from Stittsville, Ontario. She was part of Canada's gold medal mixed team at the 2026 Winter Paralympics and 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. 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.

Joseph competed in the 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.

Personal life Joseph resides in Stittsville, Ottawa. She and her husband, Euan MacKellar, have two children.

Awards and recognition In 2022, Joseph was given “Changing Lives” award, as part of Algonquin College’s Alumni of Distinction Awards. In 2023, she was inducted into the Governor General’s Curling Club, Canada's equivalent of a national hall of fame for curling. She has also been recognized with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Celebration of People’s Community Leader Award, the Commonwealth Youth Secretariat’s Youth Service Award, Algonquin College’s Community Leader Award in memory of Cathy Kerr, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Deputy Minister’s Award for outstanding achievement for excellence in service to Canadians, and Carleton University’s Honour Award for Service.