| Inspirational stories and information of interest from across the country. |
 | | | Maple Leaf Gardens - home to CPA's first office | | Maple Leaf Gardens was home to CPA's first office, courtesy of Conn Smythe. Conn Smythe's interest in the Canadian Paraplegic Association was more than purely philanthropic. Conn (“Connie”) Smythe, as everyone called him...More |
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 | | | Tyhme Thompson 2009-2010 Scholarship Recipient | | Over the past couple of years, Tyhme Thompson has been a member of the rep rugby team in Orilia, the Orillia Channel Cats Swim team, Competive and rec rowing in her community. She participated in sport teams all through ...More |
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 | | | Michael Coady 2009-2010 Scholarship Recipient | | Michael is a recent graduate of Hants East Rural High. Throughout his high school education Michael maintained consistent standing on the Honour Roll, graduating with Distinction. From grade 9 - 12 he was Student Counc...More |
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 | | | Announcement | It is with mixed emotions that I announce David Hinton’s decision to resign as Executive Director of CPA National.
I know that David’s decision to leave was a difficult one and that he is looking forward to returning ...More |
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| CPA Saskatchewan - Interim Executive Director | CPA Saskatchewan has recently appointed Mr. Les Wehner as their Interim
Executive Director while Clint Ellingboe is still recovering. Les has been
working for CPA (Saskatchewan) for over 10 years in the role as a
Rehabi...More |
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 | | | Quadreplegic elected to BC Legislature | | The priliminary election results for BC are in and BC Paraplegic Association's own Stephanie Cadieux was voted in for the riding of Surrey-Panorama. (Official election results will be finalized on May 27 once the final c...More |
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 | | | North Pole Made Wheelchair Accessible | | The North Pole has now been made wheelchair accessible . On April 11, 2009 a disabled parking sign was raised at the North Pole. David Shannon became the first person in world history with quadriplegia and in a wheelchai...More |
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 | | | New V.P. on our Board of Directors | | Welcome Courtney Keenan our newly elected Vice President on the CPA National Board of Directors. Mr. Keenan is replacing Pam Earle in this position until the end of June 2009. ...More |
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 | | | 1st President of CPA: John Gibbons Counsell | | The late John Gibbons Counsell was the first President of CPA in1945. In John’s day, heavy cumbersome wood and wicker wheelchairs were in use, and a paraplegic’s mobility was greatly hampered. John discovered that a fold...More |
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| G. Kenneth Langford, 1917 – 2008 | | A Life Lived... G. Kenneth Langford 1917 – 2008 George Kenneth Langford (Ken) – lawyer, military officer, visionary, activist, husband, father and outstanding Canadian – died May 8, 2008 in his 91st year. Ken Langford wa...More |
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 | | | CPA Advocate of the Year | | Congratulations to Mark Iantkow who received our Advocate of the Year Award at the Annual General meeting of the Association which was held in June 2008. Mark’s tireless leadership and constantly challenging the status ...More |
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| Congratulations Gwen! | | Thank you very much for this scholarship. Receiving this money means that I will be able to commute the distance from my home town to university with less worry about the rising price of fuel. Each travelling day is a ...More |
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 | | | Yasaman Mahboubi - A Life Reborn | | In the media, disabled women are often depicted uneducated, dependent, conniving and gloomy. My life, however, as a 3rd year electrical engineering UBC student and as a disabled woman speaks of a different experience. My...More |
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| CPA Remembers | | Canadian Heroes Honoured in Remembrance Day SaluteCPA National extends its gratitude to Mr. Steve Daniel of Sudbury, Ontario who joined us in Ottawa for Remembrance Day. Mr. Daniel placed a wreath at the Cenotaph on beha...More |
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 | | | National Advocate of the Year | | The Canadian Paraplegic Association is pleased to announce that the recipient of the National Advocate of the Year Award is Mr. Courtney Keenan.When presented with the award by Ned Shillington and Noel Brown (in photo wi...More |
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| Christian Bagg's passion |
Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, the surrounding mountains fed Christian Bagg’s passion for outdoor extreme sports such as downhill mountain bike racing (ranked 2nd in Alberta in the early 1990’s), snowboarding, cli...More |
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 | | | Rock Quad | from Total Access, Winter 2004
Last summer, Vancouver’s Brad Zdanivsky proved to himself and the world that quadriplegics can climb mountains. Now he wants you to try it.
In the climbing world, the Squamish Chief isn’t ...More |
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 | | | Kitchen Craft | From Total Access, Winter 2004
Chef and restaurateur Pascal Ribreau is savouring a triumphant return to the kitchen, made possible by tenacity and ingenious technology after his SCI.
A recent visitor to Pascal's restaur...More |
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