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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 Langfor...More   2007-2008 CPA National Board of Directors Executive Committee Meet our CPA National Board of Directors Executive Committe, gathered at the Marriott Residence Inn in Ottawa on January 26th, 2008 for the CPA National Board of Directors meeting. Pictured here are: Front row, left t...More   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   Brittany Williston - 2008 Copnick/Hilliard Scholarship winner The Hilliard Copnick Scholarship will help me to acheive my current goal of receiving a Bachelor's degree in Science. With a family income that varies year to year, I can be sure that the financial demands of university...More 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   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 Gilles St-Pierre-2006 Copnick-Hilliard Scholarship Recipient Gilles St-Pierre (St-Léolin, New Brunswick) – Gilles was involved in a motorcycle accident in 1985 and suffered a spinal cord injury which left him in a wheelchair for life. He received a degree in industrial design fro...More CPA Remembers Canadian Heroes Honoured in Remembrance Day Salute CPA 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 ...More   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 phot...More 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   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   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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