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The 2008 Canadian Paralympic Congress
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Reaching Canadians with a Physical Disability
Collaborating Together to Build the Future of Sport
October 17, 2008
Sheraton Inn, Ottawa
Communicating & Collaborating Together to Build the Future of Sport
Each year, our Congress attracts about 100 Paralympic Sport Leaders (volunteers,
administrators, coaches and athletes) and government Sport Officials from across
Canada. Be part of building a...More
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 | | | Canadian Paralympians return home | | Congratulations to our Canadian Paralympic Team which has brought home a total of 50 medals, earning Canada the seventh place ranking by medal weight total. Canada's 143 athletes have collected 19 gold, 10 silver and 21 ...More |
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 | | | Mobility Cup | | The Mobility Cup has become a truly international event. Every summer competitors come from across Canada and the United States as well as Europe and as far away as New Zealand. Billed as a "regatta of possibilities" Mob...More |
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 | | | Birmingham Family Tennis Chair Award | The Birmingham Family has generously created the Birmingham Family Tennis Chair Award. For the next five years beginning in 2006, one athlete per year will be selected to receive a tennis chair.
The purpose of the awa...More |
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 | | | Equality on the Water - Kayaking | By Cliff Bridges
from Total Access, Summer 2000
Looking for a new rec opportunity? Kayaking is one sport that can be adapted for almost all levels of ability.
Bonnie Friesen wants people with SCI to know that kayak...More |
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 | | | Raised Gardens | By John T. Hulley
Creative recycling allows two antique tubs to be turned into unique, wheelchair-friendly gardens.
Access to acreage or just a few pots on a windowsill—I don’t think it matters much. A gardener is defi...More |
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 | | | Soldiering on at the Paralympics | The Beijing Games include a growing number of athletes whose lives have been altered by wars and conflicts, but haven't lost their zest for lifeJeff Lee, Vancouver
SunPublished: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Scatter...More |
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| 2007 Canadian Wheelchair Marathon Championship | This year marks the second year of the Canadian
Wheelchair Marathon Championship. The ING Ottawa Marathon is serving again this year as both the Athletics Canada's Canadian Wheelchair Marathon
Championship, and the Cana...More |
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| Life from a different perspective | From the Evening Advertiser, first published 10th Aug 2005
Lesley meets some disabled high flyers as they take to the skies.
Graeme Linskey is going through his pre-flight checks.
Sitting comfortably in the Shadow...More |
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 | | | Off the Beaten Track | By Barry Lindemann, Spinal Columns, CPA Alberta
A CPA Alberta member can once again roam his family’s farm, thanks to a neighbour's ingenuity.
If you were anything like me growing up, you enjoyed the fun of jumping on ...More |
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 | | | Mountain Man | From Total Access, Spring 2004
Canada waits for the snow to melt, BC’s Tyler Tingle will be enjoying the white stuff well into June.
“Winters are a pain for a wheelchair user in the British Columbia interior,” says Tyl...More |
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