Author Q & A with Jen Powley
May 5, 2021
Jen grew up in Vegreville, Alberta,but has called Halifax, Nova Scotia,home since 2001. She has worked as a disability advocate, transportation coordinator, and – most recently – ran for Halifax...
How Blind Sports Helped me Move Forward After Vision Loss
April 30, 2021
The average hockey player starts skating at the age of threeor four. I started just before I turned 20. By that time, I had already learned to speak French, and had worked at a Tim Hortons. Being the...
The Scoop on Guide Dog Etiquette
April 28, 2021
A guide dog is a partner in independence for blind or partially sighted people and can open up the world in a profoundly different way. In order to do that, there needs to be a better understanding of...
Ambassador Spotlight: Jim Teneycke
April 23, 2021
Unlike in today’s media landscape, there was nobody for children with disabilities to look up to during the 1970s and 1980s. Jim Teneycke, a child of that era, remembers this well. So well, he recalls...
Reconnecting with A Difference Maker
April 19, 2021
Once a Difference Maker, always a Difference Maker. That statement holds true for Maura Del Medico, who was awarded a Rick Hansen Foundation School Program (RHFSP) Difference Maker of the Year Award...
Five Actions You Can Take to Accelerate Access
April 14, 2021
Hundreds of people from all over the globe attended the Rick Hansen Foundation’s first virtual conference, #APN2021: Accelerating Access, held March 11th and 12th, 2021. Thought leaders and industry...
Knitting a Community Together with Handmade Bunnies
March 31, 2021
The bunnies are irresistibly soft to the touch. They come in traditional bunny colours of grey and white, and also decidedly untraditional bunny colours of hues of yellow and green, blue and beige...
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Rick Hansen Foundation School Program
March 29, 2021
To honour the 20th anniversary of the Rick Hansen Foundation School Program (RHFSP) we sat down virtually with the program’s first director, Amanda Hansen. We’re excited to share some memories about...
Memories from the Sidelines
March 19, 2021
Cecilia Hynes remembers exactly where she was on May 22nd,1987. She hadsqueezedher way to the front of the packed crowd atCambie and 10thin Vancouver, BCto cheer Rick Hansen on as he wheeled...