Welcome to the Rick Hansen Foundation blog! We post regularly on a range of topics and issues in the disability and accessibility community.
Explore past posts to read personal experiences of disability, tips for how to improve accessibility in your community, what you can do to be more inclusive, and more.
“Access for all!” That’s the dream Marcia Yale has spent decades fighting for, and living out. Born totally blind, Marcia has spent a lifetime navigating a world not built with her in mind. But...
At Unwin Park in Surrey, British Columbia, kids who use wheelchairs aren’t stuck on the sidelines. They’re right in the middle of the action, playing alongside everyone else. The 12,000-square-foot...
Only five months into her engineering degree at the University of New Brunswick, when Cassandra Pitchford was just a first-year student, she started to lose her hearing. “Suddenly school was more...
For a period during her high school years, Abby Thornton was having a hard time managing her mental health. It was thanks to a teacher that Abby discovered Best Buddies and began to heal herself...
Miki Matheson first heard about Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility CertificationTM (RHFAC) Training in the monthly eNews from the Rick Hansen Foundation. The RHFAC Training course teaches...
The land of New Westminster and its buildings tell a long story. New West, referred to colloquially, is British Columbia’s oldest city, incorporated in 1859 and the province’s first capital city from...
Over a decade ago, Chloë Angus opened her first store showcasing her fashion label in Dunbar, on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia. It captured the delight of many with its theatrical...
"Public libraries are one of the few places where anyone can go and stay all day. People need to be able to use the space, feel comfortable and have everything they need. It all comes back to the...
In 1973, a group of female activists in Toronto, Ontario, observed a glaring disparity: there were over 400 shelter beds for men but only 40 for women. Determined to address this inequity, they...