Tag: Rick Hansen
Rick Hansen’s new mission: Improving accessibility across Canada
Accessibility activist Rick Hansen has a new poster to show you. One with adjustable text at an eye level so people in wheelchairs can...
Spinal cord impairment registry goes live
A national registry which goes live today will lead to better services and better care and support for people living with a spinal cord...
Rick Hansen: We can all be difference-makers in the world
Thursday, May 22, celebrates the 27th anniversary of the end of the original Man In Motion World Tour. Here, Rick Hansen reminisces on the...
March 6, 1987: Rick Hansen wheels into city hearts
EDMONTON - Rick Hansen’s gruelling worldwide odyssey for spinal-cord research rolled into Edmonton to the cheers of hundreds of flag-waving children and adults.
He rolled...
Steep climb still no problem for Rick Hansen
25 years on, Man in Motion conquers Coquitlam's Thermal Drive, again
The steepest hill on Rick Hansen's 25th-anniversary relay tour was lined with thousands of...
Spinal-cord injuries: The uphill push for a cure
Rick Hansen says we’ll see a breakthrough in spinal cord injuries within 25 years, but it will be hard work — spurred on by...
