Dear members, Thank you so much for sharing your concerns with us and responding to our posts about the proposed “straw ban” in the city of Vancouver and making this one of our most engaging stories. Stigma and strategy The “ban” (part of the City of Vancouver’s Single-Use Item Reduction Strategy) is not scheduled to […]
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How the Tanabe Bursary helps students with CP
Did you know? The average lifetime cost of care for an individual with CP is $1.5 million. Education plays a big role in empowering people with CP to realize their full potential and ambitions. On March 15th 2018, our fourth Life Without Limits Gala will partially raise funds for a life-changing initiative: the Tanabe Education Bursary. […]
Unofficial world record holders for half-marathon wheelchair tandem team calls for fairness and inclusivity for people with disabilities
“Level the playing field, Guinness World Records”: Unofficial world record holders for half-marathon wheelchair tandem team calls for fairness and inclusivity for people with disabilities June 27 – Local boys Jason Cole and Rand Surbey smashed the Guinness World Record for fastest half marathon pushing a wheelchair at the Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon and Charity Challenge […]
Making a giant leap forward and pursuing his dreams – Shayne De Wildt
By Dan Chalcraft “I’ve always been good with technology and would consider myself to be technology geek,” says Shayne De Wildt, who lives with cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia which affects his mobility. He is on the right path towards a career in information technology and loves what he is doing. “I’m always into […]
A man who keeps on giving – Yoshi Tanabe and the Tanabe Bursary Story
By Dan Chalcraft Yoshi Tanabe is extremely proud to be the namesake of the Cerebral Palsy Association of BC’s Tanabe Bursary program! The program has supported close to a hundred students with cerebral palsy to attend post-secondary school in BC and reach their dreams. The Power of Education Yoshi believes that pursuing post-secondary education […]
