2023 Canada Games selections set to begin for Ontario wheelchair basketball athletes The Ontario Para Network is pleased to announce the 17 junior wheelchair basketball athletes who have been invited to attend the 2022-2023 Team Ontario selection camps. Athletes selected through the series of camps will represent Ontario at the 2023 Canada Winter Games from… Read More about “ONPARA Announces 2022 Wheelchair Basketball Selection Camp Invitations”
Team Ontario claims two silvers, one bronze, and multiple individual awards in Montréal The 2022 Canadian Wheelchair Rugby Championships wrapped up over the weekend, with all three Ontario teams earning podium finishes. The event was hosted within the greater Défi Sportif Altergo and featured 10 teams from across Canada competing in two divisions. This was… Read More about “Ontario Earns Podium Finishes at Wheelchair Rugby National Championships”
Team Ontario headed to Montréal to contend for national titles The Ontario Para Network (ONPARA) is proud to formally announce the teams selected to represent Ontario at the 2022 Canadian Wheelchair Rugby Championships in Montréal, Québec. A total of 22 Ontario athletes were selected to compete in the event and have been divided amongst three… Read More about “Rosters Announced for 2022 Wheelchair Rugby National Championships”
The Ontario Para Network is pleased to welcome Kyle Brisbane in the role of School Programs Coordinator. Kyle comes to the organization with a practical background in Recreation Therapy, having recently obtained his diploma in Therapeutic Recreation from Canadore College and gained first-hand experience working at the Abilities Centre in Whitby. Additionally, Kyle has years… Read More about “ONPARA Welcomes Kyle Brisbane as School Programs Coordinator”
Coaching Association of Canada announces 2023 Women in Coaching Canada Games Apprentice Coaches The Ontario Para Network is proud to announce that wheelchair basketball coach Andrea Foessel (Shelburne, ON) has been selected to take part in the Coaching Association of Canada’s ‘Women in Coaching’ Canada Games Apprenticeship Program for 2023. The program provides the opportunity… Read More about “Foessel named to CAC’s ‘Women in Coaching’ Apprenticeship Program”
Researchers from Western University are seeking participants for a study on the classification experiences of parasport athletes. The goal of the study is to understand the embodied experiences associated with disability sport classification and potentially highlight the power dynamics within sport and create space for new understanding of the ways in which bodies inform sport… Read More about “Research Study: Classification Experiences of Parasport Athletes”
For Two Little Girls; the Importance of Representation by June Jang Julia Hanes, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Ottawa and a Canada Games gold medalist in para-athletics, often thinks about the two little girls in wheelchairs she met as a med student while on placement at a hospital. “I tell the story… Read More about “For Two Little Girls; The Importance of Representation – Julia Hanes”
CHANGES TO PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS IN ONTARIO (March 1, 2022) With key public health and health system indicators continuing to improve, Ontario is cautiously and gradually easing public health and workplace safety measures. Most notably, as of March 1, 2022, proof of vaccination requirements have been lifted across the province. Businesses and organizations may… Read More about “COVID-19 ‘Return to Sport’ Update – March 1”
Wheelchair tennis athlete Anne-Marie Dolinar among group of 11 para athletes to receive FACE grants A group of 55 up-and-coming athletes and their coaches have recently been announced as recipients of the 2022 Petro-Canada FACE grants. Among the class of 2022 includes wheelchair tennis athlete Anne-Marie Dolinar of Deep River, and her coach Brian Ma… Read More about “Dolinar Named as 2022 Petro-Canada FACE Grant Recipient”
MEDIA RELEASE February 4, 2022 Toronto, ON – In late 2020, the Ontario Para Network (ONPARA) learned it was receiving a nine-month, $83,200 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). Over the last year, the grant has helped ONPARA re-imagine the delivery of its School Programs to continue meeting the needs… Read More about “Media Release: OTF Grant Gives ONPARA Opportunity to Rebuild and Recover”
