The Canadian Museum of History is pleased to announce that Rick Hansen is donating a memento from his Man In Motion World Tour to the Canadian History Hall.
Thirty years ago Monday, Hansen, a Paralympic athlete and disability advocate, completed an incredible 26-month, 40,000-kilometer journey. His aim was to change perceptions about people with disabilities, and to raise funds to build accessible communities and research a cure for paralysis after spinal-cord injury.
Hansen is gifting one of his well-used gloves from the Tour to the Museum in Gatineau, Que. The glove will be displayed in the new Canadian History Hall alongside an image from the Tour visit to the Great Wall of China, in April 1986.