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  • The Journey Continues
    for 7,000
    Difference Makers

    The Medal has now been carried by over 1,000 difference makers as the Relay makes its way west.

  • Join Rick Hansen by
    honouring someone
    who inspires you.

    It's a simple act that can make
    a big difference.

  • If one person
    can inspire many,
    imagine what
    7,000 can do

    Enter to walk, run or wheel
    in the Rick Hansen Relay

  • Rick Hansen 25th
    Anniversary Relay
    Medallion created
    by the Royal
    Canadian Mint

    Wear or share it with pride.
    Go to mint.ca/rickhansen

  • Featured video:
    Day 54 of the Rick
    Hansen Relay

    Video highlights from
    Quebec City

Updates

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Featured Medal-Bearers

  • Ramesh Ferris

    Ramesh Ferris

    Hometown: Whitehorse, Yukon

    Ramesh Ferris was born in the Southern State of Tamil Nadu in India. He contracted polio at only six months old ...

    Read their story

  • Karim Ladki

    Karim Ladki

    Hometown: North Vancouver, B.C

    In September of 2007 Karim received a C7 vertebrae fracture and was faced with the possibility of paralysis. Ultimately recovering fully, he ...

    Read their story

If one person can inspire many, imagine what 7,000 can do. Click here to enter to win a spot in the Rick Hansen Relay.

Relay Contest

Follow our journey through 600 communities and across 12,000 kilometres. Click here to view our interactive Relay Map.

Relay Map

34 countries, 4 continents, 792 days, 40,000 kilometres, 126 flat tires – covering the circumference of the earth: click here to learn about Rick’s original Man In Motion World Tour.

Celebrating 25 Years

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