Rick Hansen was built as Peel's first technically oriented school where students have the ability to work and learn in a 21st century technological environment.
Rick Hansen's robotics team, known as Theory 6, has taken part in many regional and worldwide competitions.
The Relay made its way through Rick Hansen on November 10, 2011.
Rick Hansen commented that the run challenged society to focus on ability rather than disability.
At the race, Rick Hansen easily rolled his wheelchair across the finish line ahead of all competitors.
Rick Hansen Secondary School developed several online courses in a different format obtaining high success rates as well.
Canadian Rick Hansen has helped to raise millions of dollars for research into spinal cord injuries.
Rick Hansen once remarked that if you have a dream, and have the courage to try, great things can be accomplished.
By going around the world in his wheelchair, Rick Hansen showed the world that a handicap shouldn't stop you from achieving your goals.
Rick Hansen became paralysed from the waist down after breaking his back in a car accident.