Faculty of Health Sciences students Élise Desjardins and Marie-Eve Chainey.
The Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay passed through the University campus today, between 1:30 p.m. and 1:40 p.m. and Faculty of Health Sciences students Élise Desjardins and Marie-Eve Chainey proudly represented uOttawa by completing the Laurier Avenue segment of the Relay, heading towards King Edward Avenue.
They carried the Rick Hansen Medal to and from Tabaret Hall, both students demonstrating their way of making a difference:
- Empowering Youth: Engaging a new generation to become catalysts for positive change
Human kinetics student Élise Desjardins will be Team Canada’s young ambassador at the first 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games, in Innsbruck, Austria. In addition to guiding and supporting athletes at the Innsbruck games, Élise will be responsible for launching the Olympic culture and education program.
- Promoting Health: Encouraging others to live a healthy, active lifestyle
Nursing student Marie-Eve Chainey is cofounder of the non-profit Alive to Strive Kidney Fitness Project, which promotes an active lifestyle among kidney disease patients by providing them with fitness grants and weight-loss programs.
The Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay fully recreates the Man In Motion cross-Canada tour, spanning 12,000 kilometres from coast-to-coast. This time, one man in motion will be represented and celebrated by many in motion; engaging 7,000 participants from across Canada who have made their own difference in the lives of others. The historic journey of making the world more accessible and inclusive continues.
Faculty of Health Sciences student Marie-Eve Chainey.
Faculty of Health Sciences student Élise Desjardins.
Faculty of Health Sciences students Marie-Eve Chainey and Élise Desjardins.
