Peer Profiles

Thanks to the GRAGOPEAN Scholarship Trust, these post-secondary students with SCI can pursue their education and big dreams.

Richard Peter is an Indigenous leader, five-time Paralympian, mentor, sports advocate, research champion, husband, son, and so much more.

SCI BC peer Derek Jezewsky has always enjoyed dressing and looking smart. With his new business, he’s overjoyed to be helping other peers discover—or rediscover—their own fashion sense.

Applying to the Gragopean Scholarship Trust was easier than Agasha Mutesasira thought it would be. From this one simple act, there's been tremendous momentum, and many doors have opened for this [...]

Access BC is helping to expand accessible outdoor recreational opportunities, tourist attractions, and destinations. Here's how.

The GRAGOPEAN Scholarship Trust helped Mitch return to school with the goal of providing for his family and pursuing a career in construction estimating and drafting and design.

SCI BC peer, Jana Husseini shares the challenges, struggles, and joys of pregnancy and childbirth with an SCI during COVID-19.

Mujtabaa Salojee, a recent recipient of the GRAGOPEAN Scholarship Trust, explains how the funding helped him pursue his passion for art and engineering.

The final season of the hugely popular, made-in-BC reality show Jade Fever offers viewers a new twist: excavator operator Shane Bunce, who joins the cast and single-handedly proves that people [...]

On February 17, the world lost Brad Jacobsen. He has left us at way too young an age, but he has left an incredible legacy for the organization and for all who knew him. He brought light to the [...]