Media Advisory * ITK President to Sign Protocol Agreement with Rick Hansen Foundation

Ottawa, ON – Twenty-five years to the date of his Man In Motion World Tour entering Ontario, Rick Hansen will return to Ottawa and the surrounding communities to join-up with his cross-Canada Relay, which enters Ottawa on October 26, 2011 after leaving Gatineau, QC the day prior.

As the Rick Hansen 25^th Anniversary Relay makes its way across the country, the 12,000 kilometre route that retraces Rick’s original Man In Motion Tour is being completed over the next nine months by 7,000 Canadians who have made a difference in the lives of others.

The Protocol Agreement will be the first of its kind between the Rick Hansen Foundation and a national Aboriginal Group – and is intended to build a strategic alliance to address issues of common interest, inspire hope and create a better future for all. 

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Mezzanine Riverview Room: Protocol Agreement to be signed between the Rick Hansen Foundation (RHF) and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) – 10:30am (ET) [Location: 100 Laurier Street, Gatineau, Quebec]

• RHF and the ITK to sign a mutually agreeable plan to develop and collaborate on initiatives including: the Rick Hansen Relay, Inuit education, Inuit health – specifically mental wellness, fundraising and Aboriginal Programming

• Attending: Rick Hansen and Mary Simon, President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

For More Information:

ITK: Stephen Hendrie / (613) 277-3178 / hendrie@itk.ca

Rick Hansen Foundation: Mary Fraser / (778) 788-7631 / mfraser@rickhansen.com