Moving Forward:
The Journey of Paralympian Colette Bourgonje
by Mary Harelkin Bishop
In June 1980, with her high school graduation just around the corner, Colette Bourgonje was a small-town Saskatchewan girl with big dreams. She had already recorded great successes in track and field, basketball, volleyball and badminton and was on the road to becoming a world-class athlete. Then a car accident changed her life – forever. Colette did not let her new circumstances as a paraplegic stand in her way. She became the first disabled student to graduate from the College of Physical Education at the University of Saskatchewan and the first female student in a wheelchair to graduate in Physical Education from any Canadian university. She competed in her first Paralympic Games at age 30. Since then, she has became one of Canada's most successful disabled athletes. As a teacher and world-class athlete, Colette Bourgonje is a role model and an inspiration. At the 2010 Canadian Paralympic Games, she made Canadian history and was honoured for her remarkable attitude.
$1 from every Moving Forward book sold will be donated
to the Canadian Paralympic Committee
ISBN 978-0-9810394-4-2 160 pages/52 photos
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