OneAbility Games

Day 4 of the OneAbility Games featured all three ACHIEVE sports: Goalball, Wheelchair Basketball, and Blind Hockey, alongside exhibition games from SuperHEROS hockey. From the court to the rinks, the competition was fierce, the athletes were focused, and the crowds were riled up! Pretty incredible to see all of these elite athletes leaving it all on the court/rink and putting on an incredible show of athleticism in @cityofrichmondbc Today are the gold medal games! Come out and cheer the athletes on @richmondoval and JN Burnett Secondary 🎉 📹 @chadgalloway Video Description: Short clips of goalball athletes putting their eyeshades on, blind hockey players putting their helmets on, and superHEROS stepping onto the ice. Then the video jumps to a goalball athlete resting on his hands and knees in net, blind hockey puck drop, and wheelchair basketball athlete scoring a shot. Then we see a montage of goalball athletes throwing goalballs and saving shots, blind hockey players making contact, and shooting at net, and coaches shouting from the sidelines! Video ends with a variety of athletes, coaches, and fans, celebrating their victories, shaking hands, and hugging. #oneabilitygames #inclusion #wheelchairbasketball #goalball #blindhockey

Day 4 of the OneAbility Games did NOT disappoint! The @richmondoval was electric with wheelchair basketball athletes from across the country, BC Blind Hockey, and SuperHEROS Hockey all bringing the heat. Meanwhile, BC Blind Sports ran a full day of goalball at JN Burnett Secondary as part of the Senior National Championships, men’s and women’s teams going head to head. Now here’s where it gets interesting: tomorrow it’s medal time. 🥇🥉 Wheelchair basketball and goalball both crown their champions, the BC Cup for Blind Hockey finals go down, AND SuperHEROS Hockey is back at 10am for more action. Admission is FREE. Show up and make some noise for these athletes!! 📸 @fotoguyphotography IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS: 1. Female Blind Hockey players in both yellow and orange face-off after a woman dropped the puck. Their teammates and coaches all smile behind them. 2. A British Columbia wheelchair basketball athlete looks focused as he chases down the ball. 3. A British Columbia wheelchair basketball athlete tosses the ball in the air while looking to the side. 4. A British Columbia wheelchair athlete looks to the net as she throws a shot. 5. A young SuperHEROS Hockey player stands on the ice and smiles towards the camera with his jersey, gloves, and helmet on. 6. A SuperHEROS Hockey player holds two skates as his coach assists him on the ice. 7. A SuperHEROS Hockey player fist-bumps the air on the ice in celebration. 8. A Blind Hockey player dressed in yellow skates with the puck down the ice. 9. A goalball player in black is mid-throw of a blue goalball, as his teammate stands behind him in front of the net.

Day 3 of the OneAbility Games brought a lot of memorable moments. It marked the first day of the ACHIEVE stream with the start of the 2026 Wheelchair Basketball National Championships and Senior National Goalball Championships as well as the end of the formal portion of our PLAY stream. This was also the moment both streams overlapped, allowing student athletes and competitive athletes to connect, inspire, and exemplify the power of sport and inclusion. Other highlights from day 3 include: - Our AccessAbility Workshop presented by @insight_global - featuring a presentation from @rickhansenfdn on accessibility, inclusion, and identity, as well as an incredible panel discussion hosted by @nathanclement11 and featuring the insights of @m_4_mahon @joshvandervies and @stephanie_cadieux - a huge thank-you to each of you for sharing your wisdom, experience, and passion for sport. - Over 300 smiling student faces being celebrated and trying adapted sport 🎉 Day 4 will bring the start of the remainder of our ACHIEVE Sports with the Blind Hockey BC cup beginning, and SuperHEROS with @heros_hockey will still be out playing some exhibition games over the weekend as part of our PLAY stream, so stay tuned for more ACTION! Video description: A highlight reel of key moments from day 3 of the OneAbility Games. The reel carousel image shows a goalball athlete wearing black winding up to throw the ball. From there short clips of smiling students parading in for opening ceremonies, the @whitecapsfc mascot, Spike placing his beak over a smiling students head, @canucksfin doing the warm up dance, Josh Vander Vies speaking at a mic next to Stephanie Cadieux, Nathan clement showing his Paralympic gold medal off to students and allowing them to try it on, students running relay races and trying soccer, as well as wheelchair basketball athletes tipping off, shaking hands, and racing down the court. The video closes with the OneAbility Games logo on a white background. 📹 @chadgalloway #oneabilitygames #inclusioninaction #morethanamoment

What a day it was for Day 3 of the OneAbility Games! We had the final day of our PLAY Stream — where high school students from across the lower mainland joined us for more fun — the first day of our ACHIEVE Stream, with wheelchair basketball and goalball to kick us off, and our AccessAbility Workshop upstairs in the @richmondoval Legacy Lounge. Thank you to The Rick Hansen Foundation for presenting this morning, Chief Accessibility Officer Stephanie Cadieux and the rest of our Paralympic Panelists for generously giving your time to join us, and to ALL of the athletes from both streams. You can catch wheelchair basketball, SuperHEROS Hockey, and blind hockey this weekend at Richmond Olympic Oval, and goal ball all weekend at JN Burnett Secondary School! 📸 @fotoguyphotography IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS: 1. Two female wheelchair basketball athletes tip-off centre court as their team members surround them. 2.A British Columbia female wheelchair athlete high-fives her teammates on either side of her as she rolls between them. 3. A British Columbia female wheelchair basketball athlete leans back and stretches her arm out to take possession of the basketball her Ontario opponent is holding. 4. A student athlete winks at the camera with his hands in a peace sign. 5. A close up of a student athlete with glasses and a purple shirt smiling at the camera while holding a lacrosse net. 6. A student athlete in a wheelchair smiles with her hands in the air after throwing a basketball in the air. 7. A student athlete looks straight towards the camera with sunglasses on and his arms crossed looking cool and serious. 8. Two male goalball athletes with eye covers on both dive to the floor in an attempt to take possession of the blue goalball. 9. A room full of people sit around tables as they listen to a guest speaker and watch her presentation. 10. Four people sit on a panel answering questions and speaking into microphones.

Day 2 of the OneAbility Games was one to remember! We were so excited to be joined by a group of new students, who brought incredible energy, enthusiasm, and teamwork to every activity. A huge thank you to all of the leaders and elected officials who joined us in support of accessibility, disability inclusion, and adapted sport, including MP Wade Grant, Parliamentary Secretary Dana Lajeunesse, Acting Mayor of Richmond Andy Hobbs, and Richmond City Councillor Alexa Loo. Your support means so much to our athletes, schools, volunteers, and families. Our PLAY Sports stations kept everyone moving and smiling all day long, including wheelchair & adapted basketball, lacrosse, soccer, wheelchair & adapted floorball, sitting volleyball, and track & field. We were proud to celebrate Leah Massine-Folliott as the recipient of the Judith Armstrong Super Crew Award — a truly well-deserved honour recognizing outstanding volunteerism and dedication. A very special thank you to Karen Fallan, daughter of Judith Armstrong, for joining us and sharing Judith’s incredible volunteer legacy through Operation Trackshoes. We are deeply grateful to both Karen and Judith for the lasting impact they continue to have on inclusive sport and community spirit. What an amazing day of connection, determination, and PLAY! 🎉🎉🎉 📹 @chadgalloway #oneabilitygames #inclusioninaction Video description: A highlight reel jumps through clips of celebration, smiles, laughter, and play all at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Enthusiastic warm up dancing from students, politicians, volunteers, teachers, supporters, and mascots. Students try a variety of adapted sports, featuring shots of adapted soccer, floorball, broad jump, javelin, and wheelchair basketball.

A few of our favourite snaps from Day 2 of the OneAbility Games! From our Friends of OneAbility Games Reception in the morning, where we recognized key partners, sponsors, and supporters and announced the recipient of the Judith Armstrong Super Crew Award (Leah Massine-Folliott), to an afternoon packed with smiles, laughter, sport, fun, and friendship, we can’t help but feel grateful. These smiling faces are the “why.” 📸 @fotoguyphotography #OneAbilityGames #InclusionInAction #AccessibleSport Image Descriptions: Image 1: A smiling child lies on an oversized soccer ball. Image 2: A young boy sits in a sports wheelchair. A colourful basketball is visible mid-air, and a Super Crew member smiles behind him. Image 3: Parliamentary Secretary Wade Grant and Councillor Alexa Loo stand against a blue racetrack background, smiling for a photo. Image 4: Nathan Clement and Parliamentary Secretary Dana Lajeunesse smile against a colourful OneAbility Games backdrop, both giving a thumbs up. Image 5: A girl with dark hair is mid-run with a huge grin on her face, her hair blowing in the wind. Image 6: A young boy wearing glasses and holding a floorball stick stands in a ready-to-shoot position. Image 7: A group of women stand together on a blue track, smiling and wrapping their arms around one another. A young boy stands at the edge of the group, smiling and wearing a bright red shirt. Image 8: A young boy wearing a black baseball cap and a patterned yellow-and-grey jacket sits in a sports wheelchair on a basketball court, staring off into the distance. Image 9: A child in a red long-sleeve shirt sits on a volleyball court with their arms raised in front of the net, ready to return a volley. Image 10: A girl with her hair in a braid faces away from the camera. She’s wearing a purple “OAG Lead” shirt and holding a lacrosse stick, demonstrating the appropriate grip to a student in a red shirt who is also holding a stick. Image 11: Two members of the Super Crew — a woman with dark brown hair and her son, with lighter brown hair — sit in bright orange shirts, holding up stickers and smiling at the camera.

These faces say it all 💜 This morning’s opening ceremonies for the inaugural OneAbility Games was pure magic ✨ OAG is about community, movement, laughter, teamwork, and making space for everyone to play and belong. We are so grateful to every athlete, volunteer, partner, family member, supporter, and friend who made this possible. Celebrating all abilities, together. Thank you to everyone that has made this moment possible. Let’s keep the movement going! 📹 @chadgalloway #OneAbilityGames #CelebratingAllAbilities Video description: the video opens on a young boy holding a OneAbility Games banner that reads “OneAbility Games, Celebrating All Abilities, 2026”, it then highlights clips from the opening ceremonies, showing kids of all ages and abilities parading in to cheers from the crowd, there are lots of smiles, hugs from Canucks mascot, Fin, and Whitecaps mascot, Spike and high-fives. The Montreal Police are part of the parade, coming in with their bicycles after a cross country ride to raise awareness for OAG and Défi Sportif AlterGo. Nathan Clement narrates the clips.

Our PLAY Stream opening ceremonies today were FULL of energy and fun! We are so glad to have welcomed 219 student athletes at Richmond Olympic Oval for Day 1 of the inaugural OneAbility Games! A huge thank you to Alec Dan from Musqueam Nation for officially welcoming us to these lands, and to Service de Police de la Ville de Montreal for cycling all the way across Canada to join us today and present us with a $50,000 cheque in support of adapted sport 🙏🥳 all photo credit to the wonderful Mark Steffens @fotoguyphotography #inclusivesport #oneabilitygames IMAGE DESCRIPTIONs: 1. Two smiling student athletes walk through the crowd while reaching out for high-fives. They are holding two stuffed animals, and other attendees and event banners can be seen in the background. 2. A student athlete has their head inside the beak of the Vancouver Whitecaps mascot. They have their hands raised and are making a pretend afraid face. 3. Musqueam representative Alec Dan stands at a podium in traditional dress, giving a warm welcome to the OneAbility Games 4. A crowd of excited student athletes cheer together in the assembly area of the event venue. Many are pointing upward and smiling while wearing event lanyards. 5. Director of Games Andrea Carey, and Montreal Police officers, and supporters gather together onstage for a group celebration photo. Several people raise their hands in the air while posing around the podium. 6. Event organizers and supporters gather and smile around a large ceremonial cheque. The “OneAbility Games” backdrop is behind them. 7. A smiling child in a Vancouver Canucks jersey poses with stuffed animals while inside the crowded event venue. 8. A teen smiles while holding up a bright pink “OneAbility Games” banner in the middle of the event crowd. 9. A student athlete wearing glasses and a blue Superman shirt stands near large windows and blue curtains inside the venue hallway, looking toward the camera.

What sports will youth be participating in at the OneAbility Games? Andrea Carey shares more! #OneAbilityGames #InclusiveSport #AdaptiveSports #SportForAll #ParaSports #DisabledSports #Sports

How will the opening ceremonies work at the OneAbility Games? Director of the Games Andrea Carey explains! #OneAbilityGames #OpeningCeremonies #InclusiveSport #AdaptiveSports #SportForAll #ParaSports #Sports

The road is long, but the mission is greater. 🚴‍♂️🇨🇦 SPVM (Montreal Police Service) stopped in Banff during their cross-country ride from Montreal, Quebec, to Richmond, BC, in support of Défi sportif AlterGo and the OneAbility Games, championing inclusion, accessibility, and the power of sport for all. Captured here against the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, the team continues its incredible journey across Canada, united by a commitment to community and equal opportunities through sport. We are excited to welcome the riders to Richmond during the Opening Ceremonies on Wednesday morning, May 13th, @richmondoval as they complete this incredible journey across the country. Wishing them safe travels for the rest of their journey and a huge congratulations on making it this far! Image description: A group of Montreal police cyclists wearing matching blue and red jerseys stand with their bicycles and a team “AlterGo” flag in Banff, Alberta. Towering Rocky Mountains and dramatic cloudy skies form the backdrop as the riders pause during their cross-Canada fundraising journey supporting Défi sportif AlterGo and the OneAbility Games. #inclusion #awareness #SPVM #crosscanada

From classrooms to gymnasiums, these Pro-D Days have been all about creating more inclusive opportunities for students to move, play, and belong. 🏀💙 OAG has loved leading sessions with schools across the Lower Mainland, sharing our adapted sport programs and helping educators bring PLAY programs into their school communities so that every child can participate in movement. A huge thank you to the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation for their generous support through a grant to help with the growth of our PLAY program throughout the Lower Mainland. Your support assists in making inclusive sport and recreation more accessible for students of all abilities. #inclusion #adaptedsports #telusfriendlyfuturefoundation Image Description: A carousel of images from various Pro-D-Days and PLAY programs that the OAG team has presented at, and witnessed. We see a group of educators with floorball sticks, the boccia stance being demo-ed by one of our educators, kids trying wheelchair basketball, a close-up of an OAG PowerPoint that reads “What’s Planned”, cheer cards being coloured and a smiling child seated in a sports wheelchair holds both hands up excitedly toward the camera in a gymnasium setting. The child is wearing a white T-shirt and light green shorts. Over the lower part of the image is a white sign with bright pink text reading “THANK-YOU” above the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation logo and name in purple and green.