WHEN: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, from 10 a.m.
WHERE: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Chinese Gardens (Hall of One Hundred Rivers), 578 Carrall St., Vancouver, BC
Media can enter the Hall through the double-door entrance off Carall Street.
WHO: Speakers:
Shauna Maria Whyte, Handcycling (and 2010 hopeful in skiing)
Richard A. Peter, Wheelchair basketball
Carla Qualtrough, President, Canadian Paralympic Committee
Debbie Low, Chef de Mission, Canadian Paralympic Team (emcee)
Other Canadian Paralympic Team members:
Drew Christensen, Swimming
Robert Hedges, Wheelchair basketball
Sarah Hunter, Wheelchair tennis
Jennifer Krempien, Wheelchair basketball
Monica Martino, Boccia
Michelle Stilwell, Athletics
Donovan Tildesley, Swimming
Webcast:
The media conference will be webcast. To listen to the webcast, log onto http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=114085&s=1&k=98AEC92B2C36128E5B771C9A03EE5D49,
15 minutes before the start of the media conference. Media not in
attendance can email in questions through a button on the webcast page.
A simultaneous conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Select (Hibiscus AB Room), 99 Viger Ouest Av., Montreal, Quebec, H2Z 1E9.
