David Legg, an accomplished Mount Royal University sports professor and researcher, has been appointed the 2010 "“ 2011 president of the Canadian Paralympic Committee ( CPC ). The CPC brings together 43 member sport organizations to lead the development of a Paralympic sport system that enables Canadian athletes to reach the podium at the Paralympic Games "” which in turn can inspire all Canadians with a disability to get involved in sport. Sledgehockey is one Paralympic sport that has exploded in popularity over the last 10 years. Currently the Program Coordinator and Associate Professor Bachelor of Applied Entrepreneurship in Sport & Recreation, Legg learned of his appointment early last week. World-wide, the determination to create opportunities for athletes with a disability to compete is known as the Paralympic Movement and Legg has been a part of it for almost 20 years dating back to his time as Program Manager of Ontario Wheelchair Sport in 1992. He has served on the CPC board of directors for 11 years, most recently as vice-president. Night and day "It s night and day," says Legg. "When I first became involved, we had a part-time staff person, but no office." At that time, the Committee was scrambling to find a way to fund a team for the Paralympics in Sydney in 2000. Then things began to change, thanks to the initiative of a new champion of the CPC s cause. "Lethbridge Senator, Joyce Fairbairn, had gone to the Paralympic Winter Games in Nagano in 1998, met the athletes and fell in love with the movement," Legg says. "She decided to take it on as her project and was able to negotiate last-minute funding through the federal government, that enabled us to send a team to Sydney." The Committee hasn t looked back "Just last week, Minister [Gary] Lunn, the minister responsible for amateur sport in Canada, announced that we re getting $5 million per year over the next five years," Legg says excitedly. That type of financial support and sustainability is one of the most significant changes in Legg s 11 years with the Committee. "Financially the difference is night and day "¦ we have a staff that will probably be about 20 and we re moving into new offices, so the changes just from that perspective are significant," he says. Awareness erupts at Vancouver Olympics Aside from being sustainable from both a financial and an operational standpoint, the other most significant difference Legg has noticed during his time with the Committee is the change in public awareness about Paralympic sports. He cites hosting the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver this year as one example of how much the level of awareness has grown. "The Games had the highest television coverage ever, I think we had the largest print media coverage, so all of these items lead to greater public awareness," says Legg. Legg has also worked with local wheelchair athletic clubs by providing Mount Royal facilities as a venue for their practices, clinics and games. He says this also increases the visibility of the sport.
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