Clara Hughes Biography Essay
Clara Hughes; gold medal olympian, mental health spokesperson, global citizen and many more outstanding achievements. Most importantly she is a leader to Canadians and around the world to anyone who she comes across. She leads as a positive example in many ways as a democratic leader, she values others opinions as proven by her position as an Honourary Witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is part of a national, comprehensive response to the Indian Residential School legacy. She works with many boards and councils, such as the former, valuing everyone's opinion on the topic they are discussing. Her biggest success has been with Bell let’s talk initiative but there’s multiple other companies she has had success in working
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She turned her life around from smoking to being in the Olympics. She overcame depression to win 6 gold medals for Canada. She fully embraces the strength to overcome challenges we face. In 2014, Clara started her 110-day national bicycle tour through every province and territory in Canada. “Clara’s Big Ride,” covered more than 11,000 kilometres, visited 105 communities and did over 235 events raising awareness for mental health. She is a perfect example of overcoming a barrier, following your dreams and working hard for what you want. She uses physical education as a platform; The Nunavik Youth Hockey Development Program promotes the importance of education and staying active while encouraging young Inuit to pursue their education while practicing and developing more than just hockey skills. Right to play is all over the world encouraging a healthy active lifestyle; and finally Take a Hike is an education program that is targeted towards at-risk youth through a combination of adventure-based learning, academics, counseling, and community involvement. This program guides youth to find their own trail of positivity creating positive outcomes. Take a Hike adapts to everyone’s situation allowing the to be as successful as possible and giving them survival skills for life. Through these programs and many others she inspires people everywhere to take a stand and get active to raise awareness for a
She turned her life around from smoking to being in the Olympics. She overcame depression to win 6 gold medals for Canada. She fully embraces the strength to overcome challenges we face. In 2014, Clara started her 110-day national bicycle tour through every province and territory in Canada. “Clara’s Big Ride,” covered more than 11,000 kilometres, visited 105 communities and did over 235 events raising awareness for mental health. She is a perfect example of overcoming a barrier, following your dreams and working hard for what you want. She uses physical education as a platform; The Nunavik Youth Hockey Development Program promotes the importance of education and staying active while encouraging young Inuit to pursue their education while practicing and developing more than just hockey skills. Right to play is all over the world encouraging a healthy active lifestyle; and finally Take a Hike is an education program that is targeted towards at-risk youth through a combination of adventure-based learning, academics, counseling, and community involvement. This program guides youth to find their own trail of positivity creating positive outcomes. Take a Hike adapts to everyone’s situation allowing the to be as successful as possible and giving them survival skills for life. Through these programs and many others she inspires people everywhere to take a stand and get active to raise awareness for a