Jim Milina is a national ambassador for the Rick Hansen Foundation and the Wheels in Motion event leader in the Comox Valley. Jim demonstrates every day his courage to move on after a life-changing injury and in so doing inspires others through motivational speeches and presentations to schools. Jim was the first quadriplegic to ascend Mt. Kilimanjaro, where he set a world altitude record.
BC Achievement is an independent foundation established in 2003 that honours excellence and inspires achievement in British Columbia.