Edmonton Paralympic Sports Association

The Edmonton Paralympic Sports Association has been providing recreation and sports programs for Edmontonians of all ages and all disabilities for over 40 years. Sports include sledge hockey, wheelchair floor hockey, wheelchair square dancing, swimming, soccer, curling and more. Video by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

Edmonton Journal Indoor Games

A competitor races in the Junior High Mixed Relay Semi-Finals during the 32nd Annual Edmonton Journal Indoor Games at the U of A Butterdome in Edmonton on March 20, 2010. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

Doug Hoffman with Crestwood Junior High ties up running spikes during the 32nd Annual Edmonton Journal Indoor Games at the U of A Butterdome in Edmonton on March 20, 2010. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

A competitor takes off in the Elementary Boys 200m Dash during the 32nd Annual Edmonton Journal Indoor Games at the U of A Butterdome in Edmonton on March 20, 2010. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

Competitors take off in Heat 1 of the Elementary Boys 800m race during the 32nd Annual Edmonton Journal Indoor Games at the U of A Butterdome in Edmonton on March 20, 2010. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

Competitors do a baton pass during Heat 4 of the Elementary Boys 8x200m relay during the 32nd Annual Edmonton Journal Indoor Games at the U of A Butterdome in Edmonton on March 20, 2010. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

Go to the Journal website to see more photos.

DockDogs dog jumping event

DockDog at the Edmonton Boat & Sportsmen’s Show which runs March 18-21 at the Edmonton Expo Centre. Anyone can enter their dog to compete in multiple jumping events. Winner goes on to the worlds. Video by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

Student Protest 360-Panorama

Click on the above image or here to view a 360-panorama of a student protest at the Alberta Legislature on March 18, 2010. Five hundred university students from across the province marched to the Alberta legislature Thursday to protest proposed fee and tuition hikes. Read the story.

Shrine Circus Setup Time Lapse

Head animal trainer Marcel Vasseur takes Baghera the South American black jaguar for a walk around Rexall place during setup for the 62nd annual Al Shamal Shrine Circus at Rexall Place in Edmonton on March 11, 2010. The circus runs from March 12-14. (Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal).

Edmonton Oil Kings players (left to right) Stephane Legault, Travis Ewanyk, Laurent Brossolt, Klarc Wilson, and T.J. Foster check out Limba the Asian elephant during setup for the 62nd annual Al Shamal Shrine Circus at Rexall Place in Edmonton on March 11, 2010. The circus runs from March 12-14. (Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal).

Head animal trainer Marcel Vasseur takes Alph the Hamadryous baboon for a walk during setup for the 62nd annual Al Shamal Shrine Circus at Rexall Place in Edmonton on March 11, 2010. The circus runs from March 12-14. (Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal).

Sebastian Duval, left, and Ronald Gagne from Montreal practice their routines during setup for the 62nd annual Al Shamal Shrine Circus at Rexall Place in Edmonton on March 11, 2010. The circus runs from March 12-14. (Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal).

Watch Rexall Place transition over 48 hours from a hockey rink to the Shrine Circus in March 2010. Time Lapse video by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

A Taste of Some Projects I’m Working On in March…

I haven’t been updating as much lately because I’m working on a few projects and they won’t be published for a while.

Here is a taste of some photos I’ve taken lately though…

I spent an afternoon on the Boyle Street warm-up van but the story isn’t running for a while so here is just one photo. I’ll post more when the story runs.

Darryl Schwitz has been living on the streets of Edmonton for  years. He uses the Boyle Street Community Service Co-op warmup van frequently. Schwitz picks bottles every day to fuel is alcohol addiction and resides mainly in the west end of town.  February 24, 2010. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

I’ve spent the last week doing a story on the Edmonton Paralympic Sports Association. I’ve shot Paralympic Tae Kwon Doe, Soccer, Swimming, Floor Hockey and Sledge Hockey. The full photo story will run next weekend (I hope!). Here is a teaser from the series.

Left to right. Cassius Swampy, Emily Johnson who has cerebral palsy and Teresa Looy, swim instructor with the Paralympic Sports Association swim program at MacEwan University pool in Edmonton on March 6, 2010. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

Yes! That is a remote camera mounted on a sledge!  More pictures to come when the story runs.

The Shrine Circus is coming and I’m doing a time lapse from the end of a hockey game until the end of opening night of the circus. That should run on Saturday or Sunday.  See you soon!

Pandas Volleyball

University of Alberta Pandas Jaki Ellis celebrates a point on the University of Montreal Carabins with her teammates during the fourth and final quarter-final matchup at the CIS Woman’s Volleyball Nationals at the U of A main gym in Edmonton on March 5, 2010. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

University of Alberta Pandas  Tiffany Proudfoot dives for the ball during their second set against the University of Montreal Carabins during the fourth and final quarter-final matchup at the CIS Woman’s Volleyball Nationals at the U of A main gym in Edmonton on March 5, 2010. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

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Fast Food Olympics

University of Albera physical education professor and exercise psychologist Tanya Berry believes there is a hypocrisy with elite Olympic athletes pushing fast food McDonald’s. She runs past a McDonalds on 109 St. near 84 Ave. in Edmonton on February 23, 2010. Photo by Ryan Jackson / Edmonton Journal

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