Time to dust off the paddle, apply the sunscreen, and lace up your boots. Connected In Motion’s summer Adventure season is upon us. This will prove to be our busiest and ambitious summer to date. We are sending out 5 backcountry trips, totalling 28 days and over 200km of wilderness…
There’s no better way to cheer on your Toronto Raptors AND support a great cause at the same time! Thanks to the generous support of Seb Krisiuk and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, you have the chance to WIN an autographed Toronto Raptors jersey, signed by Jonas Valanciunas. Each donation of $25 enters…
Words by Jen Hanson | Images by Mike Last Medtronic has been a partner of Connected in Motion in Canada since our inception. In fact, Medtronic Canada helped the idea of Connected in Motion morph from some sketches Chloe Vance’s spiral notebook into a… thing. They, along with Bayer Diabetes (now Ascensia…
Words by Julie De Vos | Photos by Jen Hanson Something almost magical happens whenever Connected In Motion heads West. I wish that I knew the exact ingredients that make our Western Slipstream event feel this way. Is it the fact that CIM is still so new and in those early…
Words by Jen Hanson | Photos by the entire community! (Thanks to Blair Ryan, Andres Arriaga, Josiah Hammer, Vanessa Wong, Greg Florian, and Jenny Palu for their contributions of photos!) Something special happened off the coast of Southern California in late October. After 7 years of breathing fresh air into Type…
Hello Type 1 community members! Every once in a while we have the opportunity to raise some money in unique ways. Sometimes we are able to pass on opportunities to help drive the Type 1 diabetes-tech industry forward and lend your opinions to help determine ‘what’s next’ in the diabetes world. And…
Words by Peter Vooys | Photos by Meredith Miller + Jen Hanson + Mike Last “How much more Canada can we fit in?” Connected in Motion guide Amy Burrows, breaks the silence. Her question is asked in disbelief at the scene unfolding around her. The participants of the Annual Canoe…
Words by Peter Vooys | Photos by Jen Hanson With names like Panorama Ridge, the Black Tusk, Sphinx Glacier and the Battleship Islands, Garibaldi Provincial Park stirs the imagination before you arrive. When you do, you realise there are no misnomers here. The Black Tusk, an ancient volcanic outcrop atop…
Words by Peter Vooys | Photos by Jen Hanson | Video by Hank Devos Out of breath, with hearts pumping, the hikers stop on an outcrop of rock. They are only halfway to the top. The trek up has been steep, with drops off the single track trail that taunt…
Thanks to the the amazing fundraising efforts of #TeamCIM at Ottawa Race Weekend in May, Connected in Motion is able to offer scholarship opportunities to individuals who may otherwise be unable to join us during our summer adventure series. We have a limited number of spaces available on each trip…
Words by Jen Hanson | Photos by Hank Devos & Jen Hanson Last weekend we kicked off CIM’s 2015 Adventure Series in Ontario with one of our favourite programs – Our 5.5er Canoe Trip. CIM’s 5.5er Canoe Trips are a chance to share the power, energy, and atmosphere created…
Thanks to the the amazing fundraising efforts of #TeamCIM at Ottawa Race Weekend in May, Connected in Motion is able to offer scholarship opportunities to individuals who may otherwise be unable to join us during our summer adventure series. We have a limited number of spaces available on each trip…
Words by Kristin Johnson & Samantha Teske | Photos by & Kristin Johnson & Samantha Teske Connected In Motion launched the Western Addition of the Get Moving Series on April 8th 2015. To help us kick off Spring, the first event was an exciting game of Frisbee Golf. Since then, our Calgary Ambassadors have…
It has been seven years since TeamCIM ran its first races in Ottawa – When a very small group of runners piled in a van and trekked to the nation’s capital. We were excited to have a handful of folks join in to meet us at the finish line. We…
We had the pleasure of writing a post for the Run Ottawa blog this year in preparation for our participation in the Scotiabank Charity Challenge event at the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend in Ottawa May 22nd to the 24th. Thanks Run Ottawa for your support of #TeamCIM and the Power of…
Words by Julie De Vos You might be wondering what CIM has been up to since Winter Slipstream. We’ve had a lot going on these past few months and wanted to share some of the highlights with you! This winter we partnered, once again, with Riding On Insulin, a non-profit based…
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