Hometown
Pauline was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She spent her summers outdoors at the family cottage where she developed a love of the outdoors–rain or shine. Pauline also lived and studied in Ottawa for 10 years.
What’s your story?
Pauline has had diabetes for 39 years! She began using a pump in 2009.
Pauline completed an undergraduate degree in Ottawa and recently finished her M.Ed degree at OISE in Toronto while working full-time at the University of Toronto. After all of that studying, Pauline now finds herself very tired of sitting and still and cringes when she sees a desk chair! Luckily, Pauline has become actively involved with Connected in Motion!
Pauline no longer thinks of diabetes as a limiting factor in her day to day life. If there is something she wants to do, she finds a way to get it done! “Organizations like Connected In Motion provide the opportunity to share information on how to handle the challenges that present themselves when trying something new.” Thanks Pauline!
What keeps you ‘in motion’?
Hobbies that Pauline enjoys include kayaking, canoeing, hiking, snowshoeing–anything outdoors really! She loves taking road trips as long as they include a mixture of outdoor activity, visiting interesting locations (She’s been to the Zippo Museum and the World’s Biggest Baseball, for example) and meeting new people.
Of all of the activities Pauline enjoys, kayaking is her escape. Trips she has taken include a 1 week whitewater course where it rained all day and night for 5 days straight! She has been kayaking in Georgian Bay, Cape Breton (with a tropical storm on the last night of camping!) and the Highlands of Scotland.
Recently (and to celebrate the complete of my M.Ed.), went on a road trip to Lake Superior where I kayaked, hiked, and camped my way from Toronto to Thunder Bay and back.
Future events will include whatever I can get myself into, including sky diving, hang gliding, a canoe trip on the Nahanni, and a trip to the West Coast.
