After receiving his doctorate a mere two months ago, Kelowna香蕉视频直播檚 Rob Shaw is off to Tokyo to compete for another title.
Shaw came to the Okanagan in 2016 as a doctoral student studying the impact of peer mentorship on people with spinal cord injuries. He was also training full time to compete in Tokyo as a Paralympic athlete while finishing his doctorate at UBCO香蕉视频直播檚 School of Health and Exercise Sciences.
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