Canadian <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraplegic" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paraplegic">paraplegic</a> athlete and humanitarian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Hansen" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rick Hansen">Rick Hansen</a> begins his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumnavigation" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Circumnavigation">circumnavigation</a> of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Spinal cord">spinal cord</a> injury medical research.