DROPPING IN with Mercedes Nicoll

Mike Trauner was declared clinically dead twice. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces for almost 19 years with the 3rd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment at CFB Petawawa and was injured on December 5th, 2008, when an IED exploded resulting in the loss of both his legs and catastrophically injuring his arms and hands. We DROP in to chat about overcoming adn finding sport as an outlet. Learn more a...

This guest enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves as an administration clerk in 1987, she moved her way up to Chief of Nursing Services for the Canadian Armed forces. She has all these acronyms behind her name RN, BSCN, MN CHE, CD, QHN we talk about those, Aeromedical evacuations, the biggest risk shes ever taken, then invictus games and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

This guest joined the military, the Royal Canadian Navy in 1999 serving on different units, in 2008 she began to display symptoms of PTSD and anxiety, which subsequently manifested into depression and withdrawal. This episode we discuss being in the Navy, in nature, long hikes, how the Soldier On Program has changed her life for the better and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

This episode of DROPPING IN we chat with a husband, father, a decorated Chief Petty Officer who enrolled in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1999 as a Naval Communicator, after being injured he now works for Soldier On. We chat about his time in the Navy, how he has been helping ill/injured Soldiers with the Soldier on program for 9 years and so much more, DROP IN NOW. Learn more about your ad choices....

This series, series VIII, we will be DROPPING IN with Soldier On athletes. What is the Soldier On program? It’s a program of the Canadian Armed Forces which contributes to the recovery of ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces members and veterans by providing opportunities and resources through sport, recreational, and creative activities. I can’t wait to DROP IN with these soldiers as they share...

Trevor is a is a father of 2 who has several World Championship All Star awards. He is a Parapan American Games champion and has competed in 4 Paralympic Games for Team Canada in the sport of wheelchair rugby. He is co-captain of Team Canada National Team. He has recently competed in the 2021 World Para Surfing Championships, adding surfing to his impressive resume. DROP IN on E. 69 to find out mo...

Bo Hedges is a 7x National Champion, Para Pan American games medalist, Paralympic champion and gives back to sport in the best ways. Bo is a wheelchair basketball player, listen to his paralympic stories on this episode of DROPPING IN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Kate O'Brien is an athlete through and through she was a bobsleigher, and Olympic cyclist, Pan America champion, world record breaker, she is also a Paralympic medalist you're going to want to hear her stories and what her next goals are! Kate is a force! DROP IN ON E.67 with Mercedes and Kate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Tyler played AAA hockey but when he was 15 years old, while playing hockey he broke his leg. After surgery they found a growth behind his leg. At 16 years old he went through 8 months of chemotherapy and his left leg was amputated due to that growth, it was a diagnosis of Spindle cell sarcoma is a type of connective tissue cancer. He is now a 2x World Champion 3x World Championship, silver medalis...

Mac Marcoux is a World Champion, Paralympic Champion he's a blind freeskier that doesn’t seem to be scared of going fast. Having raced at three Paralympic Games, Sochi 2014, Peyongchan 2018 and Beijing 2022 we get to hear his stories on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad...

Tyler Tuner not only achieved his goal of competing at the Paralympics, in Beijing 2022 he blew away the competition, racing to gold in para snowboard cross and bronze in the para banked slalom. Not long ago, in 2017 he was in a skydiving accident, causing traumatic injury and brain injury, now he is a World Champion and Paralympic Champion and has an Award-Winning Short Form Documentary about his...

Mark is one of Canada's most decorated Paralympians. The list goes on and on, he is a 4x Paralympian in Biathlon and cross country, 2x Paralympic champion, an award winner, multi medalist and 3x World Champion. On this episode we hear about his 4 Paralympic experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn...

Erica Gravel was a basketball player, due to injuries she turned to wheelchair basketball. She is a Paralympian, Parapan medalist, Physiologist, soon to be PHD. Listen to her story now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ethan Hess, a para nordic skier, made his dream come true competing at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games as a teenager. He didn’t stop there he then raced in the 2019 World Championships and raced at his second Paralympics at the 2022 Beijing Games. On this episode we chat about that and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

DROPPING IN with Team Canada Paralympian Mollie Jepsen. At the Peyongchang Games she took home 4 medals, gold, silver and 2 bronze. 4 years after a diagnosis of crohn's disease she raced a the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Games and brought home gold and silver. We chat about her journey to the podium.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

Intro to series VII: Paralympic Stories, we chat with Chelsea Walker, executive director of Whistler Adaptive. We learn how to get involved in sport if you or someone you know may have a disability. What sports are offered and so much more. Whistler Adaptive introduces individuals with a disability to sport, recreation and therapeutic sport programming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

Devin Heroux is someone you might know from CBC; Sports, Olympics Paralympics and News and or That Curling show. He has traveled the world, chatting with Team Canada athletes. We find out how he is the fastest Tweeter I know, what it's like to be on the road and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Annamay Pierse Oldershaw is a mother, daughter, wife, sister, teacher, world record breaker, World Championship medalist and Olympian, she spent a lot of years with Team Canada's national swimming team and knows what it’s like to be on the road. She share her stories on this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

3x Olympian and Olympic bronze medalist Lauren Regula shares her stories of being on the road with Team Canada's softball team. We talk sharks, pugs, living out of a hotel room and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2x Olympian, 7x World Cup Medalist, World Champion Medalist and Canadian National Champion Chris Robanske traveled the world with the Canadian National Snowboard Cross team on this episode we learn what that was like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

World Champion, 3x Olympian and Olympic silver medalist Darcy Marquardt Hortness rowed for Team Canada on this episode of DROPPING IN with Mercedes Darcy shares her stories from being on the road with the Canadian National Rowing team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Olympian Calynn Irwin, grew up in a ski family. I’ve had the pleasure of being on the snowboard World Cup tour with her for many years and do we have stories to share! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2x Olympian Zac Plavsic gives us a look into life on the road with as an Olympic windsurfer and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's it like to be on the road with this husband, father, friend, NFL & CFL player, 3x Olympian 2x World Champ medalist, sports analyst, Jesse Lumsden has got some good stories from his travels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Olympian, Amazing Race Canada contestant and powerhouse, Sarah Wells shares her stories about 15 years on the road with the Athletics Canada team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices