Which Canadian circled the globe in a wheelchair to raise funds for spinal cord research?

Discover Canada records this in one direct sentence. The guide writes: In 1985, fellow British Columbian Rick Hansen circled the globe in a wheelchair to raise funds for spinal cord research. The Canadian the test wants is therefore Rick Hansen.

The 1985 round-the-world journey was historic. Discover Canada's phrase commits Rick Hansen to a wheelchair-bound circumnavigation of the planet — a feat that took years of physical effort. The purpose: "to raise funds for spinal cord research." So Hansen's journey became one of Canada's largest ever charitable journeys for medical research.

Hansen followed in Terry Fox's footsteps. Discover Canada's narrative links the two figures explicitly. Five years before Hansen's globe trek, "in 1980, Terry Fox, a British Columbian who lost his right leg to cancer at the age of 18, began a cross-country run, the 'Marathon of Hope,' to raise money for cancer research." Hansen is described as a "fellow British Columbian", tying the two iconic Canadians together by province as well as cause.

Two journeys, two medical causes. Terry Fox in 1980 covered Canadian ground for cancer research; Rick Hansen in 1985 covered global ground for spinal cord research. Both came from British Columbia. Both used physical journeys to raise money for medical advances. Both became national heroes — Terry Fox "became a hero to Canadians," and Hansen joined that legacy through his own wheelchair odyssey. So the wheelchair-around-the-world journey of 1985 belongs specifically to Rick Hansen.

The question is testing whether new citizens know who circled the globe in a wheelchair for spinal cord research. Discover Canada commits to one Canadian: Rick Hansen. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each pick a different Canadian figure. Terry Fox started the Marathon of Hope in 1980 — for cancer research, on foot, across Canada (not the globe in a wheelchair). Donovan Bailey is a sprinter (world record sprinter and double Olympic gold medallist). Chantal Petitclerc became "a world champion wheelchair racer and Paralympic gold medalist" — but is not the round-the-world wheelchair fundraiser. Only Rick Hansen — the 1985 wheelchair circumnavigator — matches.