The following sources were used to develop content for the history section of this website. We have tremendous gratitude for those who took the time to record the past of this fine organization and the people who made it so.
Disabled Veterans in History, David Gerber, Editor, 2012 - specifically the chapter Lieutenant John Counsell and the Development of Medical Rehabilitation and Disability Policy in Canada by Mary Tremblay
From Darkness into Light: The Founding of the Canadian Paraplegic Association, Marian Patterson Holleman, 1991
Lyndhurst: Canada's First Rehabilitation Centre for People with Spinal Cord Injuries, 1945-1998, Geoffrey Reaume
The Caliper, Canadian Paraplegic Association's magazine
Moving Toward Citizenship: Voluntary Disability Organizations and the Disability Rights Movement in the Maritimes, 1945-1982, Jeremy MacDonald, 2018:
History in Photos, Vintage Montreal, Coolopilos:
http://historyinphotos.blogspot.com/2013/11/vintage-montreal.html
Juno Beach Centre, The Second World War: The Dieppe Raid:
https://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/the-dieppe-raid/
McGill Library: The Second World War:
https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/browse.php?p=005
Wikipedia: Harry Botterell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Botterell
Traces of War: Counsell, John Gibbons:
https://tracesofwar.com/persons/45696/Counsell-John-Gibbons.htm
Torontoist - Historicist: Making Sunnybrook Hospital a Reality:
https://torontoist.com/2016/11/historicist-making-sunnybrook-military-hospital-a-reality/
Canadian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Association History:
https://www.capmr.ca/about-capmr/association-history
LIFE, March 7, 1938: Jimmy Darou:
Ancestry.com Message Boards: Jimmy Darou:
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.canada.ontario.algoma/1384?viewType=FLAT_VIEW
My Heritage: James Darou:
https://www.myheritage.com/names/james_darou
Gathering our Heros: George Kenneth Langford:
https://www.gatheringourheroes.ca/hero/langford-george-kenneth/
McLeans, 1946: They Walk Though Paralyzed:
https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1946/2/1/they-walk-though-paralyzed
Crew members of Lancaster KB708
http://www.419squadron.com/KB708.html
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine: Spinal Cord Injury - Past, Present and Future:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2031949/
Legacy of Wrestling: Montreal Wrestling Results: