File contains a draft and final version of an interview with Steadward. Interview was conducted as part of a feature series on paralympic.org.

Series documents speeches, presentations, and papers written and delivered by Steadward on the topics of disability, sport, and the Paralympics. Series also documents research on similar topics received by Steadward for informational purposes. Series includes one subseries containing audio recordings of the Vista '93 Conference, papers, draft papers, presentation notes, presentation slides, lecture notes, news articles, photographs, and videos.

File contains speeches, presentations, and interviews given by Steadward at award ceremonies, keynote addresses, and IPC meetings on the topic of disability sports and the Paralympics. File also contains notes, drafts, and correspondence.

Item is promotional book produced by the IPC celebrating the organization's history.

Series documents Steadward's involvement in the formation, organization, and administration of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Series also documents the activities, policies, and procedures of IPC committees, sub-committees, task forces, and Executive Committee members, and reflects the IPC's involvement and interactions with other disability sport organizations and leaders.

Series contains correspondence, minutes, meeting notices, agenda, reports, handbook sections, financial statements, job descriptions, bylaws, rules, procedures, agreements, press releases, news articles, brochures, notes, event schedules, newsletters, survey results, and motions.

Series documents the planning and implementation of early Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) role in organizing Paralympic Games, and the experience of athletes and athletic teams participating in Paralympic Games. Series is divided into eight subseries: SS1- International Stoke Mandeville Games, SS2 - 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled, SS3 - 1980 Olympics for the Physically Disabled, SS4 - 1988 Paralympic Games - Seoul and Innsbruck, SS5 - 1992 Paralympic Games - Barcelona, Tignes-Albertville, and Madrid, SS6 - 1996 Atlanta Paralympics Games, SS7 - 1998 Nagano Paralympic Games, and SS8 - 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.

Series contains correspondence, reports, minutes, newsletters, newspapers, press releases, competition results, bulletins, schedules, brochures, manuals, guidelines, procedures, handbooks, itineraries, rules, directories, licensing agreements, photographs, athlete profiles, arbitration briefs and agreements, videos, memorabilia, journal articles, budgets, contract agreements, programs, books, logo designs, presentation slides, site maps, marketing plans, and entry forms.

File documents community projects sponsored by Canadian Sport for Life. File contains the curriculum and description for a physical literacy leadership academy in Cochrane, evaluation framework for community projects, an action plan, journal article, and a draft version of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy manual.

File contains notes and slides from two presentations: 'Thinking about non-economics impacts of large scare events' and ' London 2012 volunteers motivations & social legacy potential'.

Series documents records received and produced by Steadward in the course of his involvement and communication with international sporting organizations, and national and international sports organizations that represent disabled athletes. Organizations include: the Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association, International Blind Sport Association, Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons, Canadian Federation of Sport Organizations of the Disabled, Commonwealth Games Federation, Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association, Far East and South Pacific Games Federation for the Disabled, General Association of International Sports Federation, International Coordinating Committee of World Sports Organizations for the Disabled, International Committee on Integration of Athletes with a Disability, International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability, International Sports Foundation, International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation, International Sports Federation for the Disabled, Paralympic Sports Association, South African Sports Association for Physically Disabled, and others.

Series documents administration and organization of worldwide disability sports associations, relationships between disability sports organizations and the International Paralympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee membership, information on programs, services, and adaptive equipment for disabled athletes, and the planning and execution of sporting competitions and events such as the Commonwealth Games, Great Wall Run, World Blind Sports Championship, Games for the Physically Disabled, Canadian Olympics, National Wheelchair Games, Wheelchair Basketball Gold Cup, Olympiad for the Physically Disabled, Canadian Wheelchair Indoor Championship, World Wheelchair Games.

Series contains two subseries: Wheelchair sports and associations and video reels. Series also contains correspondence, reports, minutes, policies, bylaws, newsletters, conference and symposia proceedings, schedules, proposals, membership lists, team lists, athlete standings/rankings, rules, videos, memorabilia, news articles, and press releases.

File documents news coverage on the impact of the 2012 Paralympic Games. File contains articles from web-based news sites.

File documents a mini-summit sponsored by Canadian Sport for Life, an organization that promotes sport and physical activity in Canada. File contains slides from an presentation about athletes with disabilities, participant workbooks, a draft CSAL-LTAD five year activation strategy, agenda, and workshop description.

File documents summits discussing the development of disability sport in the areas of snowboarding, volleyball, and boccia to. File contains event schedules, agendas, summit summaries, evaluation forms, lists of attendees, and a draft report.

Series documents the planning, organization, and media coverage of Olympic Games as organized by the International Olympic Committee. Series contains correspondence, news articles, minutes, agendas, meeting notes, official reports, papers, and proposals.

File documents the relationship between the IPC, International Coordinating Committee of World Sports Organizations for the Disabled, and the International Olympics Committee. File contains correspondence, minutes, agendas, briefing notes, reports, draft notes, news articles, cue cards, a paper on Paralympic exhibition events, interview transcript, event timeline, draft proposal, and a press release.

File documents news coverage of Sydney Olympic Games. File contains news articles, magazine articles, and opinion pieces.

Subseries documents the planning, organizing, and implementation of the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Subseries also documents the relationship between the IPC and the Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committees. Subseries contains reports, correspondence, contract agreements, schedules,newspapers, newsletters, press releases, presentation slides, site maps, guidelines, marketing plans, and news articles.

File documents news coverage leading up to and during the Sydney Paralympic Games. File primarily contains full issues and articles from the Sydney Morning Herald. File also contains news articles, magazine articles, opinion pieces, press releases, newsletters, and special edition newspapers from other news organizations. File also contains a speech by Steadward, official games program, and a report on the impact of the Olympics on host city businesses.

File documents Olympic planning undertaken by IOC Coordination Committees. File contains correspondence, a brochure, issue of the Athens 2004 Olympic News, agenda, final report of the Sydney Olympiad Coordinating Committee, and the first official report of the Beijing Organizing Committee.

Item is promotional picture book, produced by the IPC, celebrating the first twenty years of the organization's history from 1989 to 2009. Item contains a forward written by Steadward in his capacity as the President of the IPC.

Item is a set of presentation slides summarizing and highlighting takeaways from the Sydney Paralympics.

File contains issues of the IPC newsletter, The Paralympian.

File contains Paralympic Sports Association newsletters, meeting notices, tournament invitations, and program flyers.

File documents a lecture analyzing the progress of the Paralympic movement given by Steadward at the 41st session for the Young Participants or the International Olympic Academy (IOA). File contains draft presentation notes, photographs of presentation slides, PowerPoint presentation slides, and lecture notes. File also contains the article 'Inclusion of Athletes with a Disability within Sport' by Steadward and David Legg.

File documents Steadward's transition from President of the IPC to Honorary President. File contains correspondence, a Spinal Cord Injury and Treatment Centre Society newsletter, news article, and a wheelchair rugby classification appeal. File also contains a CD-ROM from the Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation containing photographs, image captions, and a paper on the history of disability sport in Hong Kong.

File documents the end of Steadward's third term as IPC President, and interactions between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the IPC. File contains correspondence, letters of congratulations, invitations, press releases, agendas, newsletters, summaries of IOC reports and and Executive meetings, IOC presidential election regulations, a chapter of the IOC bylaws, IOC member nomination package, tribute to the past IOC President, committee report, draft IOC/IPC agreement, and a job description.

File contains correspondence organizing a meeting between Steadward, the President of the IOC, and the new President of the IPC.

File contains annual reports for the The Steadward Centre for Personal & Physical Achievement and the Rick Hansen Centre.

Item is a print and electronic version of the post-game report on the Sydney Paralympic Games. Item contains a forward written by Steadward in his capacity as the President of the IPC.

File contains drafts, notes, and a final version of a speech by Steadward for the IOC Sport & Environment congress in Nagano, Japan.

File contains two speeches given by Steadward at the 9th IPC general assembly in Athens, Greece.

File contains drafts and a final version of a speech given by Steadward at the Edmonton Sport Council annual general meeting in Edmonton. File also contains notes and a sports workshops newsletter.

Object is a board mounted with gold, silver, and bronze medals commemorating the 2001 CP-ISRA World Games held in Nottingham, England.

File contains news articles on the topics of disability, disability sport, and disabled athletes.

File documents an investigation, undertaken by the IPC, to examine the fraudulent administration of the eligibility verification process for intellectually disabled athletes participating in IPC games. File contains an investigative report and resulting resolutions.

Item is a speech given by Steadward at the Sports Media Canada 64th AIPS congress in Toronto.

File contains articles on wheelchair kinematics and Canadian wheelchair basketball players, co-authored by Steadward and published in the academic journals Clinical Biomechanics and Sports Medicine, Training, and Rehabilitation.

Series documents Steadward's work at the University of Alberta as a professor and founder of the Research and Training Centre for Athletes with Disabilities in Edmonton, Alberta. Series also documents athletes, coaches, athletic teams, and researchers accessing the programs, services, training, and testing facilities at the Research and Training Centre for Athletes with Disabilities.

The Research and Training Centre for Athletes with Disabilities was established by Steadward in 1978. It was later renamed the Rick Hansen Centre in 1987, and finally the Steadward Centre for Personal & Physical Achievement in 2000. The centre is an internationally-renowned disability research centre within the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta, and continues to support sport and fitness of people experiencing disability.

Series mainly consists of photographs, slides, and negatives of athletes participating in various disability sporting events and using training equipment and facilities. Series also contains video and audio recordings, presentation notes, manuals, guides, and annual reports.

File contains news articles on the topics of disability, disability sport, and disabled athletes, newsletters, and a brochure.

File documents presentations given by Steadward at ISAPA symposiums. File contains overhead projector transparencies, draft presentation slides, and draft lecture notes.

Item is a dossier providing introductory information about the African Sports Confederation for Disabled. Package includes an organizational chart, brief history, constitution, membership list, and list of supported sports.

File contains slides of presentations and speeches given by Steadward for the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO), Olympic bid committees, IPC meetings, and other events. File also contains photographs of athletes participating in disability sport events, including the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games.

File documents Stedward's participation as a presenter at Medicine Meets Millennium World Congress on Medicine and Health held in Hannover, Germany. File contains drafts of Stedward's presentation "Fulfilling the tasks of social integration: a bridge through Paralympic sport", powerpoint slides, and a conference program.

File contains newspaper articles and advertisements from the 1967 and 1975 Pan-Am Games, a special supplementary issue of the newspaper Focus on Ability, an award nomination slip, and a brochure.

Item is a promotional brochure produced by the IPC to highlight facts, statistics, and photographs from pervious Paralympics.

File contains newsletters produced by the IPC and the European branch of the IPC.

Item is the speaking notes for a presentation given by Dr. Garry Wheeler, Director of Research and Counselling at the Rick Hansen Centre.

File contains drafts of the presentation, 'Inclusion of athletes with a mental handicap into the international Paralympic movement' by Steadward and David Legg, notes, an agenda, and bibliography.

File contains photographs of Steadward, Gary McPherson, and other University of Alberta faculty members in academic regalia.

File contains photographs of people training at what appears to be the Rick Hansen Centre.

Item is a video exercise program designed for individuals with paraplegia, quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, and leg amputations. Item was created by the National Handicapped Sports & Recreation Association.

Item is a recording promoting the Research and Training Centre for the Physically Disabled. Recording includes a brief history of the centre, its programs and mission, and interviews with two regular centre users.

Item is a video of a children's wheelchair basketball practice, presumably at the Rick Hansen Centre. Tape 1.

Item is a set of guidelines outlying the official images and intellectual property to be used to promote and market the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.

File documents records received for educational/informational purposes. File contains essays, aerobic exercises and stretches, a brochure, and letter.

File contains photographs of a presentation called NeuroACTIVE.

Item is a video documentary on dystonia, a neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle spasms. Video was produced by Behavioral Science Media Laboratory of The University of California, Los Angeles.

Item is a video about osteoporosis and how aerobic exercises routines can be a beneficial form of treatment. Video produced by the Osteoporosis Society of Canada and the Bone and Mineral Group of the University of Toronto.

Item is an instructional video for athletic coaches on the power of visualization as a part of training. Video was produced by the National Sport and Recreation Centre and the Coaching Association on Canada.

Item is a recording of part of a kids' wheelchair basketball game.

File contains two draft copies of Steadward's essay 'International Trends and Developments in Adapted Physical Activity and Sports'.

File contains brochures and pamphlets from the China Disabled Persons' Federation on the laws, rights, and services for disabled people in China.

File contains photographic slides from the Rick Hansen Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. Slides depict photographs of athletes competing in Paralympic events at the 1976 Toronto Olympiad, 1980 Olympics for the Physically Disabled in Holland, 1980 Winter Paralympics in Norway, and the 1971 Pan Am Games in Jamaica. Slides also depict athletes training, presentation slides, wedding pictures, award ceremonies, and candid shots of individuals and groups.

Item is a paper coauthored by Steadward and Dr. Garry Wheeler of the Rick Hansen Centre.

Item is a promotional video for William Watson Lodge in Kananaskis county, a lodge that specializes in barrier-free wilderness accommodations for seniors and people with disabilities.

Subseries documents the planning and promotion of the 1998 winter Paralympic Games in Nagano, Japan. Subseries contains brochures, correspondence, reports, congress proceedings, newspapers, newsletters, guidebooks, schedules, and maps.

File documents the creation of a brochure introducing the IPC. File contains draft brochures.

File contains photographs of athletes training and participating in sporting events. File also contains slides used in presentations and speaking engagements.

File contains photographs of a self defence class for people with a disability.

File contains photographs of what appears to be people training at the Rick Hansen Centre and being assessed by staff.

File contains candid photographs of individuals and groups around what appears to be the Rick Hansen Centre.

File contains photographs of what appears to be athletes being tested and assessed at the Rick Hansen Centre and of wheelchair athletes on a race track.

Item is a video of people with disabilities participating a stretching and strength training program, presumably at the Rick Hansen Centre.

Item is a speech given by Steadward at the Alberta Symposium and Assisted Technology Trade Show in Edmonton.

Item is a draft of a paper by Steadward titled, 'The History of Sport for Athletes with Disabilities'.

File contains drafts of Steadward's presentation, 'The Paralympic movement: a championship future'.

Item is a paper written by York Chow.

Item is an annual report on the operations and achievements of the Sydney Paralympics Organizing Committee.

Item is an official report prepared by the Organizing Committee for the 1998 Winter Paralympic Games, Nagano. Item contains a forward written by Steadward in his capacity as the President of the IPC.

Item is a set of table napkins embroidered with the Olympic rings and the names of Steadward and his wife, Laura.

Item is a participant handbook for a workshop designed for individuals affected by neurotrauma and the professionals that treat neurotrauma.

Item is a marketing plan for the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games.

File contains two information packages prepared by the Nagano Winter Paralympics Promotion Committee and the Organizing Committee for the VII Paralympic Winter Games. Packages include a schedule of events leading up the the Paralympics, maps, descriptions of facilities, and brochures.

Item is a book of bound issues of the Japanese newspaper 'Paralympics'. Item contains issues 1-12.

Item is a publicity campaign dossier prepared by the International Blind Sport Federation. Dossier contains draft advertisements, correspondence, and cost breakdowns.

Item is a report presented to Duncan Wyeth, International Paralympic Committee Vice-President of Marketing and Communications regarding an inaugural international marketing program for the IPC.

File documents the marketing of the IPC, the Paralympic Games, and other disability sporting events. File contains correspondence, issues of 'Marketing Matters: The Olympic Marketing Newsletter', brochures, maps, minutes, marketing proposals, news articles, contracts, an information package, media contact list, IPC contact list, IPC marketing responsibilities plan, and a report of key findings from sponsorship interviews.

File documents a collection of research on the history of disabled sport, disabled athletes, and disabled sporting organizations. File contains reports, papers, draft papers, presentation notes, articles, proposals, meeting notes, and brochures.

Item is a video of a series of commercials for the International Blind Sport Association (IBSA).

File contains photographs of athletes training and participating in the programs offered at the Rick Hansen Centre. File also contains slides used in presentations and speaking engagements.

File documents the meetings and activities of the IPC Sports Council Executive Committee and the IPC Technical Department. File contains minutes, agendas, correspondence, technical officer reports and classification recommendations, motions and decisions, amendments to IPC bylaws, guidelines for bidding on and organizing championship games, nomination procedures for the Sports Technical Department, calendars of sporting events, IPC standard operating procedures, a preliminary sport program for the Nagano Paralympic Games, draft agreement between the IPC-Technical Committee and the International Blind Sport Association (IBSA), an application to become an affiliated IPC sport, Athletics section annual report, draft proposal for new Paralympic sport, and a Sports Technical Department budget.

Item is a paper written by Steadward.

File contains draft copies of Steadward's presentations and papers on trends in disability sports

Item is the edited proceedings of the winter Paralympic Experts Congress, also known as the 4th Paralympic Congress which was organized and published by the IPC and the Nagano Paralympic Organizing Committee. Item contains a forward written by Steadward in his capacity as the President of the IPC.

File documents information received by the International Paralympic Committee regarding sporting opportunities and championships for blind athletes. File contains a development report, report on the World Sports Championships for the Blind, communications report, and a media report.

File documents research and scholarship received by Steadward for review and informational purposes. File contains copies of published articles and papers on topics related to disability and Paralympic sport.

File contains drafts of Steadward's presentation 'Sport for all: reinvesting in health through physical activity in the 21st century'.

Item is a brochure for the 1998 Winter Paralympic Games in Nagano, Japan.

Item is an audio cassette containing seven commercials for the International Blind Sport Association (IBSA).