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By Mary Harelkin Bishop and Deana J. Driver

Para adaptive snow sports in Saskatchewan trace their beginnings to the mid-1970s. Since then, eight Saskatchewan Paralympians and hundreds of other competitive and recreational athletes have enjoyed participating in adaptive nordic or alpine skiing, biathlon, or snowboarding. Key organizations behind these programs and opportunities are the Saskatchewan Ski Association Para Adaptive Snow Sports (SASKI-PASS) and SaskSport. Retired educator Mary Harelkin Bishop and retired journalist Deana J. Driver co-authored the book, documenting historical events and the stories of the Paralympians and the people involved in building these sport disciplines in Saskatchewan and beyond.

Curricular Connections: Grade 4 – Social Studies; English Language Arts – Celebrating and Honouring Others; Grades 4-8 English Language Arts – Heroes, Sports Legends, Physical Disabilities.

​978-0986758-058 ; 6”x9”; 200 pages; 203 black and white photos. © ​2026; Ages 13 to Adult. Sports & Recreation; Nonfiction; Short stories; Anecdotes; Skiing; Snowboarding; Canadian history; Saskatchewan; Canadian authors.

About the Authors:

Mary Harelkin Bishop and Deana J. Driver are award-winning, bestselling Canadian authors. They have been collaborating on publishing books since 2008, when Deana edited and they co-published Mary’s kids’ fiction book Seeds of Hope. Their first written connection to the SASKI-PASS community was as the author (Mary Harelkin Bishop) and editor-publisher (Deana J. Driver) of Moving Forward: The Journey of Paralympian Colette Bourgonje, which was launched with Colette Bourgonje at the Saskatchewan Pavilion of the 2010 Paralympic Games in Whistler, B.C. This two-book project of Prairie Peaks and Tracks and Gone Skiing marks their first collaboration as co-authors.

Responses from Readers:

• “What a lot of work you did on this!”
• “You did a great job on a very specific topic.”
• “I’m going to keep this book and then maybe show it to other people who are interested.”