Ryan Straschnitzki

Keynote Speaker | Calgary, Alberta

Humboldt Broncos Survivor
Resilience, Inclusion & Community Advocacy Expert

Ryan Straschnitzki's Expertise: Accessibility, Adaptability & Agility, Burnout Prevention, Change Management, Collaboration, Cultural Diversity, Disability and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Ryan Straschnitzki

About Speaker Ryan Straschnitzki

Ryan Straschnitzki is a Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor, adaptive athlete, disability advocate, and resilience speaker focused on mental toughness, accessibility, adaptive sports, and overcoming adversity. A former Humboldt Broncos hockey player, he sustained a spinal cord injury in the 2018 crash that left him paralyzed from the chest down and redirected his athletic career toward adaptive sport and rehabilitation. Ryan Straschnitzki founded the Straz Strong Foundation to expand access to adaptive sports, adaptive technology, rehabilitation support, and disability awareness. He continues to pursue Paralympic competition across adaptive sports while maintaining physiotherapy and advocating for greater inclusion. His presentations address resilience, positivity, leadership, teamwork, kindness, and the practical mindset required to adapt to significant change.

Everything For The Game | Ryan Straschnitzki

Everything For The Game | Ryan Straschnitzki

Ryan Straschnitzki: Speak Your Mind: Humboldt Broncos Survivor & Ment

Ryan Straschnitzki: Speak Your Mind: Humboldt Broncos Survivor & Ment

Former Humboldt Bronco Player Sets Sights on Paralympics

Former Humboldt Bronco Player Sets Sights on Paralympics

Injured Humboldt Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki Making Progress in His Reco

Injured Humboldt Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki Making Progress in His Reco

Ryan Straschnitzki Biography

Ryan Straschnitzki is a Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor, adaptive athlete, disability advocate, and professional speaker focused on resilience, accessibility, mental toughness, and adaptive sports. Raised in Calgary, Alberta, he began playing hockey at an early age and moved away from home at sixteen to continue his development at the Midget AAA level in Leduc. Ryan Straschnitzki later advanced to junior hockey and joined the Humboldt Broncos at seventeen. His experience in the sport established an early foundation in discipline, teamwork, accountability, and community involvement.

On April 6, 2018, Ryan Straschnitzki survived the Humboldt Broncos bus crash and sustained a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the chest down. The accident changed the direction of his athletic career and began an extensive rehabilitation process involving physiotherapy, mobility training, and adaptation to daily life. Ryan Straschnitzki approached recovery through structured goals and continued physical training while developing new objectives in adaptive sport. His experience now informs presentations on overcoming adversity, adapting to major change, and maintaining perspective during prolonged periods of uncertainty.

Sport remains central to the work of Ryan Straschnitzki, who has trained in adaptive athletics while pursuing Paralympic opportunities. He returned to the ice through para ice hockey and has also explored wheelchair basketball and other adaptive sports as part of his athletic development. Ryan Straschnitzki uses these experiences to examine mental and physical toughness, preparation, consistency, and the importance of strong support systems. His presentations connect athletic principles with workplace resilience, personal leadership, teamwork, and goal accomplishment.

Ryan Straschnitzki is the founder of the Straz Strong Foundation, which supports individuals with disabilities through adaptive sports access, adaptive technology, rehabilitation resources, and public education. The foundation works with partners to help provide adaptive equipment and opportunities that support independence and participation. Ryan Straschnitzki also uses public speaking to increase awareness of physical and mental disabilities and the barriers that can limit access to sport, rehabilitation, and community life. This work extends his focus from personal recovery to practical improvements in accessibility and quality of life.

Accessibility and inclusion remain continuing areas of advocacy for Ryan Straschnitzki. His work addresses environments, programs, and communities that allow people with different physical abilities to participate with greater independence. Ryan Straschnitzki has also spoken about rehabilitation innovation, adaptive technology, and continued research related to spinal cord injury. These interests support his broader focus on access, collaboration, informed decision making, and the role of technology in improving participation.

Ryan Straschnitzki speaks to corporate teams, associations, schools, sports organizations, and community groups about resilience, leadership, teamwork, positivity, kindness, and change. He draws from competitive hockey, rehabilitation, adaptive sport, and foundation work to explain how people can respond constructively when circumstances change. Ryan Straschnitzki emphasizes mental toughness, practical goal setting, strong support networks, and responsibility to the people around them. Through his speaking and advocacy, he continues to connect resilience with accessibility, adaptive sports, rehabilitation, and community responsibility.

Ryan Straschnitzki Topic Presentations

Ryan Straschnitzki From Calgary, Alberta, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Resilience and Overcoming Adversity

Mental and Physical Toughness

Inspiring Change Through Adaptive Sports

Leadership and Teamwork

The Power of Positivity and Kindness

Interviews
Ryan Straschnitzki
  • Survivor of Humboldt Broncos Crash Still Sees Future in Hockey
  • Former Broncos Player Has Sights Set on Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
  • Interview with Ryan Straschnitzki, Ice Hockey Player and T2 Level Spinal Cord Injury Patient.
Podcasts
Ryan Straschnitzki
  • Ryan Straschnitzki Joins the Show!
  • Episode 16 Featuring Ryan Straschnitzki
Articles
Ryan Straschnitzki
  • Former Broncos Player Ryan Straschnitzki Taking up Basketball
  • 'willing to Do Anything': Humboldt Broncos Crash Survivor Continues to Raise Awareness
  • From Tragic Accident to Paralympic Dreams: Ryan Straschnitzki's Story
  • Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos Hockey Player Looks to Improve Buildings

Ryan Straschnitzki Speaking Testimonials

"Ryan Straschnitzki, we want to thank you once again for your presentation yesterday and sharing your amazing on-going journey with all of us. We also appreciate your flexibility and initiative to go with the flow while we experienced technical difficulties at our end! We had a total of 244 attendees, which means a lot of comments! I hope you take the time to read through them when you can. It is very clear that you made a huge impact on everyone! It has been a pleasure working with you, and we wish you all the best in the future. We know you will continue to do big things – and, of course, bring back the GOLD for Canada!"

Nicole L Clarke

Business Expertise Consultant, Organizational Effectiveness, Integrity Services Branch, Western Canada and Territories Region
Service Canada - Canada.ca/Government of Canada

"Amazing young man, Ryan Straschnitzki, thank you so much! I wish everyone around the world would have this opportunity to hear your story."

Event Attendee
Service Canada

"Amazing session. Ryan Straschnitzki was very passionate, honest and a true inspiration to listen too. Thank you."

Event Attendee
Service Canada

"Ryan Straschnitzki is such an inspiration to us all. So proud of his accomplishments and strength. That was emotional, powerful and inspiring. Please continue to have these events."

Event Attendee
Service Canada

"Ryan Straschnitzki was so inspirational, brave, passionate and StrazStrong. Go for the Gold Son! Your parents must be so very proud."

Event Attendee
Service Canada

"Ryan Straschnitzki’s story is truly inspiring. A truly remarkable person. He may not yet have the “old man wisdom” but he most certainly knows the importance of motivation and determination in setting one’s goal and it was a great reminder to anyone who attended the presentation."

Event Attendee
Service Canada

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