Push (Canadian TV series)

Push
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24)

Push is a Canadian television documentary series, which premiered on February 24, 2023, on CBC Television.^[1] The series profiles the "Wheelie Peeps", a group of wheelchair users in Edmonton, Alberta who have come together as a circle of friends around Benveet Gill, the co-founder of the city's ReYu Paralysis Recovery Centre.^[2]

The cast members of the show include Brian McPherson, a sledge hockey player, and his girlfriend Victoria Berezovich, an advocate for Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease awareness; Natasha Urkow, a quadriplegic playwright and actress who is navigating the complications of pregnancy; Brittany Neunzig, a teacher who makes disability awareness videos for YouTube; Aleem Jaffer, an employment readiness consultant who is newly married to his husband Nick; and Riccardo Baldini, a concert pianist who is relearning how to play the instrument adaptively following a spinal cord injury.^[2]

References

1. "New CBC Show ‘PUSH’ Is Canada’s First Major-Network Primetime Series Featuring Leading Cast With Disabilities". Entertainment Tonight Canada, February 9, 2023.
2. Savannah Parker, "Edmontonians on wheels featured in CBC docuseries PUSH". Edmonton Journal, February 28, 2023.