Jason Dunkerley’s Visions of Hope: Running Towards My Own Truth is the inspiring autobiography of a distinguished Canadian middle-distance runner, who has been blind from birth due to a congenital eye condition. He achieved international acclaim as a five-time Paralympic medalist and world champion.

Visions of Hope introduces the listener to the complexities of elite athletics: the arduous training routines; the establishment of a strong rapport among athlete, guide, and coach; the formulation and execution of winning strategies; the relentless pursuit of excellence; the profound disappointment of defeat, and the exhilarating sense of victory. Jason's determination to live life to the fullest and develop his athletic abilities remained unwavering, serving as an inspiration for others to achieve personal fulfillment through sport, regardless of their capabilities.

Jason spent his childhood in Northern Ireland during the 1980s with two visually impaired brothers and a fully sighted sister. His parents' encouragement to engage in outdoor play like other children and support from schoolteachers in various sports fostered a lasting passion for physical activity, which became a defining aspect of his life.

At age thirteen, Jason emigrated to Canada with his family and attended the W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind in Brantford, Ontario, where students were actively encouraged to participate in sports. It was here that Jason discovered his interest in middle-distance running. He later graduated from the University of Guelph, where he joined the track team. The heightened level of training enabled him to qualify for his first national team in 1998, marking the beginning of his remarkable journey.

Bruce Kidd, a fabled Canadian Olympian and Professor Emeritus of Sport Politics and Policy at the University of Toronto, calls Visions of Hope “an insightful, at times poetic, account of the life of a Canadian Paralympian.”