Background
Whitson was born in Chatham, Ontario in 1989, with cerebral palsy.
Whitson was born in Chatham, Ontario in 1989, with cerebral palsy.
He joined the Canadian Sledge Hockey Team in 2007 after playing sledge hockey in the Windsor Ice Bullets sledge hockey program He is also an avid golfer and artist, in which he has donated pieces of his art to art auctions in support of Canadian athletes.