Eighteen-year-old Scottie Greene of the St. Stephen Aces Junior A team underwent an operation last week at a Saint John, New Brunswick, hospital and was placed in an induced coma.
Jiya, who would accompany Devendra Jhajaria to training in Rajasthan, struck a deal with her father that if she topped in the lower kindergarten exam, he would have to win a gold in Rio Paralympics
Vancouver also signed centre James Sheppard and goaltender Kevin Carr.
Mariyappan Thangavelu, who became only the third Indian ever to clinch a gold medal in the Paralympics, will be the country's flag-bearer at the closing ceremony of the Rio Games on September 18.
Deepa Malik won the medal in the shot-put F-53 final by throwing her personal best of 4.61m at the Olympic Stadium (Engenhao) in Rio de Janeiro.
Paralympian Mariyappan Thangavelu's Golden Leap From Poverty Mariyappan won gold in high jump with a leap of 1.89m