The Voice of WHITEthe Blind™ in Canada CANE MAGAZINE2010 ISSUE
This year the world celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of Louis Braille
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2 A Celebration of White Cane Week 2010 3 Editorial - Isolation in our Community 4 White Cane Week 2010 Person of the Year 5 Curling Championship 2010 6 Curling Awards Banquet 8 Embassy Day 9 Looking back on 2009 13 In the News 16 CCB Computer Training 19 The Sound of Books 22 Resource Guide 23 CCB opens TSE 5 24 CCB Board of Directors 25 CCB National Offi ce Staff 37 Products of Interest 42 Mark Demontis’ Journey 44 Kitchens of the World 47 Listing Regional Divisions & Chapters 6 42
EDITOR SPONSORSHIP SALES PRESIDENT White Cane Week™ Mike Potvin Keith Communications Inc. Canadian Council of the Blind Email: [email protected] 1599 Hurontario Street, Suite 104, Harold Schnellert Magazine Mississauga, Ontario L5G 4S1 White Cane Week Magazine is CONTRIBUTORS Telephone: (905) 278-6700 CANADIAN COUNCIL OF THE published annually by the Canadian Mike Potvin, Rick Madonik Toronto Fax: (905) 278-4850 BLIND Star, Peter Schowen Globe and Mail National Offi ce Council of the Blind under the direction of Keith Communications Inc. and PRINTER 401 - 396 Cooper Street with the cooperation and assistance DESIGN & LAYOUT Keystone Graphics Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2H7 of Xentel DM Inc. The publisher Art Department, Xentel DM Inc. Calgary, Alberta Telephone: (613) 567-0311 accepts no responsibility for advertiser Fax: (613) 567-2728 claims, unsolicited manuscripts, DISTRIBUTION PUBLISHER Toll Free: 1(877) 304-0968 photographs, transparencies or other Janet McIvor Michael Baillargeon Email: [email protected] materials. No part of this magazine Keith Communications Inc. Website: www.ccbnational.net may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR publisher. White Cane Week and Voice Canadian Council of the Blind of the Blind are registered trademarks Jim Prowse of the Canadian Council of the Blind. Copyright © 2010 by the Canadian Council of the Blind. All rights reserved. Proudly printed in Canada.
WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 1 SEVENTH ANNUAL WHITE CANE WEEK ™ A Celebration of White Cane Week™ 2010
he CCB members and volunteers did a fantastic and extending public support for the accessibility Tjob of raising the awareness of the blind and that is crucial to the quality of life for those in our visually impaired to the public this White Cane Week. community – the community of the blind and visually We got out there and made a difference; letting our impaired. abilities shine through and above all else, had fun! The Canadian Vision Impaired Curling The celebration of White Cane Week 2010 Championships held in Ottawa returned with more marked the seventh year The Council assumed sole exciting competition. This event again provided a responsibility for this event. We demonstrated our platform to demonstrate the abilities and skills within commitment to increasing the impact and outreach our community. of this important week of awareness of the blind and To our donors and partners and future ones as well, visually impaired. I would like to extend a very special thank you for This year’s theme continues to promote accessibility participation with the Council this White Cane Week. and inclusion, as we asked to “Help promote accessibility… measure me by my capabilities not my disabilities.” Harold Schnellert During White Cane Week our members and National President volunteers participated in many different public Canadian Council of the Blind events at the chapter division and national levels. All events were committed to raising the awareness of the White Cane as a “symbol of ability not disability”,
2 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 A major challenge being the isolation felt by far too many members of our community. We still have challenges to face
hile looking back on White Cane Week 2010, a range of programs from peer Wwe should be proud of the accomplishments support, to sports and recreation, to we have made, as members of the blind community, in general social activities, to computer improving our quality of life; and raising awareness to training is well positioned to reach our abilities. out and lend a helping hand to While we are out participating in book clubs, learning isolated members of the community. new technology, meeting new friends or getting active; Within the CCB are members who, through we are showing the world what we are capable of. their participation in its programs, have forged and We still have challenges to face; a major challenge maintained lives that in responding to the challenges being the isolation felt by far too many members of and trauma of a loss of sight became more involved our community. and active than at any other time in their lives. These Canadians with vision impairments, to a significant persons ski, sculpt, act, sail, cycle, curl, bowl, golf; degree, live outside of the national mainstream. Many have become computer literate; participate in book are disconnected from the workforce, have little access and current affairs clubs; mentor and support others; to significant social and cultural information and have organize activities for others; and develop networks of limited opportunities to participate in community life. their peers. While Canada increasingly ensures the availability of As we continue to move forward, we must encourage means to overcome the barriers imposed by the ‘built the rest of Canada to move forward alongside us; environment’, those that limit access to information helping us to reach out to isolated individuals. and knowledge, and social connection and interaction White Cane Week provides an excellent vehicle are rarely recognized, let alone addressed. The isolation for outreach, as well as a platform to showcase our created by these barriers dramatically reduces the abilities. It is a chance to remind all Canadians we are will and the capacity to interact, to be informed, to here, we are strong-willed and we will continue to participate and to be active. fight for our rights to live on an equal playing field as Common barriers to the blind and vision impaired our sighted peers. include: transportation, access to assistive technology, computer training, exclusion from social activities, exclusion from physical activities, communication and employment. Mike Potvin The CCB, a national, community-based organization Editor, of the blind with a history for over 65 years of hosting 2010 White Cane Week Magazine
WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 3 2010 White Cane Week Person of the Year Award Lori Fry he Canadian Council of the Blind is pleased loss and promoting equality for blind Canadians. Tto announce that this year’s White Cane Week She also leads a vital program of Aquafit classes Person of the Year award goes to our very own providing therapy and rehabilitation for her Lori Fry, of the CCB 100 Mile House & District community. Chapter in British Columbia. Lori has been instrumental in promoting “Lori truly believes in the CCB’s ability to change Lucentis as a treatment for Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in BC; advocating fair and equitable eye treatment for all. Lori has participated on a parent’s advisory committee, working with local schools to implement programs such as the Positive Playgrounds and Safe arrival program. Positive Playground’s purpose is to achieve a positive environment on the playground; while promoting physical activity for children. Lori also helped to establish the Safe Arrival program; ensuring children arrive to school and back home safely. This year Lori was also one of the 45 outstanding British Columbians named as a recipient of the sixth annual BC Community Achievement Awards by Premier Gordon Campbell and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia From left to right: Honourable Steven L. Point, Lieutenant Achievement Foundation. Governor of B.C., Lori Fry and Honourable Gordon “Together, British Columbians build Campbell, Premier of B. C. a stronger province, and in the midst of these demanding times, we gather what it means to be blind in Canada,” comments confidence from those in our province who Jim Tokos, CCB National Vice President and CCB/ consistently and honourably create safe, caring CNIB National Liaison. “She leads by example, and vital communities,” said Premier Campbell. and is constantly working with CNIB in BC to “I applaud the outstanding contribution these strengthen the relationship between the two individuals have made to regions throughout organizations, therefore better positioning each British Columbia and their commitment to organization to assist the blind community.” making our province the best place on earth.” Lori is an active member of the regional, provincial, The CCB would like to thank Lori for her tireless and national CCB, where she has volunteered for dedication to improving the quality of life for 18 years, raising public awareness about vision those with vision loss.q
4 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 B.C. Team in action B.C. Team 2010 Canadian Vision Impaired Curling Championship
he sixth annual Canadian Vision Impaired sweeping are vision impaired. The only members TCurling Championships were a great success! of the team who are sighted are the coach and the Congratulations to all the blind curlers! guide. “They train the same way all curlers do. They Special congratulations to Team Canada (Kelowna, work hard on developing their skills and learning BC), Team Ontario 2 (Hamilton, ON) and Team the strategy of the game.” said Walter Koop, Team Alberta who placed fi rst, second and third, Manitoba Coach. “It is very rewarding for me as a respectively. Way to go! coach to watch them play and to see all the hard Nine teams from coast to coast participated in total. work pay off.” Team Canada (Kelowna, BC) was back to defend their championship title. “They were all out to be the team to knock us off the top and some day our reign FINAL ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS of being Team Canada will end,” said Team Lead Bob 1. AB (Alberta) 7 wins 1 loss Comba, “but until that day comes we’ll continue to 2. BC (British Columbia/Team Canada) 7 wins 1 loss do our best.” 3. ON1 (Ontario/Kitchener) 5 wins 3 losses One of the main missions of the championship 4. ON2 (Ontario/Hamilton) 4 wins 4 losses is to demonstrate the ability of blind and visually 5. SK (Saskatchewan) 4 wins 4 losses 6. MB (Manitoba) 4 wins 4 losses impaired to all Canadians and to encourage 7. NS (Nova Scotia) 3 wins 5 losses participation at the local level. 8. NB (New Brunswick) 1 win 7 losses “The event is inspirational in so many ways,” 9. NL (Newfoundland) 0 wins 8 losses states Michael Potvin, CCB Spokesman. “Not only are the blind curlers showcasing their amazing Special thanks to Doris Koop, CCB member from talents on the ice, but to see the support from Winnipeg, who co-ordinated the championship for the Embassies on an international level, is truly the third year in a row; and continues to promote remarkable.” visually impaired grassroots curling across the Even though many may assume that it would be country. near impossible to curl having ten percent vision With fi nancial support from the TSX, the CCA is or less, it proves to be a sport that can be mastered offering training and coaching sessions for persons by effort, coupled with clear communication and with disabilities at various centres throughout the teamwork. All members throwing a stone and country.q
WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 5 n Friday, February 12, ™ ocurlers and honoured guests including Carleton White Cane Week Curling Awards Banquet University’s Paul Menton Centre staff; CCB bursary recipients; Lions and offi cials from the Offi ce for Disability Issues listened to Paul Franklin, our very inspirational guest speaker. Mr. Franklin is a former Presentation of Canadian Medic who lost 1st Place Medals to Team Canada both legs in Afghanistan. (Kelowna, BC) Paul Franklin didn’t set out to become a hero -- much less one of “Canada’s Heroes,” as TIME magazine calls him. A former medic with the Canadian Armed Forces, Franklin was nearly killed in Afghanistan in 2006 when a suicide Presentation of 2nd Place bomber smashed into his Medals to vehicle, killing a Canadian Team Ontario 2 diplomat. Franklin lost (Hamilton) both of his legs, but he survived. At home, he made national headlines, becoming a symbol of the resilience and unheralded work that Canadian soldiers — hardworking men and women — are doing to bring stability to a volatile region. Against incredible odds, and after Presentation of twenty-six surgeries, he 3rd Place Medals began walking on artifi cial to Team Alberta legs and rebuilding his life (Edmonton) in Canada. For more Information on Vision Impaired Curling, please visit the CCB website at: www.ccbnational.net q
6 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 White Cane Week™ Curling Awards Banquet
Guest speaker Paul Franklin
Michael Hayes presents sportsman Award to Don Connolly
CCB President Harold Schnellert congratulates Doris Koop, CVICC Coordinator
WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 7 EMBASSy DAy CounCiL sHares grassrooTs CurLing message in efforTs To grow THe sporT in THe worLd. n Saturday February 6, 2010, the Canadian “We had originally hoped blind curling would at oCouncil of the Blind kicked off its weeklong least be a demonstration sport at the 2010 Vancouver Annual Blind and Vision Impaired Championship by Paralympics,” said Bob Comba, Team Canada Skip “It hosting Embassy Day at the Ottawa Curling Club. takes time and a lot of support to get three continents Delegates from 26 Embassies located in Ottawa were and eight countries involved.” in attendance to help promote grassroots curling. Embassies have been instrumental in the Several of the embassies got out on the ice and development of the CCB’s Kitchens of the World™ tried the sport for the fi rst time. cookbook. One of the main missions of the championship The kick off ceremonies also included a is to demonstrate the ability of the blind and performance by Ottawa’s own Lucas Haneman, 22 vision impaired to all Canadians and to encourage year-old vision-impaired jazz guitarist. Haneman’s participation at the local level. The organizers and music career has been on the rise in recent years athletes involved are also working very hard to make taking awards at many festivals and contests. q this sport a recognized sport with the Paralympics as soon as 2014.
8 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 Looking back on White Cane Week 2009
White Cane Week 2009 was a tremendous success! Vision impaired curlers from across Canada gathered at the Ottawa Curling Club for a week of intense competition, and local events from across the country helped showcase the abilities of the blind.
Vision Impaired Curling Championship more aware of the beauty of life.” The fifth annual 2009 Canadian Vision Impaired Curling This was a wonderful opportunity to promote Championships were a great success! Congratulations awareness on an international level, as well as have a to all the blind curlers! lot of fun! Special congratulations to Team Canada (Kelowna, As a special treat, the entire club was treated to the BC), Team Ontario 1 (Kitchener, ON) and Team Manitoba musical stylings of Lucas Haneman, vision-impaired who placed first, second and third, respectively. Way to guitar virtuoso. go! The Championship helped to stress the importance Here is a list of the Embassies who attended: of staying active, good camaraderie and to have fun. Embassy of Guatemala, Embassy of Czech Republic, “This event really made a huge impact on raising Royal Thai Embassy, Embassy of Tunisia, Embassy of awareness across the country about the abilities of Bulgaria, Embassy of Croatia, Embassy of Azerbaijan, people living with vision loss.” States Doris Koop, Embassy of Ukraine, Embassy of Cuba, Embassy of coordinator of the event. Mexico, Embassy of Afghanistan, Embassy of Lithuania, The media coverage during the Championship Embassy of Turkey, Embassy of El Salvador, Embassy of played a vital role in raising the profile of the CCB Slovenia, Embassy of Germany, Embassy of USA, High and their members by providing daily results from the Commission of Bahamas competition on national CBC radio. Stories on event activities also ran throughout the week on various local television and radio stations – Rogers, A-Channel and CFRA. Provincial Events
EmbassIEs Give Curling a Try Newfoundland Last year’s WCW included a special event that tied Recreation students from Academy Canada held into the work CCB has been doing with Embassies activities with the members of the CCB Baker Club throughout the last year. On Saturday, January 31, 18 which included lunch. Embassies ventured down to the Ottawa Curling Club, A cribbage tournament and a bowling tournament site of the annual Canadian Vision Impaired Curling between those with vision loss, The St. John’s Lions Championships, where they had a chance to try Club and the Correctional Officers was also held curling, meet some blind curlers, and even have their during the week. picture taken with a curling trophy! PEI “I had a great experience with curling, especially The CCB PEI Queen’s County Chapter held various blind curling, in the sense of trying to play with events, and gained media exposure, including: an glasses that mimicked different kinds of vision loss”, interview on CBC radio featuring one of the chapter commented Boris Jelovsek, Councilor at the Embassy members; a public awareness and educational display of Slovenia. “I realized how difficult it is to live and to located at the Confederation Mall, which provided play when you cannot see properly. I would strongly information on assistive devices and technology; a fun recommend and encourage demonstrations like the evening of bowling, featuring island politicians and one we saw today. Thank you very much for giving us Lions Club members; a goalball demonstration; and a the opportunity to become cognizant of curling and demonstration on the sport of vision impaired curling. 4
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10 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 Nova Scotia Information regarding White Cane Week and CCB The CCB Sydney Chapter had an open house to which Cornwall Chapter was advertised in both the local the public and the media were invited. Pictures were English and French print Media. They also received taken of the members having fun doing table bowling, some free Public Service announcements. which appeared in the local newspaper that week. An information table was set up for two full days The chapter also had a mall display to promote at the Cornwall Square Mall and was manned by awareness with some of the adaptive devices the blind Cornwall Chapter Members. use in every day life. Members Rory MaCrae and Co-chair Raymond Young Manitoba played a few hands of cribbage. As part of the 2009 White Cane Week Celebrations, The CCB Halifax Chapter held a flag raising ceremony the CCB Manitoba Division held an informational at city hall to start off White Cane Week. They also had a display which took place at centre court in Winnipeg’s descriptive video on Wednesday afternoon in the CNIB downtown shopping centre – Portage Place on auditorium; and also an expo at the Halifax shopping February 5, 2009 centre on Thursday, where they showcased some of The purpose was to focus on the abilities of people the activities that the members do. Other organizations who are blind or vision impaired and to showcase were present as well to show blind and visually their ability to contribute to society; to highlight the impaired Canadians that there is support available. On programs and activities which the CCB Manitoba Friday they had cribbage and table bowling where the Division coordinates to fulfill the core CCB goals of Lions club joined in on the activity. peer support, public awareness of the abilities of On Saturday they finished off WCW with their annual those who are blind or vision impaired; advocate to bowling competition, and afterwards they had a pizza increased accessibility in all aspects of day-to-day lunch from Kit Kat Pizza. life in Manitoba; to recognize significant strides in accessibility by presenting the “Inclusion Award” and New Brunswick to recognize volunteers who have worked hard to The CCB Restigouche Club held a bowling tournament make CCB MB Division an important voice for people complete with a banquet. who are blind or vision impaired in Manitoba. Individual members of the CCB Manitoba Division Ontario took turns highlighting the various programs which The CCB London chapter held a reception prior to a support the CCB core goals. While many of the described movie at the downtown library. programs overlap multiple goals, each concentrated The Hamilton Youth Chapter gave a presentation at on a particular goal for clarity. a school assembly for a parent teacher event. They also Peer support was addressed through the curling, held a Museum trip for kids with vision loss and their bowling, and cribbage, Winnipeg & District, Tech- parents. Ease and the L. P. Ng Scholarship. Public awareness The Windsor/Essex Low Vision Social and Support was highlighted in the “See If You Can” and in the Group held an information day, with the premise presentation of the “Inclusion Awards”. Advocacy being to give as much information regarding support featured a petition for the general public to consider and programs to the vision impaired community as signing. possible. A presentation of a certificate was made to last There were tech aides,a regional ADP vendor with year’s Inclusion Award recipients. The “Inclusion assistive technology, information on library services, Award” is presented to an organization or individual information on dog guides,etc. who has created or expanded a product or service The CCB Cornwall Chapter held several events. which increases the ability for Manitobans who are Firstly, it was proclaimed, by Cornwall City Council, blind or vision impaired to contribute to society. that CCB White Cane Week would be the week of The City of Winnipeg, Al Filleul Web Manager February 1st to 7th, 2009. On February 2nd the White accepted an award for the Universal Design of www. Cane Week flag was raised by Cornwall Mayor, Bob winnipeg.ca. Kikger, and was attended by several Cornwall Chapter Serotek Corporation was also recognized for their members. Coverage was represented by print and no-cost screen reading and screen enlarging software television media. “SA To Go”. A display was set up at the local library with Volunteer Awards were presented to: Harold information regarding White Cane Week and CCB Thorvaldson, “King Pin” for 50 Years and Nancy Chapters. Some visual aids were displayed. Klippenstein, Coordinator of the” See If You Can 4
WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 11 Program” 1973 – 2009. Pizza, where Media and guests were asked to eat The event received very positive feedback from with blindfolds or glasses resembling various eye the community. The CCB MB Division has made great conditions. Shaw Cable and City TV showed segments strides in the 2009 year and will continue to work on of the Luncheon. It was a huge success. new ideas and ventures to raise positive awareness on On Friday Feb 6 the chapter had a Display at Deerfoot the abilities of people who are blind or vision impaired. Mall. It was the same type of display as City Hall. On the whole, White Cane Week was very successful. Saskatchewan The CCB Edmonton Fantastix Chapter held their 3rd The CCB MOOSE JAW WHITE CANE CLUB had a Annual “Blind Bowling Challenge”. The small chapter’s successful White Cane Week, with Mayor Dale Me Bain one major event is a “Blind Bowling Challenge.”, where signing the White Cane Week Proclamation. This was sighted people are invited to bowl two games of 5-pin witnessed by President Margaret Fortman and member with the members– one “regular” and one blindfolded, Marion Sweeting. to simulate total blindness. The object, besides having Cable 10 TV conducted an interview with Ralph fun, is to demonstrate to the sighted world what the Bergland, Public Relations Convener and Ron Metcalfe, members cope with every day of their lives, and how President Moose Jaw Lions Club. This interview was they can enjoy themselves in spite of their limitations. aired several times during the month of February, 2009. Last year’s event was held on Sunday, February The members of the CCB Moose Jaw White Cane 8, at Bonnie Doon Bowling Lanes in Edmonton. It Club bowling team challenged the members of the included fifteen participants, two blind and thirteen Lions Clubs to a bowling match, which was won by the sighted, including three children. Scores for the “blind” Lions Clubs members. bowlers ranged from two to ninety; and everyone got The Annual White Cane Week supper had updates a prize just for trying! regarding the CCB by Len Triffo, President CCB Sask. The chapter also had a sales and information table Division. Also Bob Parker, Social Worker, CNIB Regina and a 50/50 draw. All in all, it was a successful event. gave the members information of aids available to the blind and visually impaired. British Columbia Signs were posted on the Bonanza restaurant parking White Cane Week 2009 was tremendously successful lot and on the Firestone Store parking lot. These are for the BC-Yukon Division. Members from the 100 Mile situated on main arteries of the City. House & District Chapter, White Cane Club boarded a Marquee signs on the Civic Centre lot and on the bus and hit the highway during White Cane Week in corner of Manitoba Street and 9th Avenue N.W. were order to co-host an open house event with the CNIB run for the entire month of February. on February 2nd. The Public Library also had a display case filled with This combined effort resulted in the formation of a visual aids and appliances posted for the month of new CCB Chapter. The Caribou White Cane Chapter February. has been established with thirteen members while Posters, bookmarks, pamphlets and the White others are already planning to join. The Williams Lake Cane Week magazine were placed in waiting rooms Lions Club sponsored the venue and was in attendance in the hospital, nursing homes, and also the Moose to offer their assistance as well as a donation to the Jaw Housing Authority properties. Posters were also new Chapter. displayed in windows of restaurants and other business’ In conjunction with White Cane Week, a certificate front windows. of appreciation was presented to 100 Mile Transit PSA’s were run on CHAB and Country 100 radio for their contribution to the well being of blind and stations in Moose Jaw. visually impaired Canadians. In addition to WCW activities, one of the Lions Alberta Clubs in the 100 Mile House area has requested The CCB Calgary Club began Monday, Feb 2, At Calgary a demonstration of the Chapter’s speech and City Hall, where Deputy Mayor Stevens read the White magnification software programs which took place on Cane Week Proclamation as well as a speech on visual March 2, 2009 as it was not possible during WCW. impairment. A display was set up with visual aides, Congratulations to six members of the Festival of WCW magazines, CCB information, and literature Friends Chapter living in Kelowna for winning their pertaining to vision loss. They also included a paper 5th championship at the Annual Canadian Vision that informed sighted people of the etiquette to use Impaired National Curling Bonspiel in Ottawa. q with the blind and visually impaired. On Wednesday, Feb 4, a luncheon was held at Boston
12 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 In the News
Bicentennial of the birth of National Gallery Helps Louis Braille Visually Impaired ‘See’ Art Accessible Art Program at National Gallery, White Cane Week workshops help artists create Serotek Corporation Accepts CCB Inclusion using senses other than sight Award, CRTC Takes Steps to Improve Access to Communications Services for Canadians By Emma Lovell, Centretown News with Vision Loss. Happy 200th, Louis Braille! hristine Duport began participating in visual art Cworkshops only after losing something often considered crucial to the medium: her sight. Before a tumor caused her to lose her eyesight three years ago, 46-year-old Duport frequented museums and occasionally did arts and crafts at home, but her art practice changed significantly after going blind. “I did do a little bit of art before, but nothing major,” she says. “Now I enjoy the process as much as I enjoy the finished result, whereas before I was geared toward his year, the world marks the bicentennial of the end product.” Tthe birth of Louis Braille, the blind Frenchman As she speaks, she runs her muddied hands across who created and perfected a simple, effective and a clay sculpture she has been molding. efficient system of reading and writing by touch. Duport is part of a small group of people with The impact the invention of braille has had on the visual impairments who make regular trips to the world’s blind, deafblind and visually impaired people National Gallery of Canada to experience and create has been compared to the impact of the invention art using senses other than sight. of the printing press. Braille200 is the Canadian From Feb. 1-7, the gallery partnered with the banner for special events which are being planned Canadian Council of the Blind to celebrate White and organized by the World Braille Foundation in Cane Week, a national awareness week aimed at cooperation with CNIB, the World Blind Union, the emphasizing the talents of Canadians who are blind Canadian Braille Authority, the Canadian Council of or visually impaired. Elizabeth Sweeney, accessibility the Blind and other literacy groups in Canada. educator at the national gallery, says although Canadian bicentenary festivities in 2009 featured programming for people with visual impairments is the debut of “Merci Louis,” a new song by award- available throughout the year, the awareness week winning singer-songwriter Terry Kelly, and the highlights the power of art to a group that is often unveiling of a new Canadian braille textbook titled forgotten in the field. “Celebrating Braille: A Canadian Approach.” “Especially within the blind community, these are But that’s not all! The year of celebrations also people who were discouraged for the most part to included: Braille exhibits at different museums across think or talk or learn about art,” Sweeney says. Canada; Educational and awareness programs such The gallery hosted a series of hands-on workshops as library reading series and read-a-thons. q throughout the week, focused on making art. 4
WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 13 sculpture. She says that since losing her sight she has been able to appreciate art in a completely new way. “Becoming blind is actually a very freeing Participants created hanging mobiles and clay experience,” she says. and plaster sculptures, artworks based on form and “I don’t see what other people are doing, so there’s shape, rather than on visual aesthetics like colour. no comparison. There’s no pressure to achieve the The week also included guided tactile tours, perfect piece. First and foremost, it’s about free where participants explored less-fragile pieces in the expression.” q gallery’s collection through touch, in consultation with curators and conservators and using special gloves so as not to damage the works. Celebrations wrapped up on Feb. 7, with a lecture Mike Calvo CEO – Serotek by Amadeo D’Angiulli, a professor at Carleton Corporation Accepts CCB University, who spoke about his studies with the drawings of children with congenital blindness. Manitoba Division “2009 Theresa Dupuis, president of the Canadian Inclusion Award” Council of the Blind’s Ottawa chapter, says the accessibility options available at the national gallery he innovative SAToGo product from Serotek and awareness weeks like this one help open up TCorporation provides no-cost access technology the world of art to people with visual impairments. through screen reading and screen enlarging Since she went blind three years ago due to acute capabilities to many blind and vision impaired glaucoma, the number of her visits to the gallery has people. increased significantly. On May 28, 2009, at their Annual General Meeting, “Before I lost my sight, I wouldn’t come to the the Canadian Council of the Blind Manitoba Division gallery that often because I was working and I was honoured the Serotek Corporation with their “2009 too busy. But one door closes, and 10 more open,” Inclusion Award” for its SAToGo product. she says, adding that, in addition to taking part in The “Inclusion Award” is given by the CCB Manitoba White Cane Week, she now comes to the gallery at Division to a company, group or individual who has least once a month to attend a regular tour called created or expanded a service or product which Stimulating the Senses. increases the opportunities for Manitobans who are This in-depth tour takes participants through the blind or vision impaired. gallery to examine artwork through senses other The 2009 Inclusion Award was presented to an than sight, pairing various activities with meticulous enthusiastic Mike Calvo, CEO of Serotek’s virtual oral descriptions of the works. presence via Skype so he could accept the award Activities may include, for example, touching rich personally. velvets similar to those depicted in Baroque paintings, Mike Calvo inspired the 45 people in attendance listening to music of a certain era or imagining the with an uplifting message that “accessibility is a smells and tastes contained in a still life painting. right”. “Art isn’t just what we see, art is a feeling; it’s a SAToGo was featured as an option on 30 refurbished memory and it’s a thought,” says Sweeney, who laptops which were distributed through CCB organizes the tours. Manitoba Division to 30 blind and vision impaired “Art pushes your imagination in different ways, so people as part of the CCB’s Tech-Cane Program. we try to tap into that.” SAToGo provides a base solution for those who do Sweeney adds that Stimulating the Senses, which not have access technology for these laptops. takes place on the last Thursday of every month, During his presentation, Mike Calvo made an can be appreciated by a wide audience, including unexpected extra-ordinary offer of 30 seat licenses those without visual impairments. It’s just about to make the 30 laptops accessible to the CCB experiencing art in a deeper way, she says. members in Manitoba. The seat licenses will allow With her guide dog Erie lying comfortably at the recipients of the laptops to use their computers her feet, Duport puts the finishing touches on her even if an Internet connection is not available.
14 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 This was an exciting and generous offer which (audio descriptions provide Canadians with bolsters the goal of leveraging technology to visual impairments with voice-overs of the text or support blind and vision impaired people in their graphics that appear on-screen, such as weather full participation and contribution to society. updates, sports scores or financial data), and Serotek’s product pricing and placing models • provide at least four hours per week of described- are revolutionary within the adaptive technology video programming (described video is added industry and can be viewed by visiting www.serotek. during pauses in dialogue to provide information com. q on the settings, the actors costumes or body language, or other purely visual information). For the first time, the CRTC’s requirements for CRTC Takes Steps to Improve described video will apply to French-language broadcasters, as well as the Canadian Broadcasting Access to Communications Corporation’s English- and French language networks. Services for Canadians This will result in the provision of described video by a minimum of 15 additional English-language and five n July 21, the Canadian Radio-television additional French-language television services. Oand Telecommunications Commission The announcement follows a public process that (CRTC: www.crtc.gc.ca) announced new requirements included a public hearing, which was held from to facilitate access to telecommunications and November 17 to 26, 2008; and included a presentation broadcasting services. The requirements build on by the CCB. existing initiatives and consist of concrete measures Dr. Gary Birch, the Executive Director of the Neil for the more than four million Canadians living Squire Society was one of the presenters at that with disabilities. While certain measures will be hearing. Commenting on the CRTC decision, Dr. Birch implemented immediately, others will be put into said, “We look forward to working with the cell phone practice gradually given the current economic climate. service providers to ensure they have accessible “We understand that Canadians living with handset devices across the full range of persons disabilities have increasing needs as communications with disabilities; however, the CRTC’s rulings did not technologies become more prevalent in our daily lives,” address several significant issues that were raised by said Konrad von Finckenstein, Q.C., Chairman of the the disability community during the hearings.” CRTC. “The measures announced today (Broadcasting “In particular, the need for resources for and Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-430) are an community-based disability groups to be effectively important step in making it easier for them to use the involved in the ongoing process of creating accessibility latest communications services.” resulting directly and indirectly from these hearings Given the increasingly converged nature of the was not addressed. This is essential to ensure users communications industry, the Commission examined with disabilities are appropriately involved in making accessibility issues as they relate to both broadcasting current and emerging technologies and services and telecommunications services. accessible for all persons with disabilities. The CRTC Regarding telecommunications services and further has made an important step forward in addressing to its review, the CRTC will: the needs of people with disabilities, but a properly • require that telecommunications companies, funded and formal ongoing engagement process is including cable and satellite companies, improve necessary to ensure that people with disabilities are the accessibility of their customer service not left behind as new technologies and services are • request that wireless companies offer at least one introduced.” type of cell phone to serve the needs of people Dr. Birch added, “We will continue to work with who are blind and/or have moderate-to-severe the CRTC, industry and other community-based mobility or cognitive disabilities organizations to continue the work of developing a During its next licence-renewal exercise, the CRTC funding model and putting it into place. This will enable will require that broadcasters: the required level of effort to ensure that Canadians • make available high-quality audio descriptions with disabilities can achieve and maintain full access of programming, especially for news broadcasts to telecommunication and broadcast technologies.” q
WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 15 Enabling the Blind through Technology
The CCB is opening up a world of communication and information to the blind and veterans through our Basic Computer Literacy Skills Training and TechCane programs JAWS Workshop Sheds New Light for Visually Impaired People
AWS has come to the community of Quesnel, available on the World Wide Web that people can JBC. A group is learning how to use a computer access like never before. When material was only without using their eyes. Many of the group is available in print we were left out unless someone visually impaired, but this method also works for agreed to convert it to Braille,” Canadian Council those who have sight and are living with disabilities of the Blind’s Albert Ruel said. “Now if we have such as dyslexia. access to technology in our homes or offices we “There is now a vast amount of information can independently access it in the way that works
Participants in CCB Computer Training Course
16 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 for each of us. Some will choose to enlarge the text and friends; research using the Internet; or do both on the screen and in print, others will listen online banking. to the text using screen reading software, and still “We no longer want to feel isolated. Computer others will read it using refreshable Braille displays. technology is here to stay,” said Deniece Furber, “The real revolution is we individually get to President of The Quesnel Visually Impaired chapter. choose, and the producer of the information need “I will not be left behind. I want to be able to only make it available to all through the Internet in understand computers because in the future accessible formats.” everything will be computerized. I am thankful for JAWS (Job Access With Speech) is the program the CCB for showing options to the legally blind that the group is learning. This literacy-focused residents in Quesnel.” workshop is made possible through the Canadian “This class is a riot. I am so glad that I stepped Council of the Blind, HRSDC, and a community out the door today and came to the class. I am partnership with Century 21, Discovery Computers, fi nally feeling normal! I thought that everything seniors’ Advocacy Service, Quesnel Literacy, and that I enjoyed in life was gone. Horses, musical Advocacy Resources Centre. instruments and books were what I lived for,” said The instructor, Albert Ruel from the Canadian Allana Coderre, a participant in the course. “This Council of the Blind, is here for two weeks to has opened up my old world and a new one at the fi ll the group’s minds with as much training as same time. I am starting to feel the gift my blindness they can absorb! Some in the group have never can be, not the curse that I thought it to be. experienced using a computer; others have used Alana went on to say, “I think one of the most computers for many years. With ten participants, all important things I would like to come away with of them have something to learn in this workshop: from this class is a sense of normalcy. I would like whether that is to stay in touch with each other; to feel free to be me; and that means that I need to read the newspaper; communicate with families to have a purpose and be able to function in the sighted world.”
this story appeared in the Quesnel Cariboo observer, october 15, 2009
note from the editor: The CCB Basic Computer Literacy course is open to ALL blind and visually impaired Canadians, and is not limited to CCB members. The free 2-week course has an estimated value of $2000.00. Over 310 individuals have received training since the program began in March 2008. Training sessions have been held all across the country. CCB will train 400 participants by the end of March 2010. This program is sponsored by Human Resources and Social Development Canada and the Canadian Council of the Blind. For further information on the program, and registration, please contact: Mike Potvin at the CCB National offi ce, 1-877-304-0968 or [email protected]. q
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18 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 The Sound of Books An Ottawa club for the blind opens the world up to its members by PETER SCOWEN, The Globe and Mail, March 14, 2009
osing your sight can happen slowly over years to restart their lives, rethinking everything from their Lor it can come on suddenly, as quickly as one job situation to the position of the furniture in their week. It can occur later in life as the result of macular living room. degeneration, or disease and injury can cause it in “Either you can stay at home and wallow in your youth or middle age. self-pity,” says Mike Potvin, 32, who lost his sight to a However and whenever it happens, going blind genetic disorder seven years ago, “or you can get on is a traumatic event, likened by those who’ve been with your life.” through it to the horror of losing a family member. Potvin chose the latter. He is now both a member Everyday assumptions about mobility are utterly and organizer of a book club for the blind in Ottawa, shattered when the sense that most connects us to its members gathering once a month in a spare office the world is unavailable. People who go blind have at the Canadian Council of the Blind (where Potvin
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20 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 works) to discuss The Book of Negroes, or a mystery don’t read it!” novel, or the works of Bill Bryson. The DAISY readers use specialized CDs made by “It’s a wonderful group,” Jane Beaumont says of the the CNIB that have enhanced navigation features not 15 members of the Canadian Council of the Blind available on commercial audio books, according to Ottawa Book Club. “And it’s made a huge difference Beaumont. in people’s lives.” Volunteers voice the books in a studio at the CNIB Beaumont is a former chair of the Canadian headquarters in Toronto, and the CDs are distributed National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) library board. in Ottawa by the library system. Four years ago, she teamed up with Potvin at the CCB One issue for blind readers is the delay between and the Ottawa Public Library and, with a $10,000 the release of a book and its availability from the grant from the Community Foundation of Ottawa, CNIB. It’s usually six months, Beaumont said, and can purchased 20 specialized audio-book players called be longer for Canadian books. DAISY readers. Publishers and authors are touchy about protecting But instead of simply handing the $500 readers their copyrighted material, especially in the digital over to CCB members and never seeing them again, age, Beaumont pointed out. As little as 3 per cent of Beaumont and Potvin formed the book club. They all books are available from publishers in alternate chose the CCB office for meetings because it’s on a formats, leaving the CNIB with a large hole to fill. bus route, which is good for members who can still It’s clearly worth the effort. At least 10 members negotiate Ottawa’s transit system (others get driven aging in range from 30 to 90 attend the meeting to the meetings by family members or specialized every month. The discussions are passionate, by all transit). accounts. The ultimate goal, said Beaumont, was to get “Socially, I think it’s a good thing for the members,” people out of their homes and doing the things said Batten, who calls herself “a joiner.” they’d always done. Potvin, a passionate reader before going blind, said “It’s proving to be a good book club,” said Lois he had a “real transition period” after losing his sight Batten, 82 and one of the founding members. that included wondering whether he would be able Batten knows from book clubs: She was a long- to continue with books. standing member of one before losing much of her That’s all changed; he now does his reading in ways sight six years ago. This new one, though, is different he never imagined. “I crank a book and do the dishes – there are more men than women, which strikes before my wife gets home from work,” he said. Batten as both unusual and educational. Being able to read, he said, “sort of opens the world “They read what they want!” she said of the men, back up to you.” q somewhat startled by it. “If they don’t like it, they Canadian Council of the Blind
The main objectives of the CCB are to give people who are blind or vision impaired a voice in their own affairs and to provide rehabilitation through peer support and social and recreational activities.
The Objectives of the Council are threefold:
a. To promote the well-being of individuals who are blind or vision impaired through higher education, profit- able employment and social association, and to create a closer relationship between blind and sighted friends.
b. To organize a nation-wide organization of people who are blind and vision impaired and groups of blind persons throughout Canada.
c. To promote measures for the conservation of sight and the prevention of blindness.
WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 21 2010 Resources for Blind and Visually Impaired Canadians
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22 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Canadian Council of the Blind Opens Toronto Stock Exchange
he Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), the largest and is available in hard copy or EBook versions and Tmembership based organization for the blind is features recipes and colour photographs from 102 pleased to announce that it opened the Toronto Stock countries. Exchange (TSX) on October 27th. The book also includes maps, iconic features of each Jim Tokos, CCB Vice-President, presented the CCB’s country and demographics. “Our partner schools like new cookbook Kitchens of the World™ to the TSX and it because it serves as an educational tool for both the Canadian Paralympic Foundation to thank them for parents, students and teachers,” notes Tokos. their support for visually impaired curling at the local Mr. Tokos goes on to say, “Quite frankly, I can’t think of level in Canada. many charities willing to share with their fund raising “This is a very high end product with the premise ventures, but we are. This is not the blind leading the that preparing food and with whom we share it can blind, but the blind leading.” overcome geography and politics and can lead to an For partnership or curling opportunities or appreciation of other cultures,” says Tokos. ordering the cookbook visit the CCB web site at Mr. Tokos states the cookbook is designed to raise www.ccbnational.net q funds for all charities and non-profit organizations •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 23 Canadian Council of the Blind Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: British Columbia - Yukon National President Lori Fry Harold Schnellert Vice-President, British Columbia 513-261 Youville Drive East - Yukon Division Edmonton, AB T6L 7H3 Box 1232 Office Tel & Fax: 780-461-6397 100 Mile House, BC V0K 2E0 Cell: 780-668-1905 Home: 250-395-2452 Home: 780-468-7081 [email protected] [email protected] MANITOBA Past President Dan Monchak John Rempel Vice-President, Manitoba 601 – 4615 Rae Street Division Regina, SK S4S 3B2 7 Haddow Street Home: 306-584-1464 Winnipeg,MB R2R 0L9 [email protected] Home: 204-694-2825 Cell: 204-989-2175 1st Vice-President Fax: 204-694-2825 Jim Tokos [email protected] CNIB Liaison/Membership Development Newfoundland - #902-350 Concession Street Labrador Hamilton, ON L9A 1B6 Elizabeth Mayo Vice-President, Newfoundland - 2nd Vice-President Labrador Division Louise Gillis P.O. Box 222 Vice-President, Nova Scotia Avondale, NF A0A 1B0 Division Home: 709-229-7205 116 Crescent Street [email protected] Sydney, NS B1S 2Z8 Ontario 3rd Vice-President Don Grant Linda Sobey Vice-President, Ontario Division Vice-President, New Brunswick 1847 Cumberland Street Division Cornwall, ON K6J 5W2 761 Route 435 Hwy., Maple Glen, NB E1V 4X4 Prince Edward Island Sandra Poirier Vice-President, Prince Edward BOARD MEMBERS: Island Division 6 Main Drive East, Box 51 Alberta Miscouche, PEI C0B 1T0 Heather Hannett Home: 902-436-5314 Vice-President, Alberta Division [email protected] #412 1451 21 Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2T 5N9 Saskatchewan Home: 403-285-9382 Jerome Kuntz For more information or to reach a National Board [email protected] Vice-President, Saskatchewan Division member, please contact the Canadian Council of 1105 Campbell Street the Blind at our national office: Regina, SK S4T 5P5 toll-free; 1-866-304-0968 Home: 306-352-9458 [email protected] email; [email protected].
24 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 Canadian Council of the Blind National Staff
Jim Prowse Executive Director As Executive Director at the Canadian Council of the Blind, Jim works closely with the President of the organization, as well as the Board of Directors. Jim has enjoyed working with President Harold Schnellert and the Board to effect all the positive changes to the CCB.
Janet McIvor Executive Administrator Janet is pleased to be working with such diverse and interesting individuals as the Board of Directors, staff members and chapter members. She looks forward to the future with CCB moving ahead in a positive direction as current programs and events such as White Cane Week evolve, enhancing the lives of blind and visually impaired Canadians across the country.
Mike Potvin Programs and Communications Manager Mike manages communications such as the annual White Cane Week magazine and monthly national newsletter, as well as various programs such as the Computer Literacy Training program and the Peer Mentor program.
Margaret Sedlar Accountant Margaret began working at the National office in December 2004 as an accountant. Margaret enjoys brightening up the lives of the staff, whether it is through her sense of humor, or kind generosity.
Kelly Hutcheson Administrative Assistant Kelly started at the National office in March of 2004 as an Administrative Assistant. Along with her receptionist duties, Kelly also looks after travel arrangements, donations and provides office support.
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Fondation des Aveugles du Quebec Website: www.selfhelpresource.bc.ca Canadian Braille Authority (CBA) 5112 rue Bellechasse, Product: Skills training, peer support, referral, c/o The CNIB Library for the Blind, Montreal, QC H1T 2A4 education 1931 Bayview Ave., Toronto, ON M4G 3E8 Phone: 514-259-9470 Phone: 416-480-7522 Fax: 514-254-5079 AWARENESS Fax: 416-480-7700 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.aveugles.org Alberta Committee of Citizens with Website: www.canadianbrailleauthority.ca Product: Sports and leisure, housing, education, Disabilities Product: Advocacy, Braille research and development #707 Princeton Place 10339 - 124 Street NW Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Guide Dog Users of Canada Edmonton, AB T5N 3W1 Work 181 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON K2P 2L9 Phone: 780-488-9088 401-111 Richmond Street, Contact: Sue Archibald Toll Free: 1-800-387-2514 Toronto, ON M5H 2G4 Phone: 613-416-236-1796 TDD/TTY: 780-488-9090 Contact: Carole Barron Fax: 416-236-4280 Fax: 780-488-3757 Phone: 416-260-3060 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 416-260-3093 Website: www.gduc.ca Website: www.accd.net E-mail: [email protected] Product: Education, peer support Website: www.ccrw.org Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians: Product: Advocacy, skills training, employment Multi-Ethnic Association for the Integration Box 20262 RPO Town Center assistance of Persons with Disabilities Kelowna, BC V1Y 9H2 6462, boul. St-Laurent, Toll Free: 1-800-561-4774 Canadian Disabled Individuals Association Montreal, QC H2S 3C4 Email: [email protected] 8623 Granville Street, Phone: 514-272-0680 Website: www.blindcanadians.ca Vancouver, BC V6P 5A2 Fax: 514-272-8530 Phone: 604-301-1029 E-mail: [email protected] AMD Alliance International Fax: 604-301-1049 Website: www.ameiph.com 1929, Bayview Avenue, E-mail: [email protected] Product: Employment assistance, integration, Toronto, ON M4G 3E8 Website: www.disabledindividuals.ca skills training Phone: 877-AMD-7171 Product: Advocacy, education, housing E-mail: [email protected] Neil Squire Foundation Website: www.amdalliance.com Canadian National Society for 220-2250 Boundary Road, Product: Advocacy, education the Deaf-Blind Burnaby, BC V5M 3Z3 405-422 Willowdale Avenue, Phone: 604-473-9363 Association des Personnes Handicapees de la North York, ON M2N 5B1 Fax: 1-604-473-9364 Peninsule Acadienne Fax: 416-223-0182 E-mail: [email protected] 643 Boul. St-Pierre O., E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.neilsquire.ca Caraquet, NB E1W 1A2 Website: www.cnsdb.ca Products: Learning and rehabilitation programs, Phone: 506-727-6095 Product: Advocacy, adaptive equipment research and development of adaptive devices. Fax: 506-727-4831 E-mail: [email protected] Citizen Advocacy Resource Centre for Manitobans who are Website: www.jeunessepacadienne.org 495 Glengarry Avenue, Deaf-Blind Product: Advocacy, employment assistance Windsor, ON N9A 1P5 295 Pembina Hwy, Phone: 519-966-5010 Winnipeg, MB R3L 2E1 Association des Personnes Handicapees Fax: 519-966-5015 Fax: 204-452-0688 Visuelles E-mail: [email protected] Products: Advocacy, education, rehabilitation and 230-380 rue Richard, Website: www.citizen-advocacy.ca skills training Rouyn-Noranda, QC J9X 4L3 Product: Advocacy, peer support, animal therapy Branches: Gatineau, Saskatchewan Abilities Council Phone: 819-762-2823 Citizen Advocacy of Ottawa: 2310 Louise Avenue, Fax: 819-762-8403 1 Community Place, 312 Parkdale Avenue Saskatoon, SK S7J 2C7 E-mail: [email protected] Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4X5 Branches: Regina, Swift Current, Yorkton Website: www.cablevision.qc.ca/aphvrn Phone: (613) 761-9522 Contact: Dana Kingsbury Product: Adaptive equipment, advocacy, education TTY: (613) 725-6175 Phone: 306-374-4448 Fax: 306-373-2665 Fax: (613) 761-9525 E-mail: [email protected] British Columbia Coalition of People with E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.abilitiescouncil.sk.ca Disabilities Website: www.citizenadvocacy.ca Product: Rehabilitation and training services, 204-456 West Broadway Street, recreation Vancouver, BC V5Y 1R3 Coalition of Persons with Disabilities Phone: 800-663-1278 1-160 Traders Blvd. East, Self-Help Resource Association of British Fax: 604-875-9227 Mississauga, ON L4Z 3K7 Columbia E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 800-270-3861 306-1212 Broadway Street, Website: www.bccpd.bc.ca Fax: 905-755-9953 Vancouver, BC V6H 3V1 Product: Advocacy E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 604-733-6186 Website: www.disabilityaccess.org Fax: 604-730-1015 Product: Advocacy, employment assistance E-mail: [email protected]
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BRIAN CULLEN MOTORS LTD CANADIAN COMMERCIAL GROUP INC COLLEY BORLAND & VALE INS (905) 684-9281 (902) 832-1911 BROKERS (905) 477-2720 BRONCO DISPATCHERS 2007 LTD CANADIAN TIRE (780) 468-5577 (807) 468-3014 COLONIAL EQUESTRIAN CENTRE (905) 623-7336 BROOKFIELD GARDENS CANADIAN TIRE (902) 964-3200 (519) 948-8111 COLOUR YOUR WORLD (519) 753-4351 BROTHERS SPECIALIZED COATING CANADIAN TIRE STORE (780) 440-2855 (306) 773-0654 COMMUNITY LIVING PRINCE EDWARD (613) 476-6038 BUDAPEST DINING ROOM & TAVERN CANINE CHATEAU (519) 439-3431 (905) 579-0881 CONCENTRA FINANCIAL (306) 956-4952 BUDGET AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT CARTER INC (780) 483-5447 CONTRACTORS RENTAL SUPPLY (613) 475-5400 (613) 744-8889 CASH A CHEQUE BUDGET GUTTER (519) 763-2952 CONTROLS EQUIPMENT LTD (250) 472-2714 (902) 468-4885 CATHERINE AUBIN BURTON S AUTOBODY (613) 525-1478 COOK ENGINEERING LTD (780) 472-2291 (807) 625-6700 CAV OK GRILL C C S INDUSTRIALS (403) 286-8443 CORA’S BREAKFAST & LUNCH (905) 579-5222 (905) 814-5225 CELLO SUPPERCLUB C OWEN SPETTIGUE (519) 850-8000 CORNERSTONE MATERIAL HANDLING (519) 326-2687 INC CENTRAL ROOFING CALGARY (519) 448-3344 C SEHN TRUCKING LTD (403) 287-1333 (403) 580-7280 CORNWALL GRAVEL CENTRE DRYCLEANERS (613) 932-6571 C/O GCR TIRE CENTRES (250) 545-2002 (705) 674-5214 CREATIVE KIDS EDUCATION CENTRE CGI (902) 832-5437 C/O PEI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISION (506) 857-3181 (902) 368-4180 CREATIVE SOURCE CHATEAU DE CHAMPLAIN (780) 871-4661 CAISSE POPLRE NOTRE DAME DE (506) 633-1195 GRACE CROS CROFT TRANSPORT INC (506) 858-8218 CHILDREN’S DENTAL WORLD (705) 458-9394 (204) 888-5437 CAISSE POPULAIRE DE KAPUSKASING CUSTOM AUTO SHIELD LTD CHURRASCO BBQ CHICKEN (306) 543-4250 (705) 335-6161 (905) 773-1177 CUSTOM CASE COMPANY CALVIN FEHR PHOTOGRAPHY CHURRASQUEIRA NOVA LISBOA (613) 822-0620 (306) 721-7217 (519) 680-2332 CUSTOM PAVING CAMBRIDGE KIA CI GEAR (506) 622-0269 (519) 621-6768 (905) 907-1022 CUSTOM STEEL FAB CAMERON HUGH K CJRI RADIO 94 7 (905) 335-5393 (506) 367-2055 (506) 472-0947 CYLDE BERGERMANN CANADA CAMILLA GARDENS CLAYBANKS R V PARK (519) 442-1725 (613) 747-7000 (250) 378-6441 D S EXCAVATING DRAINING LTD CAMLACHIE FEED CLAYTON (519) 726-5601 (519) 899-2285 (905) 840-3110 DAIRY QUEEN CAMPEAU SMALL ENGINE SERVICE COCHRANE JANITORIAL SERVICES (613) 525-3351 (519) 727-5031 (705) 272-3857 DAMAC CONSTRUCTION LTD CAMPSALL PLUMBING COLCHESTER BAR GRILL (902) 892-1594 (705) 647-4350 (519) 738-6198
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Confederation des Organismes de Regroupement des Associations de Personnes CHILD SERVICES Personnes Handicapees du Quebec Handicapees de l’Outaouais (COPHAN) 127, rue Jean-Proulx, Between Friends Club 1210-1055 Boul. Rene-Levesque E., Montreal, QC Gatineau, QC J9Z 1T4 304-501 18th Avenue SW, H2L 4S5 Phone: 819-770-0535 Calgary, AB T2S 0C7 Phone: 514-284-0155 Fax: 819-770-7006 Phone: 403-269-9133 Fax: 514-284-0775 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 403-269-3919 E-mail: [email protected] Product: Advocacy, education E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cophan.org Website: www.betweenfriends.ab.ca Product: Advocacy, Peer Support, Education Regroupement des Aveugles et Amblyopes Product: Recreational activities, youth camp, du Montreal-Metropolitain: support Council of Canadians with Disabilities 5215, rue Berri, bureau 200 926-294 Portage Avenue, Montréal (Qu_bec) H2J 2S4 EDUCATION Winnipeg, MB R3C 0B9 Téléphone: (514) 277-4401 Phone: 204-947-0303 Télécopieur: (514) 277-8961 Atlantic Provinces Special Education E-mail: [email protected] Courriel: [email protected] Authority Website: www.ccdonline.ca Website: www.raamm.org 5940 South Street Product: Advocacy Halifax, NS, B3H 1S6 Sam Sullivan Disability Foundation Tel./TTY: (902) 424-8500 International Society of the Handicapped of 770 Pacific Blvd. South, Fax: (902) 424-0543 Greater Vancouver Vancouver, BC V6B 5E7 Website: www.apsea.ca 125-8880 no. 1 Road, Phone: 604-688-6464 Richmond, BC V7C 4C3 Fax: 604-688-6463 The Hadley School for the Blind Phone: 604-271-8387 E-mail: [email protected] 700 Elm Street, Fax: 604-271-8343 Website: www.disabilityfoundation.org Winnetka, IL 60093 – 2554, USA E-mail: [email protected] Product: Advocacy, rehabilitation, recreational Phone: 800-323-4238 Website: www.vcn.bc.ca/ishbc activities, sports Fax: 847-446-9916 Product: Advocacy E-mail: [email protected] Saskatchewan Voice of People with Website: www.hadley-school.org Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities Product: Integration, advocacy, instruction and Disabilities 984 Albert Street skills training 105-500 Portage Avenue, Regina, SK S4R 2P7 Winnipeg, MB, R3C 3X1 Tel/TTY: (306) 569-3111 W. Ross MacDonald School for the Blind Telephone: (204) 943-6099 Fax: (306) 569-1889 350 Brant Street, (Voice/TTY) Fax: (204) 942-3146 Toll Free: 1-877-569-3111 Brantford, ON N3T 3J9 Website: www.mlpd.mb.ca E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: 519-759-2522 Website: www.saskvoice.com Fax: 519-759-1036 Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities Type: Education 1211-5251 Duke Street, Union Francophone des Aveugles Product: Integration, advocacy, instruction and Halifax, NS B3J 1P3 1111 rue St-Charles Ouest, 3e etage skills training Branches: Sydney, New Glasgow, Truro Longueuil, QC J4K 5G4 Phone: 866-696-7536 Téléphone: 450-463-9899 EMPLOYMENT Fax: 902-454-4781 Courriel: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.unionfrancophonedesaveugles.org ATN Website: www.msnet.org/leo 504-141 Dundas Street, Product: Advocacy, adaptive equipment London, ON N6A 1G3 ASSISTANCE Phone: 519-433-7950 PEI Council of the Disabled Fax: 519-433-0282 25 University Avenue, EmployAbility Partnership E-mail: [email protected] Charlottetown, PE C1A 8B9 500 George Street, suite 250 Website: www.atn.on.ca Phone: 902-892-9149 Sydney, NS B1P 6R7 Type: Employment E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (902) 539-5673 Product: Employment assistance, skills training Website: www.peicod.pe.ca Fax: (902) 539-6226 Product: Advocacy, education, employment Toll-Free 1-888-336-1135 Career Flight assistance E-Mail: [email protected] 1753 Water Street, Suite 2 Website: www.employabilitypdpa.ca Miramichi, NB E1N 1B2 REACH Canada Tel: (506) 627-4350 400 Coventry Road, Ottawa, ON Saskatchewan Abilities Council Fax: (506) 627-4356 K1K 2C7 2310 Louise Avenue TTY: (506) 627-4358 Phone: 800-465-8898 Saskatoon, SK S7J 2C7 Website: www.career-flight.com Fax: 613-256-6605 Tel: (306) 374-4448 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (306) 373-2665 Website: www.reach.ca E-mail: [email protected] Product: Advocacy, education, fundraising Website: www.abilitiescouncil.sk.ca
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DARREN ECHO FLUID LEVELS LTD FOX VOLVO SUBARU FREDERICTON (780) 450-3222 (780) 542-0235 (506) 458-9588
DAVE WALBURGER ECHO PLACE FAMILY RESTAURANT FR FRANK STEMPFLE (403) 553-2848 (519) 750-8444 (780) 477-8876
DAVE’S AUTO & SMALL ENGINE EGGETT OPTICAL FRANCE SERVICE (519) 433-6971 (604) 267-7571 (519) 453-0237 ELEGANT BANFF OCCASIONS LTD FRANK & JUDY BECKER DBA GEORGE DAWSON INN (403) 762-2171 (403) 227-5640 RESTAURANT (250) 782-9131 EMBROIDERY WORKS FRANK PRICE ASSOCIATES LTD (780) 434-7807 (204) 947-0310 DEAN DENTAL LABORATORIES LTD (204) 582-9422 EMPIRE YARD SERVICES INC FREDERICTON HYUNDAI SALES (403) 217-2823 SERVICE DEANGELO BROTHERS CORP (506) 450-0800 (306) 949-1315 ENASCO LTD (519) 884-2330 FREIGHTLINER MANITOBA LTD DECKER BOY FAMILY RESTAURANT (204) 694-3002 (506) 775-6772 ENFIELD APTS (613) 567-8697 FRIIS STYLE LTD DEXTER’S AUTOMOTIVE (403) 601-6015 (902) 453-2834 ENS LEXUS TOYOTA (306) 242-8831 FRONTIER CRANE SERVICE INC DON MORE SURVEYS LTD (905) 628-6251 (506) 433-4427 ERICA GLASSFORD (403) 938-0521 FRONTIER TRADING COMPANY DOUG PINDER ELECTRIC (204) 867-5551 (705) 887-3528 ESCO ENGINEERING (519) 733-3122 FUN TO LEARN MONTESSORI INC DR ALFRED E RATZ (905) 812-9606 (306) 934-5886 EVANS FLORIST (306) 692-1881 G & G ROOFING LTD DR C CONTANT (204) 885-0997 (905) 664-0808 EVERGREEN HOMES LTD (705) 765-3000 G O DEVLOPMENTS INC DR GARY CLARKE (506) 384-2582 (902) 443-9999 EVERYTHING FOR A DOLLAR STORE (403) 257-5871 GAMMON BROS HOME HARDWARE DR JP LACROIX CORP PROF LTEE (902) 885-2827 (506) 852-3007 FAMILY DAIRY BAR (506) 523-7268 GARAGE JOS DUBE DR MURRAY DELLER (506) 235-2367 (705) 728-1261 FAMILY FARE (204) 444-3844 GARY L KLASSEN DR S T FLEMING (403) 330-4598 (204) 237-1307 FAST TRUCKING SERVICE LTD (306) 482-3244 GENIVAR DREW INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT (306) 665-6223 (905) 677-9244 FIELD FIELD & FIELD (780) 532-3690 GEORGE A DEARING PROF CORP DSTAR ELECTRIC LTD (403) 652-2771 (780) 462-9344 FLAMAN INVESTGATION AND SECURITY LTD GETHONS PUMPING SERVICE DUNCAN’S AUTO SERVICE (306) 343-8979 (705) 725-0648 (705) 738-4999 FLYING PIZZA GIL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES LTD E L ENTERPRISES LTD (204) 940-7771 (403) 266-3550 (613) 238-7112 FOCUS ELECTRICAL SALES INC GLEN’S SWEEPING E Y E MARINE CONSULTANTS (506) 852-9333 (705) 424-9300 (902) 463-8940 FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS GLOBAL DONUTS DELI 2005 EARLY WORLD OF LEARNING DAY (519) 451-2410 (519) 339-1116 CARE (506) 327-4551 FORREST TOOL & DIE 1978 LTD GOLDEN NUGGET BINGO HALL (204) 774-4334 (905) 871-1277
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Chrysalis GUIDE DOGS HOUSING 13325 St-Albert Trail, Edmonton, AB T5L 4R3 Contact: Stan Fisher BC Guide Dog Services Bethany Care Society Phone: 780-454-9656 #10-4767 64th Street, 1001 17th Street NW, Calgary, AB E-mail: [email protected] Ladner, BC V4K-3M2 T2N 2E5 Website: www.chrysalis.ab.ca Phone: 604-940-4504 Phone: 403-210-4600 Product: Employment assistance, skills training Fax: 604-940-4506 Fax: 204-947-2932 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Durham Region Employment Network Website: www.bcguidedog.com/ Website: www.bethanycare.com 60 Bond Street West, 8th Floor Type: Guide Dogs Product: Housing, skills training Oshawa, ON L1G 1A5 Product: Guide dog training, fundraising Tel: (905) 720-1777 LAW Fax: (905) 720-1363 Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind E-Mail: [email protected] 4120, Rideau Valley Drive N., ARCH Legal Clinic Website: www.dren.org Manotick, ON K4M 1A3 110-425 Bloor Street E., Branches: Richmond, Victoria, Kingston Toronto, ON M4W 3R5 EmployAbilities Phone: 613-692-7777 Phone: 866-482-ARCH 4th Floor, 10909 Jasper Avenue Fax: 613-692-0650 Fax: 1-866-881-ARCF Edmonton, AB T5J 3L9 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (780) 423-4106 Website: www.guidedogs.ca Website: www.archlegalclinic.ca Fax: (780) 426-0029 Product: Guide dog training, fundraising Product: Legal services E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.employabilities.ab.ca Canine Vision Canada PROVINCIAL TECHNICAL AIDS AND P.O. Box 907, Oakville, ON L6J 5E8 DEVICES FUNDING PROGRAMS IAM Cares Society Phone: 905-842-2891 102-5623 Imperial Street, Fax: 905-842-2891 Alberta Aids to Daily Living (AADL) Burnaby, BC V5J 1G1 E-mail: [email protected] 10030 - 107 Street, Branches: Surrey, North Vancouver Website: www.dogguides.com Edmonton, AB T5J 3E4 Phone: 604-436-2921 Product: Provides dog guides for the blind or Branches: Edmonton Fax: 604-436-9100 visually impaired Phone: 780-427-2631 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.iamcares.com Fondation Mira Ontario Assistive Devices Program (ADP) Product: Employment assistance 1820, rang Nord-Ouest, Suite M1-57, Macdonald Block, Ste-Madeleine, QC J0H 1S0 900 Bay Street, Toronto, ON M7A 1R3 Link Up Employment Services for Persons Phone: 450-795-3725 Phone: 800-268-1154 with Disabilities Fax: 450-795-3789 Website: www.health.gov.on.ca 55 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 502 E-mail: [email protected] Toronto, Ontario M4P 1G8 Website: www.mira.ca Quebec Programme D’aides Visuelles Tel: (416) 413-4922 Product: Guide dog training 1125, chemin Saint-Louis, Fax: (416) 413-4927 Sillery QU G1S 1E7 TTY: (416) 413-4926 Guide Dog Users of Canada (GDUC) Phone: 418-646-4636 E-mail: [email protected] 1460 Merivale Rd., P.O. Box 78026, Meriline P.O., Website: www.linkup.ca Ottawa, ON K1P 5P0 Saskatchewan Aids to Independent Living Phone: 613-830-1398 (SAIL) Path Employment Services: E-mail: [email protected] 3475 Albert Street, Regina, SK S4S 6X6 Effort Square, 140 King Street East, Suite 7 Website: www.gduc.ca Phone: 800-667-7766 (Saskatchewan only) Hamilton, ON L8N 1B2 Product: Guide dog assistance E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (905) 528-6611 TTY: (905)528-3336 Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides PROVINCIAL/TERRITORIAL ADVISORY Fax: (905) 528-2181 152 Wilson Street, Oshawa, ON COUNCILS & CONTACTS Email: [email protected] L6K 3H2 Website: www.pathemployment.com Phone: 905-842-2891 Alberta Fax: 905-842-3373 Office: Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons Reaching E-Quality Employment Services E-mail: [email protected] with Disabilities 305-1200 Portage Avenue, Website: www.dogguides.com 301-11044 82nd Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3G 0T5 Product: Guide dog training, fundraising Edmonton, AB T6G 0T2 Contact: Teresa Andreychuk Contact: Terry Keyko Phone: 204-947-1609 Western Guide Dog Foundation Phone: 780 422-1095 (and TTY) Fax: 204-947-2932 14550, 116th Avenue, Toll-Free: 800-272-8841 (and TTY) E-mail: [email protected] Edmonton, AB T5M 3E9 Fax: 780-422-9691 Website: www.re-es.org Phone: 877-252-9433 E-mail: [email protected] Product: Employment assistance, rehabilitation, Fax: 780-944-9571 Website: www.premierscouncil.ab.ca skills training E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.guidedog.ca Product: Guide dog training
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GOOD SHEPHERD CONGREGATIONAL HONEST LAWYER RESTAURANT JOHNSTON EQUIPMENT CHURCH (613) 562-2262 (306) 934-8888 (902) 435-9262 HUGH MUNRO CONSTRUCTION LTD JONELJIM CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION GOODFELLOW & DOUGHERTY LTD (204) 224-9218 LTD (705) 742-8801 (902) 567-2400 HY MARK MECHANICAL GRAHAM LIGHTING (519) 822-6656 JONTELEHANIC CO (905) 227-9887 (403) 769-1799 HYDRO COM TECHNOLOGIES GRAND CENTRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (506) 455-2888 JRW DESIGN (780) 594-3232 (905) 672-1726 ICI PAINTS GREAT LAKES INSURANCE & ANNUITY (613) 933-3791 K J AUTOBODY LTD SERVICES INC (403) 277-3622 (519) 974-2871 INNOVATIVE OIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES KASOA TROPICAL FOOD MARKET GREAT WEST PROPERTY MANAGMENT (306) 636-2010 (780) 471-1177 INC (403) 252-4411 IRISNDT KATHLEEN IRVINE (403) 878-0789 (604) 261-1038 HALIFAX CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP (902) 455-0566 IVAN CYCLE & MOTOR REPAIR KEELING DAVID CO (403) 314-9733 (780) 424-7773 HALTON DIST EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE IVANHOE CHEESE INC KEN GRADY AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR (905) 639-3680 (613) 473-4269 (705) 652-0276
HARBOURS OF NEWPORT J F CONTRACTORS ELECTRICAL KEYSTONE GRAPHICS (403) 295-2919 SERVICES (403) 543-6060 (306) 646-4328 HARDSHIP ACRES LANDSCAPING INC KIDDIES KORNER INDOOR PLAYGROUD (705) 322-1371 J J CANADIAN GRANTS COMPANY (905) 883-9373 (204) 254-9003 HARDWOOD ETC 2007 INC KILLAM PROPERTIES INC (780) 485-2950 J W SMITH CUSTOMS BROKERS (902) 566-2490 (905) 542-7327 HARRIS ROOME SUPPLY KINGSVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB (902) 481-2565 JACAR ELECTRIC COMMUNICATON (519) 733-6561 LTD HARTLEN’S ESSO KWIK WAY (780) 928-4437 KITCHENER HARLEY DAVIDSON (902) 864-0206 (519) 893-0493 JANES RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA HARVEY’S CLOVER FARM (902) 736-9825 KLEIN OPTICAL (902) 658-2776 (613) 745-0616 JD REPAIRS INC HAYNES GENERAL STORE (519) 875-4129 KONOZA (709) 922-2822 (780) 465-9850 JEAK LOGISTICS INC HEBEL SHEET METAL INC (519) 896-6853 KOOL STUFF (519) 741-8683 (905) 547-7280 JEAN COUTU PJC PHARMACIE PHARM HERBAL MAGIC OF WELLAND (506) 853-0825 KOZY KENNEL BOARDING KENNELS (905) 734-4321 (403) 227-4346 JEANS BEAUTY SALON HILL STREET AD & DESIGN (519) 621-9844 KROWN RUST CONTROL CENTER (519) 782-4444 (519) 432-3337 JJ WOOD DESIGN LTD HILLCREST HOME BAKING (306) 242-6050 L J PATTERSON SALES SERVICE (519) 669-1381 (506) 383-4202 JOHN SCOTT’S AUTO SERVICE HOBART FOOD EQUIPMENT GROUP (519) 948-1540 LA CO OPERATIVE DE BAIE STE ANNE CANADA LT (519) 376-8886 JOHNSON (506) 228-4211 (905) 689-6760 HOLY REDEEMER CONVENT LAFARGE CANADA INC (902) 564-6155 JOHNSON ELECTRIC (780) 472-6933 (705) 654-3333 HOMESTEAD LAND HOLDINGS (613) 729-4115
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British Columbia Ontario Montreal Association for the Blind Office: Disability Issues & Awareness, Ministry of Office: Accessibility Advisory Council of Ontario 7000, Sherbrooke Street West Human Resources 400 University Ave., 3rd Fl, Toronto, ON M7A 2R9 Montreal, QC, H4B 1R3 614 Humbolt St., 2nd Fl. Contact: Jeff Adams Tel: 514-489-8201 Victoria, BC V8W 9H8 Phone: 416-314-7545 Fax: 514-489-3477 Contact: Frank Jonasen Fax: 416-314-7467 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 250-365-1716, Fax: 205-387-1610 TTY: 877-877-0126 Website: www.mab.ca E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] RESEARCH Manitoba Prince Edward Island Office: Family Services and Housing, Office: PEI Council of the Disabled Inc. Foundation Fighting Blindness Policy and Planning 300-25 University Ave., P.O. Box 2128, 12th floor, 890 Yonge Street 219-114 Garry St., Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N7 Toronto, ON M4W 3P4 Winnipeg, MB R3C 4V6 Contact: Anne Lie-Nielsen Tel: (416) 360-4200 Contact: Jim Derksen Phone: 902-892-9149 Fax: (416) 360-0060 Phone: 204-945-5351 Fax: 902-566-1919 Toll-Free: 1-800-461-3331 Fax: 204-945-2156 Website: www.peicod.pe.ca E-Mail: info.ffb.ca E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ffb.ca
New Brunswick Quebec SERVICE PROVIDERS Office: Premier’s Council on the Status Office: Office des personnes handicapées of Disabled Persons du Québec Canadian National Institute for 648-440 King St., 309 Brock St., the Blind Fredericton, NB E3B 5H8 Drummondville, QC J2B 1C5 1929 Bayview Avenue, Contact: Randy Dickinson Contact: Denis Boulanger Toronto, ON M4G 3E8 Phone: 506-444-3000 (and TTY) Phone: 819-475-8533 Branches: Calgary, Edmonton, Kamloops, Toll-free: 800-442-4412 (in NB) Fax: 514-284-0775 Vancouver, Winnipeg, Bathurst, Miramichi, Fax: 506-444-3001 E-mail: [email protected] Moncton, Fredericton, Saint John, Grand Falls/ E-mail: [email protected] Windsor, St-John’s, Sydney, Halifax, Brantford, Website: www.gnb.ca/0048 Saskatchewan Oshawa, Cornwall, Windsor, Mississauga, Office: Office of Disability Issues Hamilton, Kingston, Ottawa, Pembroke, Sault Ste. Newfoundland 14-1920 Broad St., Regina, SK S4P 3V8 Marie, Barrie, Waterloo, Montreal, Regina Office: Coalition of Persons with Disabilities – Contact: Daryl Stubel Phone: 416-486-2500 Fax: 416-480-7677 Newfoundland & Labrador (COD) Phone: 306-787-7283 E-mail: [email protected] 4 Escasoni Place, Fax: 306-798-0364 Website: www.cnib.ca St. John’s, NF A1A 3R6 E-mail: [email protected] Product: Adaptive equipment, referrals, education, Contact: Mary Ennis Website: www.gov.sk.ca/odi library services, rehab services Phone: 709-722-7011, Fax: 709-722-4424 TTY: (709) 722-7998 Yukon Children’s Ability Fund Office: Department of Health & 301-12431 Stony Plain Road, Northwest Territories Social Services, Adult Services Edmonton, AB T5N 3N3 Office: Northwest Territories Council PO Box 2703, Phone: 780-454-9191 for Disabled Persons Whitehorse, YK Y1A 2C6 Fax: 780-452-5036 5014-47th St., P.O. Box 1387, Yellowknife, NT Contact: Leona Corniere E-mail: [email protected] X1A 2P1 Phone: 867-668-3674 Website: www.childrensabilityfund.ab.ca Contact: Cecily Hewitt Fax: 867-667-3096 Product: Adaptive equipment, bursaries Phone: 867-873-8230 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 867-873-4124 Website: www.hss.gov.yk.ca/ssframe.html Children’s Link Society TTY: 867- 920-2674 2-4412 Manilla Road SE, E-mail: [email protected] REHABILITATION Calgary, AB T2G 4B7 Phone: 403-230-9158 Nova Scotia Alberta Council of Disability Services Fax: 403-230-3252 Office: Nova Scotia Disabled Persons Commission Bay 19, 3220 - 5 Avenue NE E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 222, Halifax, NS B3J 2M4 Calgary, AB T2A 5N1 Website: www.childrenslink.ca Contact: Judy Hughes Ph: (403) 250-9495 Product: Support, education, research Phone: 902-424-8280 Fax: (403) 291-9864 Fax: (902) 424-0592 Email: [email protected] Institut Nazareth & Louis-Braille TTY: 902-424-2667 Website: www.acds.ca 1111, rue St-Charles O., E-mail: [email protected] Longueuil, QC J4K 5G4 Website: www.gov.ns.ca/disa Center for Sight Enhancement Phone: 800-361-7063 University of Waterloo Fax: 450-463-0243 Nunavut No listings at present. 200 University Avenue West E-mail: [email protected] Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 Website: www.inlb.qc.ca Phone: (519) 888-4567 Ext. 33178 Product: Integration, support, rehab services Fax: (519) 725-0784 Website: www.optometry.uwaterloo.ca
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LAI LAI RESTAURANT MANOTICK VISION CENTRE MISSING LINK TECHNOLOGIES LTD (519) 579-3031 (613) 692-2579 (506) 855-6000
LAKEVIEW INNS AND SUITES MAPLE LEAF FRESH FOODS MONCTON MITSUBISHI (506) 459-0035 (905) 637-2301 (506) 853-5353
LARCA CUSTOM MACHINING INC MARLENE JACQUES MONCTON PROPANE SERVICES INC (519) 740-7374 (403) 995-4179 (506) 855-8459
LASER EXCHANGE MARTHA’S CATERING MONERIS SOLUTIONS (613) 378-0250 (519) 753-9017 (306) 373-7717
LATRATTORIA D ITALIA RESTAURANT MARY SQUIRES MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF WINDSOR (403) 276-6026 (905) 427-3855 (519) 969-0933
LEE WAH LAUNDRY MASON OPTICIANS MPN HOLDINGS (905) 734-9246 (905) 682-5367 (204) 942-8208
LEGACY MARKING INC MASQUERADE ESTHETIC SALON MR DAVID FAVOR (403) 252-1800 (506) 853-4007 (204) 487-4409
LIBERTY TAX SERVICE MATHESON MR HUXLEY PINTO (613) 747-4447 (403) 883-2287 (403) 509-1061
LIBERTY TAX SERVICE MATTHEWS IRENE L BARR & SOLCTR MR MILLER (705) 788-0200 (905) 475-9716 (506) 452-1983
LINDA ORSULAK MAXIM CHEMICAL MR R C WILBEE (204) 338-3554 (306) 347-0444 (204) 534-2938
LITTLE ANGELS DAYCARE MAYHEW JEWELLERS MR RICHARD KENNEDY (902) 436-2231 (613) 476-3449 (506) 368-2525
LJM ACCOUNTING SERVICES MCCANN FARM AUTOMATION LTD MR ROBERT M KUSMACK (902) 455-2353 (613) 382-7411 (204) 956-0911
LOGGIEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE MCKAY TRAVEL LIMITED MR RON RINGUETTE (506) 773-4360 (519) 759-4882 (613) 591-0768
LORELLANA MCMASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS MR SEAN NEARY (416) 787-5667 (306) 693-0144 (902) 248-2845
LORENS MACHINE SHOP MD TRANSPORT LTD MR WAYNE R.J. HEADRICK (306) 297-2315 (705) 647-0035 (613) 384-4403
LORI ISHII STATE FARM INSURANCE MEDALLION ELECTRIC LTD MRS CADEAU (613) 830-8340 (403) 286-4545 (705) 538-2521
LOUIS RESTAURANT PIZZERIA MEINEKE CAR CARE MRS CHRIS FRIESEN (613) 741-0724 (506) 459-4782 (204) 827-2649
LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE MID CANADA PRODUCTION SERVICES MRS GRETTA GOVER (403) 248-4424 INC (705) 722-5286 (204) 772-0368 LYNEDOCH CARRIAGE WORKS MRS IDA MILLER (519) 582-4175 MID WEST ELECTRIC LTD (902) 423-1952 (306) 374-7011 M A O KANE CONSULTANTS INC MRS MARILYN BLAIR (306) 955-0702 MIDWEST TRACTOR INC (204) 727-4225 (306) 567-3074 MACGOWAN’S OLDWARE & ANTIQUES MRS PAULA BROWN (306) 653-4033 MIKE A TISDALE (902) 443-5333 (403) 348-0291 MACGREGOR CONCRETE PRODUCTS MRS SONJA KING (613) 582-3459 MILLER SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM LTD (705) 722-5707 (403) 227-4467 MACKLAI DRUGS LTD SHOPPERS MULOCK CLEANERS (905) 569-3939 MINO’S VILLAGE RESTAURANT (905) 836-9003 (613) 384-2021
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Intervention Manitoba Inc. British Columbia Blind Sports and Recreation Zone Loisirs Monteregie: Suite 201 - 1100 Concordia Avenue Association 3800, boulevard Casavant Ouest Winnipeg, MB R2K 4B8 #330 - 5055 Joyce Street, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 8E3 Telephone: (204) 949-3730 Vancouver , BC V5R 6B2 Téléphone: (450) 771-0707 Fax: (204) 949-3732 Phone: 604-325-8638 E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: 604-325-1638 Website: www.zlm.qc.ca Website: www.msen.mb.ca/cdbra.html E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bcblindsports.bc.ca/ SUPPORT Society of Manitobans with Disabilities Product: Coaching, sports and recreation 825 Sherbrook Street Family Support Institute Manitoba Blind Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1M5 Blind Sailing Canada Sports Association Tel: (204) 975-3010 45 Brahms Avenue, Toronto, ON 300-30 East Sixth Avenue, Toll free: 1-866-282-8041 M2H 1H3 Vancouver, BC V5T 4P4 TTY: 1-800-225-9108 - Canada/US Phone: 416-496-5089 Phone: 604-875-1119 Fax: 1-604-875-6744 Fax: (204) 975-3073 Fax: 416-489-8221 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.familysupportbc.com SOCIAL Website: www.blindsailing.ca Product: Family support Product: Sailing Connectra TEXT CONVERSION Suite 207 - 3077 Granville Street Canadian Blind Sports Association Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3J9 7 Mill Street, Lower Level, La Magnetotheque Tel: (604) 688-6464 Almonte, ON K0A 1A0 301-1055 Boul. Rene-Levesque, Fax: (604) 688-6463 Phone: 613-256-7792 Montréal, QC H2L 4S5 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: 613-256-8759 Phone: 800-361-0635 Fax: 514-282-1676 Website: www.connectra.org Product: Sports and recreation E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lamagnetotheque.qc.ca SPORTS AND RECREATION Central Ontario Developmental Riding Product: Converting written literature to audio Program format Alberta Sport and Recreation Association of 584 Pioneer Tower Road, the Blind Kitchener, ON N2P 2H9 T-Base Communications 7-15 Colonel Baker Place NE Phone: 519-653-4686 19 Main Street, Ottawa, ON K1S 1A9 Calgary, AB T2E 4Z3 Fax: 519-653-5565 Phone: 613-236-0484 Fax: 613-232-6881 Tel: 403-262-5332 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 403-265-7221 Website: www.codrp.com Website: www.tbase.com Toll Free: 1-888-882-7722 Product: Therapeutic horseback riding, youth camp Product: Converting text to Braille and audio E-Mail: [email protected] formats Website: www.asrab.ab.ca Centre de Loisirs Metropolitain pur Personnes Handicapees Association Quebecoise de Loisirs pour 7350 de la Nantaise Personnes Handicapees Anjou, QC, H1M 1B5 4545, av. Pierre-De Coubertin Tel: (514) 354-8840 C.P. 1000, succursale M Montréal, QC H1V 3R2 Manitoba Blind Sports Association Tél.: (514) 252-3144 200 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB Téléc.: (514) 252-8360 R3C 4M2 E-Mail : [email protected] Contact: Cathy Derewianchuk Website: www.aqlph.qc.ca Phone: 204-925-5694 Fax: 204-925-5703 BC Disability Games E-mail: [email protected] 20505 - 120 B Avenue Website: www.blindsport.mb.ca Maple Ridge, BC V2X 1A9 Product: Sports and recreation Phone: 604-465-7738 Fax: 604-465-7759 National Capital Visually Impaired Sports E-mail: [email protected] Association Website: www.bcdisabilitygames.org 223 Deerfox Drive Ottawa, ON K2J 5H5 Type: Sports and recreation Tel: (613) 829-3183 Product: Coaching, sports and recreation Email: [email protected] Website: www.ncscd.ca/NCVISAPage.html
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MURDOCK REALTY LTD OSI INDUSTRIAL SALES LTD PIZZAZZ FOR HAIR (306) 343-1611 (613) 394-1685 (204) 668-1005
NAM’S AUTO BODY LTD P BAN ENTERPRISES LTD PLANNED BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INC (403) 398-6498 (780) 451-7550 (905) 881-2854
NATURAL DATA INC P W S ENTERPRISES LTD PLASTEC (905) 884-3338 (604) 888-7973 (604) 888-1739
NEABORS FAMILY RESTAURANT PAHOMEY SCHRAM ELECTRICAL PLATINUM FITNESS (705) 324-1862 (519) 737-1477 (403) 227-2000
NEW START PERSONNEL PARAGON PHARMACY POOLE AND BZDEL ELECTRIC (705) 739-8337 (403) 289-0208 (306) 373-7272
NEWFOUNDLAND DESIGN ASSOCIATES PARAMOUNT FLOORING PORTBEC FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED (780) 875-6333 (506) 325-1990 (709) 726-4490 PARISIEN MANOR PRAIRIE MECHANICAL SERVICES INC NIAGARA REGIONAL EXHIBITION (613) 933-2592 (306) 648-3469 (905) 735-6413 PARK ST DRUGS LTD PRECISON TRUCK LINES INC NIKO SUSHI (306) 757-9164 (905) 851-1996 (519) 966-3222 PARK STREET HUSKY MARKET PRINCE ALBERT EXHIBITION ASSOC NORM SMITH ELECTRIC LTD (306) 565-3750 (306) 764-1711 (902) 765-4212 PARKER PACIFIC EQUIPMENT SALES PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NORTH SIMCOE TOOL & MFG LTD (250) 758-5288 CREMATORIUM (705) 526-8901 (902) 836-3529 PAROISSES CATHOLIQUES ROMAINES NORTHERN AIR & AUTO (613) 236-5743 PRINZEN FORD SALES (306) 694-0088 (613) 393-3318 PARTNER TECHNOLOGIES INC NOVA ELECTRIC LTD (306) 721-3114 PROVINCIAL ENGERY VENTURES LTD (506) 452-1123 (902) 565-0952 PASTAMELI OF NEW YORK NOVA ENTERPRISES LTD (604) 922-9333 PRT DRYDEN INC (902) 895-6381 (807) 937-8360 PATTI S KITCHEN AND BATH DESIGN NOVA SCOTIA TEACHERS UNION LTD QUALITY AUTO PARTS (902) 477-5621 (902) 455-3445 (902) 893-4612
NOWLANDS ROOFING PATTY’S PLACE QUEEN STREET PHARMACY (506) 743-5812 (506) 734-3457 (905) 354-3887
O FAROL PEOPLES DRUG MART QUICK SET FOUNDATIONS LTD (905) 272-4459 (250) 956-3126 (506) 467-5833
O S CRANE SERVICE INC PET VALU R G ROBERTSON ENGERGY ADVISORY (403) 844-8419 (905) 358-3717 (403) 266-4600
OCEAN PAVING LTD PETERBOROUGH SQUARE R POWELL GOLDSMITH LTD (902) 625-3130 (705) 742-0493 (306) 653-8333
OLDERSHAW BUILDERS SUPPLY CO LTD PETES MARINE ELECTRONICH 1989 RADIO CLUB (519) 352-0720 LTD (902) 849-2292 (902) 637-3318 ONCE MORE BOUTIQUE BLVD RAINBOW BEAUTY SALON (506) 652-6623 PETRALIA MARBLE TILE (604) 792-4252 (613) 543-0044 ONTARIO TRUCKING NEWS RAY CULLEN CHEV OLDS LTD (613) 476-3498 PHARMACIE RICHARD (519) 686-7282 (506) 876-1881 ORILLIA AUTOMOTIVE APPRAISERS RAYS MARINE SYSTEMS (705) 325-2717 PHILIP ANTHONY’S COIFFURE (905) 451-3285 (905) 358-0150 ORKIN PCO PEST CONTROL READY RIVET FASTENER LTD (709) 256-4300 (519) 745-6119
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REGINA TRUCK BRITE GLAMORIZING ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 80 SIGN0DE CANADA LTD (705) 527-8080 (905) 479-9754 (306) 546-2728 ROYAL OAK SIMPLEX GRINNELL REINHART AUCTIONS (613) 230-0803 (519) 680-2001 (905) 846-1071 RUSSELL CRANE SERVICE LTD SMALL TIME PROPANE HERB BARRY RELIABLE RADIATOR LTD (519) 866-5545 (506) 843-6354 (306) 664-4588 RUSSELL FOOD EQUIPMENT LTD SMB CONTRACTING RELIANCE INSURANCE AGENIES LTD (613) 238-6555 (902) 461-0726 (403) 526-8800 S C R ELECTRIC SERVICES LTD SMITH AND SMITH REMAX LAKESHORE REALTY LTD (506) 857-9786 (506) 622-0722 (250) 996-8618 SABA ACCOUNTING SOLUTIONS SMITTY’S FINE FURNITURE RENE’S AUTO SERVICE ARP 300 G OTTAWA (519) 506-3802 (519) 978-3333 (613) 739-7689 SOBEYS RENTOOL SAINT LOUIS GROCERY (780) 743-9339 (902) 454-4549 (506) 876-4217 SOUTH SHORE PHARMACY REQUESTNETWORKS.COM SALON REFLEXION (902) 658-2212 (204) 949-1560 (506) 542-2014 SPAR MARINE LTD REV ALBERT BOUFFARD SAN DAR HOLDINGS LTD (902) 434-4225 (204) 233-7016 (902) 752-1267 SPEEDY AUTO SERVICE C/O REVEREND DR NORM J WHITNEY SANDY NEWTON WRITER/EDITOR (709) 722-6486 (506) 450-9070 (709) 753-1156 SPRINGBANK SELF STORAGE & RVS RIMROCK INVESTMENTS C/O CIVIERO SARTY SIDING & WINDOWS LTD LTD GRO (902) 861-1510 (403) 286-4211 (905) 278-6835 SCHERMERHORN J M LTD ST ANDREWS UNITED CHURCH RIVARD ENGINEERING (613) 228-3597 (902) 564-4810 (705) 268-5501 SCOTIA AUTO SALVAGE STANDARD AXLE CO RIVER CITY CIGAR COMPANY LTD (902) 883-7913 (519) 537-5490 (204) 726-0472 SCOTIA CHRYSLER STEIN APPLIANCE SERVICE INC RIVIERA COIFFURE (902) 539-2280 (613) 962-4048 (905) 839-5488 SEAL RITE ENTERPRISES INC STEVE RODDA RJP LANDSCAPING LTD (519) 588-9721 (780) 414-6202 (902) 835-7442 SEAR H L INSURANCE LTD STRATFORD UPHOLSTERY ROAD AID MOBILE REPAIR (902) 894-5066 (902) 569-2841 (506) 856-0514 SEASONS MOTOR INN STRETCH CONSTRUCTION LTD ROB GRBAVAC (902) 443-9341 (403) 704-4618 (905) 545-1316 SERENITY FUNERAL SERVICE SULLIVAN ROBITAILLE ROOFING (780) 477-7500 (613) 962-2901 (705) 695-2298 SHAM’S AUTO COLLISION SUMAC LODGE ROSE’S ALTERATION SHOP (905) 669-5316 (519) 542-3421 (506) 387-8008 SHEDIAC CO OP STORE SUNNIDELL GOLF ROSSI’S ESSO SERVICE (506) 532-4441 (613) 498-0775 (807) 622-9331 SHERWOOD PARK PRIMARY CARE SUPER 8 MOTEL ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION NETWORK CLINIC (780) 778-8908 (506) 635-8095 (780) 410-8000 SUPERBELT LTD ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION SHOPPERS DRUG MART (902) 836-4176 (905) 894-5927 (902) 566-1200 SUPERIOR SPRAY FOAM (306) 347-2225
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Optelec FarView, ScripTalk Station, Victor Reader Stream 3.0, Accessible iPhone, Oracle Talking Glucose Meter, and the PenFriend Labeling Device
Optelec FarView ScripTalk Station® Whether the needs are for on-the-go portability, Do you have trouble reading your prescriptions? viewing street signs, storing class notes, reviewing Many people have difficulty reading or understanding important documents, reading the morning newspaper the contents and instructions of their prescription or sharing information, the Optelec FarView puts medications. The small print and look-alike freedom and independence in the palms of the user. packaging of medicine vials can lead to confusion, Optelec, the world leader in innovative and non-compliance, and mistakes. Many are bothered assistive technology for visually impaired and blind by the fact that they must rely on others to read their people, announced the release of FarView, a portable prescription information for them, and others simply and powerful magnification solution that redefines try to remember numerous directions, warnings and how low vision users are able to access, store, review names. and share information. Now there is a solution to these serious issues – The unique design of the Optelec FarView and ScripTalk Station. ScripTalk Station is an easy to use incomparable functionality of near and distance device that uses text to-speech and RFID technologies viewing sets a new standard for other portable and to provide visually impaired pharmacy customers the desktop devices currently on the market. ability to hear their prescription information. A thin Using a centralized, auto focus camera and six antennae and microchip embedded within the label different viewing modes the FarView allows the user are programmed with all the printed information. to view from a distance as well as up close. Viewing Because the data is stored in the label itself, it can go notes on the board, reading the menu at coffee shops, on any size bottle, box, vial, tube or other prescription and traveling independently has never been easier! container. At home, the patient uses a table top The FarView enables the user to store the data for reader, which decodes the label information, to up close review in more detail at any time. Capture hear spoken medication information such as patient a complete document or multiple pages of a book or name, drug name and dosage, instructions, warnings magazine. Up to 100 images can be stored on the and cautions, prescription number, pharmacy device and accessed at any given moment. name and phone number, prescribing doctor, and Adjust images and text to the needs of the user patient education monographs. Individuals can now through rotation, picture alignment, contrast and safely, privately and independently manage their brightness settings. prescription medications. Also, FarView offers the user flexibility to connect To talk with a pharmacist and get your prescriptions to an external monitor or PC, encouraging the filled with ScripTalk Talking Labels, contact: user to access printed text and photos comfortably Direct Care Pharmacy and efficiently, and share this information with 888-499-3848 colleagues, friends and family. www.directcarepharmacy.ca For more information, please visit: www.optelec.com/ca_en/index.php/products/ electronic-low-vision/farview/ 4
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SUPERSTORE THOMAS GLASS VERNON DEON LOBSTER PLUGS LTD (902) 463-4619 (709) 722-0234 (902) 762-2217
SUPPORTIVE OUTINGS & SERVICES THOMPSON BOILER WORKS WAL MART (403) 291-6494 (613) 822-4099 (204) 638-4808
SURE SHOT EXPRESS INC THOMPSON ROSEMOUNT GROUP INC WAL MART (204) 987-8700 (613) 634-7373 (306) 782-9820
SUSPENDERS GENERAL STORE TIM HORTONS WATSON DR (250) 996-8449 (902) 752-4471 (519) 471-6049
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38 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 For more information about ScripTalk Station of Stream 3.0 will now include both a male and contact: female text-to-speech voice. En-Vision America • A 30 minute Time Jump feature and many other 309-452-3088 usability improvements have been added. www.envisionamerica.com “With the increasing use of 8gb, 16, and even 32gb Humanware unveils Victor storage cards, users are managing ever increasing reader Stream 3.0 amounts of data on their Stream”, says Gerry This year HumanWare announced the Chevalier, Victor Reader Product Manager. “With latest version of its popular Victor thousands of music fi les and hundreds of podcasts or Reader Stream DAISY book player, text fi les they have asked us to provide more effi cient MP3 player, and voice recorder. The navigation and version 3 delivers just that.” latest release of software for the Stream Says Chevalier, “The improved navigation as well is version 3.0. It is a free upgrade as the bookmark alert, text search and other usability software for the tens of thousands of improvements in Stream 3.0 renews HumanWare’s users who now enjoy their Stream commitment to our Stream customers that we worldwide. would continue to enhance the Stream over time to Version 3.0 is a major release packed with new maximize their Stream investment.” features that continue to distinguish the Stream as the And there’s more. HumanWare is pleased to industry leader among pocket size accessible players. announce that Stream 3.0 is also accompanied by a Version 3.0 responds to popular requests received completely new-look Stream Companion software. from many Stream customers. The new Stream Companion 3.0 Windows software has a completely new menu driven interface, support New features include: for the new Bookshare zip format, and more. • Multi-level bookshelf navigation for Other Books, The software is available on the Stream Support Podcasts, and Text. Now you can optionally Page. For more information, visit the HumanWare organize these bookshelves into multiple levels of website at: www.humanware.com folders and navigate at those levels. • Multi-level folder navigation within Music fi les. For Blind Welcomes off -The-shelf example, now you could choose to organize your iPhone Accessibility music by levels such as genre, artist, and album and An advanced screen-reader and other accessibility navigate at those levels to more quickly fi nd your features on a new version of Apple’s iPhone desired music. represent an “extremely signifi cant development” • Further you can now instantly create temporary for a previously inaccessible technology, according playlists of any subset of your music collection to the Royal National Institute of Blind People and limit Random play to only that portion of your (RNIB). music. ‘Off-the-shelf’ features built into the iPhone 3GS • Moreover, you can turn random play on or off with allow blind and visually impaired users to send a single key press like many commercial MP3 and receive text messages and emails, browse the players. internet, play music and make and receive phone • Text Search. Yes, now you can enter words to search calls. for in your text fi les or text-only DAISY books. The ‘VoiceOver’ screen-reader on the new phone • Bookmark alert. You can enable an optional also claims to be the world’s fi rst “gesture-based bookmark alert feature to notify you when you screen-reader”, working with the iPhone’s touch- are playing a book and pass over a previously screen to describe or read out whatever function or bookmarked position. It will even automatically piece of text the user moves their fi nger over, in any announce your audio bookmarks. of 21 different languages. This allows users to read • Two text-to-speech voices. The English version emails or text messages, and a ‘Speak Auto-text’ 4
WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 39 function will speak out letters or words being typed Doctors, nurses, diabetic educators and people with on the phone, suggesting possible corrections as it diabetes are excited about this new and innovative proceeds. meter. A further gesture-based ‘rotor’ system activated The Oracle™ meter is particularly helpful for with a circular motion of the fingers switches the those with vision loss. Gerry Nelson, a counselor screen-reader mode backwards and forwards between with vision services at the CNIB in Saskatchewan, word-by-word speech and reading out individual has been a type 1 diabetic for almost forty years and characters. has been blind since the age of 25. He said “About Additionally, a voice control function allows users two months ago I was introduced to a wonderful new to make and receive calls, play and control music piece of technology from EZ Health™ called the through voice commands. Oracle™, a new talking blood glucose meter. Up The RNIB says Apple has taken “a positive step” until this time, existing technology was outdated, by building-in these features for free. “All too cumbersome to use, and also very expensive. With often, blind and partially sighted people have to my new Oracle™, I can test as often as I want or as rely on third-party assistive technology software required and now I can do it in a matter of seconds. and hardware in order to make mainstream devices It is a must for any diabetic with limited vision! such as mobile phones accessible”, said Kiran Kaja, Corie Haslbeck, an Occupational Therapist, with from the RNIB’s digital accessibility team. “This the Ophthalmology Program in Winnipeg described involves an additional cost for the user. But with a success story with a client of hers who has had her Apple providing a free VoiceOver screen-reader on home care visits cut from four times per day to two all iPhone 3GS devices, blind and partially sighted per day because she can now test her blood glucose customers can now benefit from an off-the-shelf level at home, on her own, using our Oracle™ accessible mobile phone at the same price as their monitor. sighted counterparts.” The Oracle™ meter has all the best features Other accessibility features on the 3GS include available: no coding, small sample size, fast results, a zoom function that can dramatically magnify the a large screen, alternate site testing, and computer entire screen of any application; an option to change download ability. Oracle™ turns on automatically the screen display to white on black, offering higher when test strips are inserted and has a single button contrast; easily discernible tactile buttons to perform on the front to access the memory. It even has a basic phone operations; and an option to use giant reminder to check for ketones if glucose levels are font sizes when reading emails. above 13.3. While praising these features, Kaja said there were Oracle’s finest feature is its talking function. The one or two areas where further improvements could voice level is adjustable. yet be made. “While the iPhone 3GS includes very You can get your free Oracle™ glucose meter at good accessibility features, RNIB would like Apple your local pharmacy when you purchase 100 test to continue to look at making the iPhone usable by strips. those who may not be as technically savvy. They Ask your pharmacist for your free meter. For more also have a role to encourage third-party application information on the EZ Health™ Oracle™ blood developers to make their applications compatible glucose monitoring system, please go to with VoiceOver.” www.oraclediabetes.com or call 1-866-829-7926. On its website, Apple states that it is “working with iPhone software developers so they can make their PenFriend Labeling Device applications VoiceOver compatible.” Easily record, and re-record, information using this versatile, pocket-sized, easy-to-use product and Talking Glucose Meter the self-adhesive labels. You can EZ Health™ Oracle™ talking glucose meter has a instantly play back the recordings revolutionary speaking function which lets people anywhere simply using the hear as well as see their glucose results. PenFriend - no computer required.
40 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 Use to label: food items, including freezer food, and • There is no limit to the length of each message even include sell by dates and cooking instructions, • The pen has up to 70 hours of recording time film and music collections, household objects or available even to organize letters and other paperwork as well • Ability to download MP3 files including books as record shopping lists or leave audio messages. and music if desired It can also be used as a portable notetaker, record • Supplied with 127 labels in a mix of sizes and your message and keep track of it by placing the shapes, built in speaker, USB cable, neck lanyard allocated label in a small notebook or in your diary. and two AAA batteries. Use in school to label classroom equipment and resources such as skeleton models, art material Watch a short demonstration video on the storage drawers and field trip findings. Pupils can use PenFriend on YouTube at: it to organize their coursework, add entries to their www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePE0-U73Ajc homework diary and access class timetables. • Simply allocate one of the coded self-adhesive The PenFriend is available at some CNIB labels and record and store your message on the stores, or through their on-line catalogue at: PenFriend. To playback hold the PenFriend over http://webstore.cnib.ca/item_detail.aspx? the label - it announces recordings specific to ItemCode=LIV0513210000 q each label
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WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 41 ’ Mark DeMontis cross-Canada journey raises $60,000
inally, a home-cooked meal and the Cross-Canada trip comfort of his own bed. Mark DeMontis Fdeserves as much after his accomplishment. on rollerblades Back in June, he strapped on a pair of rollerblades and headed west. helps visually Some 5,000 kilometres – and four pairs of blades – later, he reached the finish in Vancouver on Oct. impaired kids. 16. More importantly, he had reached his goal of raising money and awareness for hockey for the By Rick Madonik, Toronto Star visually impaired. Published On October 20 2009 “I guess I was a man on a mission. Now it’s mission accomplished,” said DeMontis, 22, who became legally blind at 17 after being stricken by Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy, a rare optic disorder. DeMontis traversed through 66 Canadian cities en route to raising $60,000 and awareness for Courage Canada, a not-for-profit foundation he founded last year to help fund Learn-to-Skate programs for visually impaired youth. He decided to embark on his roller-wheeled quest after gaining inspiration from Chris Delaney, who suffers from the same optic disorder and rode across Canada in 1996 on a two-seater bike. Delaney’s efforts raised $300,000 for eye research. “I met (Delaney) in 2007 during a tough time in my life,” DeMontis said. “I remember one night laying in bed thinking about what he had done. He was a role model for me. I thought why not try and show people that it can be done, that while
42 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 you may be blind, you can still do it (rollerblade across Canada).” Despite the good intentions, there were logistical issues to overcome. Where would he get the sponsorship, the daily support, the organization and even the courage to leave home for more than three months to rollerblade across Canada? It wasn’t easy, beginning with the obvious physical and mental anguish. Even at 22, the trek proved difficult. DeMontis put in about 70 kilometres each day and would go to bed with blisters, sore knees and wasted muscles. Then there was the weather. “When we were going through Ontario, I don’t Cameron Williams, a childhood friend, and P.J. think there were two days when it didn’t rain,” Power and Jason Firestone, whom he met at the said DeMontis, who played Triple-A hockey in the University of Western Ontario, took turns on the GTHL at 17 before he began to lose his eyesight. rollerblades to keep DeMontis focused. Despite the challenges, DeMontis had his “I think the hardest part was just dealing with believers. everything and still trying to maintain your daily Reebok Hockey stepped up to provide all goals,” DeMontis said. “I’m lucky to have great the equipment needed and Ottawa Senators friends and a great family. But the biggest challenge owner Eugene Melnyk came through with an RV, was the mental one.” something DeMontis pointed out as central to the DeMontis arrived in Vancouver Oct. 16 with a entire effort. And more corporate support came host of supporters and family cheering wildly as from Tim Hortons, the NHL, the Lions Club and he crossed the finish line, wearing a Team Canada Rogers. hockey jersey and waving a Canadian flag. There were calls of encouragement from Maple With his journey complete, DeMontis hopes to Leaf greats Ron Ellis and Johnny Bower; Walter continue acquiring sponsorships to help create and Wayne Gretzky showed up along the way for more hockey opportunities for the visually support, as did Trailer Park Boys actors Pat Roach impaired. One idea he is working on is organizing and John Dunsworth, and former NHL defenceman a motivational speaking tour. Rick Chartraw threw in his support as well. Ultimately, he is hoping for the inclusion of hockey And every step of the way, DeMontis also had for the visually impaired in the Paralympics. q his buddies there to help him along.
WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 43 Kitchens of the World: Your Passport to the World’s Finest Cuisine United Kingdom - Scones
A NEW COOKBOOK FEATURING 200 RECIPES
he Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), the teachers,” notes Tokos. Tlargest membership based organization for Mr. Tokos goes on to say, “Quite frankly, I can’t the blind, is pleased to introduce the Kitchens of think of many charities willing to share with their the World™ cookbook. fundraising ventures, but we are. This is not the Jim Tokos, CCB Vice-President, states “This is blind leading the blind, but the blind leading.” a very high end product with the premise that The theme of the cookbook is food is more preparing food and with whom we share it can than basic sustenance and nourishment. Food overcome geography and politics and can lead to offers a kaleidoscope of images and inculcated an appreciation of other cultures.” values beyond the innate need for immediate The cookbook features over 200 recipes gratification. donated by 102 embassies and 600 high resolution How and what we eat, how we acquire it, who photographs contributed by 200 photographers prepares it and who is at the table is a form of from all over the world. Every section contains communication that is rich in meaning which a map of each country with demographics and often subtly explores the culture of a specific featuring some iconic pictures. group or country. The cookbook is designed to raise funds for Food can inspire and strengthen the bonds all charities and non-profit organizations and between individuals, communities or possibly is available in hard copy or EBook versions and countries. From the simple dish to the most features recipes and colour photographs from extravagant, the mere sharing and partaking in one 102 countries. of the most fundamental needs can unconsciously “Our partner schools like it because it serves forge a commonality of interests that can create as an educational tool for parents, students and and sustain a unique attachment with others.
44 WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 Switzerland - Rösti
Food can play a large part in defining family in many respects is a mosaic of the cookbook’s values, rules, rituals and traditions and offers a target audience. prism to our most basic beliefs about our family, Canada is one of the leaders in cultural community and country as well as reflections diversity and tolerance, and in many respects, the about us. conception of the cookbook is appropriate to Kitchens of the World allows us to transcend emanate from this country. the obstacles of politics, culture, Cookbooks have a long and geography and religious barriers, impressive history as proven whether real or imagined, best sellers. The market for a and begin or continue our classic cookbook is endless, exploration and understanding and the buying audience grows of each other through food. and changes with each new The cookbook is unique in generation. the sense that it embraces all The cookbook is available cultures and offers charities for a $100 donation. For those and non-profit organizations an who decide the $100 donation alternative revenue source. Apart is too much, E versions can from charities and non-profits, be downloaded for $25 for the cookbook is an excellent the entire E Book, $10 for a and unique gift for corporations continent and $5 for a country. to employees, unions, schools, The E-book can be downloaded churches, etc. from the CCB website at: www. Besides being unique and a one-of-a-kind ccbnational.net product, the cookbook is very high quality which Tax receipts are available for the hard copy and includes a soft laminated cover, 80 lb. matte, and E versions and can be downloaded electronically inner coil for easy layout, colour photographs and upon receipt of the donation. 316 pages. Contact the CCB national office on how your Kitchens of the World is especially relevant to chapter or organization can participate and raise Canada. The population and culture of Canadian funds by email at [email protected] or call toll society is becoming more diverse each year and free 1-877-304-0968. q
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ALBERTA CCB Kamloops WC Chapter Tech-Ease Chapter Alice Haynes Doris Koop CCB Calgary Club Kamloops, BC Winnipeg, MB Bill Eng (250) 573-5795 (204) 663-7193 Calgary, AB arp3@teluÅs.net [email protected] (403) 248-2589 [email protected] CCB Kelowna White Cane Club Al Hanet NEw BRUNSwICk CCB Edmonton Club Kelowna, BC Geoff Connor (250) 765-2753 CCB Bathurst Club Edmonton, AB [email protected] Anita Boudreau (780) 454-7092 Alcida, NB [email protected] CCB New Westminster & Dist. Chapter (506) 783-8261 Eugene Amburg CCB Edmonton Fantastix Chapter New Westminster, BC CCB Fredericton Club Wendie Schnellert (604) 525-9383 Maurice Leger Edmonton, AB Moncton, NB (780)468-7081 CCB North Shore WC Chapter (506) 384-1976 [email protected] Joan Buchholtz [email protected] North Vancouver, BC CCB Order of Inner Sight Recreation V7K 1K5 CCB Miramichi Chapter Lloyd Cartier (604) 985-2293 Thea McEvoy Edmonton, AB Whitney, NB (780) 450-8177 CCB Parksville & Dist. 69 Chapter (506) 622-2436 [email protected] Lois Nelson [email protected] Quallicum Beach, BC (250) 757-9938 CCB Moncton Club BRITISh COLUMBIA Samuel Albert CCB Penticton WC Chapter Riverview, NB CCB 100 Mile House & Dist. Chapter Irene Warlow (506) 854-7199 Jim Vinson Penticton, BC [email protected] 100 Mile House, BC (250) 487-1228 (250) 395-2452 CCB Restigouche Club [email protected] CCB Powell River WC Chapter Sylvio Carrier Geraldine Braak Dalhousie, NB CCB Cariboo White Cane Chapter Powell River, BC (506) 684-3925 Sandra Bridgen (604) 485-5028 William Lake, BC [email protected] CCB Saint John Club (250) 398-7614 Mary Farrer [email protected] CCB Prince George WC Chapter Saint John, NB Sylvia Cooney (506) 633-0380 CCB Chilliwack Chapter Prince George, BC [email protected] Gladys Lindgren (250) 563-6254 Chilliwack, BC [email protected] CCB Shippagan Caraquet Club (604) 795-3354 Francine Robichaud CCB Sunshine Coast WC Chapter Shippagan, NB CCB Comox Valley Chapter Flo Hill (506) 336-1121 Evelyn Andrews Sechelt, BC Courtenay, BC (604) 885-3187 CCB Western Valley Club (250) 334-4610 John Stairs [email protected] South Hampton, NB MANITOBA (506)575-2649 CCB Dogwood Chapter Elaine Harris CCB Winnipeg Blind Curlers Port Coquitlam, BC Doris Koop NEwFOUNDLAND (604) 942-4680 Winnipeg, MB [email protected] (204) 663-7193 CCB Baker Club [email protected] Elizabeth Mayo CCB Festival of Friends Chapter Avondale, NL Bob Comba Winnipeg and District Chapter (709) 229-7205 Kelowna, BC Doris Koop [email protected] (250) 862-8121 Winnipeg, MB [email protected] (204) 663-7193 [email protected]
WHITE CANE MAGAZINE 2010 47 CCB Helen Keller Club CCB Hamilton Junior Chapter CCB RTMC Leona Blackmore Dawn Rowe Brian Wice Grand Falls/Windsor, NL Hamilton, ON Hamilton, ON (709) 489-7327 (905) 385-9546 (905)776-5900 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
CCB Kawartha Chapter CCB WC Matinee Chapter NOVA SCOTIA Fay O’Neill Dorothy MacNaughton Lindsay, ON Sault Ste. Marie, ON CCB Connected Youth Chapter of the (705) 799-5120 (705) 759-0733 Maritimes [email protected] [email protected] Jennifer MacNeil Halifax, NS CCB Kingston Friendship Chapter CCB Toronto Curlers (902) 443-1937 Laureen Burge Randy Nelson [email protected] Kingston, ON Toronto, ON (613) 634-7418 (416) 627-6010 CCB Halifax Club [email protected] [email protected] Elizabeth Glenister Halifax, NS CCB London Chapter CCB Waterloo Regional Chapter (902) 477-3920 Carole Holton Cecilia Beechey [email protected] London, ON Waterloo, ON (519) 434-2941 (519) 572-5435 CCB Sydney Club [email protected] [email protected] Louise Gillis Sydney, NS CCB McMaster University Chapter CCB Windsor/Essex Low Vision Social (902) 564-4102 Mike Potvin and Support Group [email protected] Toronto, ON Christine Copeland (613) 567-0311 Windsor, ON [email protected] (519) 944-5773 ONTARIO [email protected] CCB NCVISA Chapter CCB Blind Guys Tri Chapter Manon Valin Joe Findley (National Capital Vision Impaired Sports PEI (416) 777-9005 Association) joe@ackerfi nley.com Ottawa, ON CCB Prince County Club (613) 829-3183 Sandra Poirier CCB Carleton University Chapter [email protected] Miscouche, PE Mike Potvin (902) 436-5314 Toronto, ON CCB Oshawa Humoresque Chapter [email protected] (613) 567-0311 Eleanor Hardy [email protected] Oshawa, ON CCB Queensland Chapter (905) 435-0721 Harley Harper CCB Chatham-Kent Chapter [email protected] Stratford, PE Hilda Wiersma (902) 569-3760 Chatham, ON CCB Ottawa Blind Curlers [email protected] (519) 354-4673 Bill Mohrmann-Watson Ottawa, ON Club 60 Barrie (613) 722-8084 SASkATChEwAN Douglas Ayres [email protected] Barrie, ON CCB Moose Jaw WCC (705) 721-4889 CCB Ottawa Chapter Geraldine Roman [email protected] Theresa Dupuis Moose Jaw, SK Nepean, ON (306) 693-1951 CCB Cornwall Chapter (613) 226-3773 [email protected] Helena Whyte Cornwall, ON CCB Ottawa University Chapter CCB Regina WCC (613) 933-5339 Mike Potvin Judy Koenig Cornwall, ON K6H 5Z1 Toronto, ON Regina, SK (613) 567-0311 (306) 543-4625 CCB Glenvale Players [email protected] [email protected] Marty Koven Willowdale, ON CCB OVIG (Ontario Vision Impaired (416) 498-7928 Golfers) Chapter NOTES: [email protected] Gary Saxon (905) 543-9873 Total active chapters: 63 CCB Hamilton Chapter [email protected] Dawn Rowe Hamilton, ON CCB Pembroke WC Chapter (905) 385-9546 Darrell Furgoch [email protected] Pembroke, ON (613) 735-7092 [email protected]
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