Low Vision Moments

Jennie and longtime friend Stephanie get caught up on each other’s best and worst wardrobe malfunctions. From talking to a pair of tights to mismatched sneakers, come laugh your way down the catwalk with them. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial expressions are animat...

Nicknames can be fun, but name-calling is often downright mean. Joshua Cintrón, a photographer out of Brooklyn, N.Y., goes head to head with Jennie to compare the best, worst, and ugliest things they’ve been called just for lacking pigment. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. He...

From policing pups who eat everything (like rocks) to searching for ghost poops, Jennie and guest Iris get down to business discussing becoming dog parents with low vision. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hand...

Globetrotter Jonathon Taylor meets up with host Jennie to dissect some of their worst planned decisions and most dangerous predicaments. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She wears a small pink stud nose...

Hang out with Jennie and her sister, Lisa, as they compare notes on some of the host's earliest low vision moments and recap recent sisterly shenanigans. Chuckle at bruised knuckles, expired iced tea and learning (not) to drive. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial exp...

Human resources professional Tina Sarkar-Thompson drops by to discuss the lighter side of work. From inadvertently disclosing your disability, to losing a loogie on the job, these experiences are unique, yet relatable. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial expressions a...

In this non-holiday episode, comedian J.R. Bjornson and Jennie go tit for tat, blowing each other’s minds. From e-scooters to (not) stumbling upon cash, there’s rarely a dull moment when you’re blind or visually impaired. Learn more about J.R. on his website: www.blindguycomedy.com Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has...

Jennie is joined by guest Kim Lake for an education in Charles Bonnet syndrome. They compare notes on seeing things that aren’t really there, from Superman to dead people, and the resulting precarious situations. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial expressions are ani...

Come away with Jennie and fellow Nova Scotian Jill as they chat about their most memorable travel mishaps, from hotel room roulette, setting off a security alarm in a foreign country, and much more. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial expressions are animated and she...

On this episode, Jennie speaks with Stephen Ricci, the National Portfolio Manager for Accessibility Solutions at the CNIB. Aside from being a colleague of Jennie's, Stephen also lives with Albinism. Together they will share stories of being embarrassed, whether getting into a complete stranger's car or walking into a crowded bathroom of the opposite gender. Plenty of Low Vision Moments in this one...

Lace up your hiking boots and get ready for one hell of an adventure! Accomplished thru-hiker Trevor Thomas, who has trekked over 32,000 km of America's most rugged trails, joins Jennie to explore funny moments from the backcountry, the lake and the local public park. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale ski...

Jennie’s husband, Yves, stops by to chat about some of their most memorable and romantic Low Vision Moments together. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The back...

YouTuber and advocate Ashley Nemeth joins Jennie to open up about the most outlandish and invasive questions they’ve been asked by strangers. Do you dye your...? Should you...? What are your...? How do you...?  Follow Ashley on Instagram: @blindmovingon and on YouTube: Blind Moving On Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims....

Open wide for stories of potluck disasters, setting off smoke alarms in someone else’s kitchen, and cooking lessons learned the hard way. This episode includes some of Jennie’s favourite things: food, laughs and catching up with easy-going - yet highly motivated - good friend Dave Carragher of Blind Man Cooking. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong gl...

Musician and social worker Chantal Barrette joins Jennie to talk punching plexiglass, asking for beer menu recitals, and other ways to confuse or worry the sighted world around them. Enjoy Chantal’s EP, "Miners," wherever you stream music. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her...

Jennie and colleague Liam exchange stories about narrowly escaping danger and disaster. They look back and laugh about close calls that were scary or embarrassing at the time, including wild animals, airports and the Pacific Ocean! Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial...

Jennie connects with actor, writer and comedian Dennis Hurley to delve into the trials, lessons and amusement growing up with albinism and partial sight.  Follow Dennis Hurley on Instagram @itsdendo or at www.dennis-hurley.com. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial...

Jennie and long-time friend Jen MacNeil-Noble, discuss some of the perks of blindness, partial sight, and albinism. Silver linings include saving money and the environment while working on a great butt, and fun with prosthetic eyes! Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial...

Haligonian Jeff Overmars joins Jenny to discuss moments where, because of your blindness, you just can't perform all of the social norms that are expected of you.     Sorry I missed your handshake, but I CAN'T SEE IT!Follow Jennie Bovard on Twitter @uberblonde4 Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin...

In the first episode of Low Vision Moments, host Jennie and guest Jennifer Renée exchange hilarious stories about getting “recognized” in public. More accurately, they discuss being mistaken for other persons with albinism. I don’t even know who that is! Why won’t you believe me?! Jennifer Renée is the first albino beauty influencer. Find her on Instagram @ivoreebeauty or visit her website, ivoree...

Jennie Bovard hosts the monthly podcast Low Vision Moments. Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Low Vision Moments present those funny, potentially embarrassing experiences that happen in everyday life when you are blind or partially sighted … like physical distancing with a post because Jennie thought it was a person. Host description:  Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length...