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Check out our discussion with an old friend this week on Outlook where we discuss music (piano, voice, and violin) along with music braille. From expectations to transitions, Sarah Jevnikar speaks with us about education and employment and the advocacy of speaking up for ourselves and the improvement for all when we’re persistent in doing so.

Did you know Art Garfunkel (of Simon and Garfunkel fame) had a lifelong best friend and College roommate who went blind in 1961 while they were in school together at Columbia University in New York City? On this week’s episode of Outlook, we’ve got a review and discussion with the two of us, and a friend and occasional guest host from Ireland, Barry Toner, of this memoir by Sanford D. Greenberg. I...

As we move into our third season of the show, we discuss the pros and cons of a singular disability rights movement in Canada with two opposing points-of-view and their published articles in The Globe and Mail newspaper. We also spotlight the newest issue of the magazine from the Canadian Federation of the Blind known as The Blind Canadian, with articles on subjects such as the challenges blind Ca...

Mary Ellen Gabias is President of the Canadian Federation of the Blind (CFB). On this week’s episode, we speak with her about her years before coming to Canada to lead advocacy efforts for other blind people like her, about her early time working in a sheltered workshop and then going on to create programs for adults who’ve gone blind later in life, and some of the differences she has seen between...

What do a castle, a snowflake, a butterfly, and DNA all have in common? Caroline Karbowski is the CEO of See3D, a non-profit organization that manages the printing and distribution of 3D printed models for people who are blind. Although she is not blind herself, she reads braille by touch. This is a fascinating interview you will not want to miss. https://see3d.org

Outlook 2020-08-24 - Help with inaccessible bike lane design, Blind history in Canada by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-08-17 - Interview with Educational Assistant Melissa Houthuyzen by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-08-10 - Interview with The Blind History Lady by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-07-27 - National Federation of the Blind Virtual Convention by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-07-13 - Being Heumann Book Review by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-07-06 - Mixed Bag by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-06-29 - Interview with ally Thelma Fayle by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-06-22 - Outlook On Intersectionality by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-06-08 - Interview with writer Leona Godin by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-06-01 - Code of the Freaks by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-05-25 - Interview with Ed Barnes on guide dogs by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-05-18 - Remembering Jean Little by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-04-20 - Crip Camp by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-04-13 - Barry Toner's trip to Vietnam by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-03-09 - Coronavirus, International Women's Day, skating by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-04-06 - Blindness and COVID-19 by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-03-02 - Rare disease day, Travel Update, Is love blind? by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-02-24 - Brian's trip to Victoria by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-02-17 - Interview with Ben Fulton on guide dog discrimination case by Outlook on Radio Western

Outlook 2020-02-10 - White cane week, Kerry walking the Thames by Outlook on Radio Western