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Upcoming Events
BELL EXPRESSVU PRESENTS WHITE CANE WEEK PROFILES OF INSPIRATIONAL INDIVIDUALS
ON VOICEPRINT CANADA!!
Jim Sanders, President and CEO, has
been involved with the CNIB since he was 15 years old and continues to
live by his abiding credo: Is what I am doing going to improve the lives
of Canadians who are blind, vision impaired, or deafblind?
Robert Just began his career in 1977, back when the electric
typewriter was the machine of the day. What a far cry from the electronic
system he uses today.
Theresa Dupuis, President of the Ottawa Chapter of the
Canadian Council of the Blind, and coordinator of the CNIB school speakers
program. She visits schools in the Ottawa area, speaking with young people
about blindness, disability issues, promoting interaction with disabled
persons.
Bill Eng, CNIB speaker and CCB advocate, doesn't let
anything get in the way of his passion - riding his Harley Davidson in
the dead of night.
Rod Rogalsky is an avid supporter of the Calgary Seeing
Ice Dogs blind hockey club. He speaks candidly about the accident that
left him completely blind, and shares how it feels to gradually regain
some vision.
Kathy Austin is an artist/writer/photographer
who takes thousands of pictures, so she can eventually look at them through
a magnifying glass to better see the people she met and the places she'd
been to. She then turns some of these images into world-class collages
of art. Ms. Austin has also published several books and was, to her knowledge,
the first blind person to travel to Antarctica.
Their respective successes are all the more impressive when one considers
the fact that they happen to have impaired vision.
These profiles will air on VoicePrint during White Cane Week,
February 2 - 8. This national awareness week has been happening
in every community across Canada since 1947 in order to promote the significance
of the white cane.
All over the country, white cane users are changing what it means to be
blind. To them, the white cane is not only the international symbol of
blindness, but also the symbol of courage and independent spirit.
To celebrate this, VoicePrint and Bell ExpressVu
will tell the stories of the new roles and challenges taken on by spirited
individuals who have vision impairments.
VoicePrint Canada is a not-for-profit media charity, set up in 1989 to
enhance access to printed news and information of interest to Canada’s
3.5 million vision- and print-restricted citizens and their families and
friends. VoicePrint, a national program service licensed by the CRTC,
reaches more than 6.5 million Canadian homes and can be accessed round
the clock via the S.A.P. of CBC Newsworld on Cable, and on Star Choice,
ExpressVu, Look TV, Skycable and at www.voiceprint.ca.
For local channel listings call 1-800-567-6755.
For more information:
Arlene Patterson
416-422-4222, ext. 222
800-567-6755
apatterson@nbrscanada.com
Pamela Muñoz
416-422-4222, ext. 227
800-567-6755
pmunoz@nbrscanada.com
