At the end of September, AMI-audio Live attended Fighting Blindness Canada's View Point conference in Toronto and present the "Voices of Change: Transforming Lived Experience into Action" panel.  The panel featured the intersection of advocacy and lived experience. 

The panel included:

Morgan Ineson, who moderated the discussion. She is the Senior Manager of Education of Fighting Blindness Canada. 

Mary Campbell, a retired nurse. 

Dave Brown, a presenter and host from AMI-tv. 

And Alicia Grace Chenier, a motivational speaker and aspiring actor. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)

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On today's show, host Jacob Shymanski speaks with hosts from shows on AMI Audio to find out what's coming up on the show today. 

Plus, in the second half of the show we feature a panel from Fighting Blindness Canada's View Point conference that was held in Toronto at the end of September. You can listen to the "Voices of Change: Transforming Lived Experience into Action" panel here. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• The Globe & Mail with Corinne Van Dusen (3:44)
• The Guardian Daily with Mike Ross (10:20)
• Double Tap with Steven Scott (24:35)
• Digest Review with Kelly MacDonald (30:15)
• Fighting Blindness Canada's View Point conference (34:40)

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Our featured guest today was Tess Routliffe, a Paralympic athlete who brought home a bronze and silver medal from the Women’s 100m Breaststroke and the Women’s 200m Individual Medley, respectively, at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

She details what it’s like to compete in the Paralympics, some of her upcoming plans as an athlete, and reflects on a devastating injury she faced in training prior to the Tokyo Olympics. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• The atmosphere at the 2024 Paralympic Games (3:18)
• Tess’ injury (10:29)
• The Routliffe family’s history in sports (16:54)

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On AMI Today, host Jacob Shymanski and hosts from other shows on AMI-audio preview what’s coming up on the show today.

Plus, Jacob speaks with Tess Routliffe. Tess is a Paralympic athlete who brought home a bronze and silver medal from the Women’s 100m Breaststroke and the Women’s 200m Individual Medley, respectively, at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. You can listen to that interview here. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• The Globe & Mail Today with Corinne Van Dusen (1:31)
• The Guardian Daily with Mike Ross (9:43)
• Double Tap with Steven Scott (17:35)
• Digest Review with Kelly MacDonald (25:25)

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On today’s show, host Jacob Shymanski previews what’s coming up on AMI-audio with hosts from other shows on the channel.

Hear the latest headlines from The Globe & Mail Today, The Guardian Daily, Macleans, and Double Tap! 

Plus, Jacob is joined by Emily Ladau for the Audiobook Review segment for an interesting conversation about language, advocacy, and Emily’s book Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally. You can listen to that here.

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• The Globe and Mail Today with Corinne Van Dusen (00:49)
• Macleans Magazine with Amy Amantea (8:59)
• The Guardian Daily with Mike Ross (12:53)
• Double Tap with Steven Scott and Kelly MacDonald (20:17)

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Host Jacob Shymanski was joined by Kimberly Cohn and Andy Arias to talk about Easterseals’ Disability Is Not A Dirty Word campaign that launched in July. This conversation featured topics of ableism, disability pride, and representation. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• Coming Up with Nisreen Abdel-Majid (00:30)
• Introducing Kimberly Cohn and Andy Arias (2:46)
• The impact of the Disability Is Not A Dirty Word campaign (6:37)
• Disability representation in media (9:24)
• The “We are the 25%” campaign (14:06)
• Disability pride (18:40)
• How to be a better ally (22:20)

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On today’s show, host Jacob Shymanski speaks with hosts from shows on AMI-audio to find out what’s coming up on the channel today.  

In the second half of the show, Jacob spoke with Kimberley Cohn and Andy Arias from Easter Seals to discuss their Disability Isn’t a Dirty Word campaign. You can listen to that interview here.  

Highlights:

- Show Intro (00:00)

- The Globe & Mail with Corinne Van Dusen (5:06)

- Voices of the Walrus with Amy Amantea (12:15)

- The Guardian Daily with Mike Ross (17:08)

- Double Tap with Steven Scott (22:17)

- Digest Review with Kelly MacDonald (28:45)

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On today’s show, guest host Amy Amantea speaks with other hosts from shows on AMI Audio to preview what’s coming up on the channel today. 

Get the latest headlines from The Globe & Mail Today, The Guardian Daily, and a preview of the new episode of My Life in Books.

You can listen to the full episode of Audiobook Review with Ramya Amuthan here. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• The Globe & Mail Today with Corinne Van Dusen (1:09)
• My Life in Books with Red Szell (7:20)
• The Guardian Daily with Mike Ross (14:38)
• Double Tap with Shaun Preece (20:17)
• Digest Review with Kelly MacDonald (27:24)

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AMI Today broadcasts live from the 8th annual #A11yTO Conference in Toronto at Microsoft Canada’s headquarters.

Join host Jacob Shymanski as he speaks with experts in the digital accessibility field, including Billy Gregory from Ubisoft, Lindsay Silver from T-Mobile and Hector Osborne Rodriguez from Accenture.

You will also hear a live presentation by Steven Bassett from Airbnb about some practical lessons for improving font resizing on digital content.

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• Interview with Oskar Westin (2:20)
• Interview with Lindsay Silver (17:23)
• Presentation from Steven Bassett “Beyond Zoom: practical lessons from improving text resizing” (30:35)
• Interview with Hector Osborne Rodriguez (46:14)

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Jacob interviewed Executive Director of Content and Strategy at APTN Mike Omelus. They spoke about the history of APTN, the importance of language preservation, and some interesting projects that APTN is a part of. 

APTN is celebrating a significant milestone anniversary this year, it is their 25th year of platforming Indigenous voices, and the launch of North America’s first ever national Indigenous language channel, APTN Languages. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• The importance of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (1:44)
• The preservation and revitalization of Indigenous Languages and APTN Languages (3:10)
• Ojibwe adaptation of Star Wars (16:52)
• Speak with Pride campaign (18:42)
• Noticing the need for more Indigenous Language programming (21:27)
• The importance of representation for Indigenous communities in Canada (22:42)
• APTN’s 25th Anniversary (26:02) 

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