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Varun Chandak, the Founder and President of the organization Access to Success joined host Jacob Shymanski to follow up on an announcement that he made at the Roundtable on Accessibility Entrepreneurship.

The Roundtable was led by Varun and the Chief Accessibility Officer of Canada Stephanie Cadieux. 

In this episode, we featured a few clips from the Roundtable, and Varun offered his perspective on the event and some more context regarding the special announcement made by Access to Success. 

Highlights:

• Introducing Varun Chandak (00:00)
• Getting to know Access to Success (3:05)
• The special announcement made at the Roundtable (6:27)
• The Roundtable on Accessibility Entrepreneurship (11:15)
• Stephania Cadieux on the complexity of accessibility (12:54)
• Emma Brown on funding for entrepreneurs (18:25)
• The Centre for Disability Innovation (25:34)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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Host Jacob Shymanski previews what’s coming up on AMI-audio with hosts from other shows on the channel. 

Hear the latest headlines from Canadian Politics on The Globe & Mail Today, some US election news on The Guardian Daily, and what’s coming up on the popular tech show Double Tap! 

In the second half of the show, Jacob and Varun Chandak, the Founder and President of Access to Success talk about Varun’s organization and a special announcement that was made at the Roundtable on Accessibility Entrepreneurship. You can listen to that interview here. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• The Globe and Mail Today with Corinne Van Dusen (1:25)
• Macleans Magazine with Amy Amantea (8:40)
• The Guardian Daily with Mike Ross (13:41)
• Double Tap with Steven Scott (19:22)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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Courtney Gilmour is a JUNO nominated stand up comedian and television writer. She was a finalist for Canada’s Got Talent, and is an amputee. She is releasing her second comedy album on October 25th called “Wonder Woman” and joined Jacob Shymanski to talk about the rules of stand-up comedy, the process of recording “Wonder Woman” and paranormal experiences. 

Highlights:

• Introducing Courtney Gilmour (00:00)
• Recording the comedy album “Wonder Woman” (1:41)
• Having a fanbase adds lots of pressure (6:07)
• Handling politics and comedy (9:54)
• Courtney’s paranormal experience (11:36)
• Creating a social media presence as a comic (14:52)
• What are the rules of stand-up comedy? (18:47)
• Talking about disability through comedy (22:13)
• More comedians with disabilities could make the comedy scene more accessible (26:36)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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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.  

In the second half of the show, Courtney Gilmour joined Jacob ahead of the release of her second comedy album called “Wonder Woman”. You can listen to that interview here. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• The Globe & Mail Today with Corinne Van Dusen (00:51)
• Voices of the Walrus with Amy Amantea (8:28)
• The Guardian Daily with Mike Ross (13:52)
• Double Tap with Shaun Preece (17:15)
• Digest Review with Kelly (23:03)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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The 8th annual A11yTO Conference was held at the Microsoft headquarters in downtown Toronto. AMI Today had the opportunity to broadcast live from the conference, and to hold some interviews that are being presented on the show this week. 

Today, host Jacob Shymanski is speaking with two speakers from the conference, Lindsay Silver and Sarah Higley. Lindsay is an accessibility coach at T-Mobile and spoke to Jacob about accessible digital product development. Sarah is a web developer at Microsoft and discussed accessibility in control libraries, notifications and chat apps. 

You can find more information about the conference at www.a11yTO.com

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• Introducing Lindsay Silver (00:58)
• Lindsay’s Content Management Systems presentation (2:20)
• What is a content management system? (3:35)
• Lindsay’s work as an Accessibility Coach (6:01)
• The prevalence of content management systems (9:27)
• Trends in digital accessibility (11:03)
• Introducing Sarah Higley (14:20) 
• How does Sarah get people to care about accessibility? (16:01)
• Sarah’s professional background (17:30)
• What is a Live Region? (19:28)
• What is a control library? (23:29)
• Common barriers to accessibility in digital products (25:00)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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

Hear the latest headlines from The Globe & Mail Today, The Guardian Daily, and what’s coming up this weekend on The Washington Post This Week! 

In the second half of the show, we present two interviews that were done at the 8th annual A11yTO Conference at the Microsoft headquarters in downtown Toronto. Jacob spoke with Lindsay Silver, an accessibility coach at T-Mobile about accessible digital product development and making more content management systems with accessibility principles in mind. Plus, he interviewed Sarah Higley, a web developer at Microsoft about accessibility in control libraries and chat apps. You can listen to those interviews here. 

You can find more information about the conference at www.a11yTO.com

Highlights:

• The Globe and Mail Today with Corinne Van Dusen (1:19)
• The Washington Post This Week with Mike Ross (9:26)
• The Guardian Daily with Mike Ross (13:32)
• Double Tap with Shaun Preece (17:45)
• Digest Review with Kelly MacDonald (21:58)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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AMI Today had the opportunity to attend the A11yTO Conference at the Microsoft Headquarters in Toronto. At the conference, Jacob sat down and spoke with people who are making a difference in digital accessibility. The first interview we’re presenting today is with Steve Saylor. He is an accessibility advocate, consultant, content creator, and creator of the YouTube series “BLIND GAMER.” Steve also hosted the A11yTO Conference. 

Then, Jacob speaks with Homer Gaines, a front-end developer with over 30 years of experience and they have an interesting conversation about accessibility, coding, and creating social accessible spaces on the internet through digital design. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• Introducing Steve Saylor (1:04)
• Accessibility and The Last of Us Part Two by Naughty Dog (3:24)
• Steve’s YouTube Career (9:19)
• Why all video games should be made accessible (11:42)
• Introducing Homer Gaines (15:30)
• Improving Accessibility Through Design Systems (16:19)
• What is an inclusive design pattern? (17:51)
• Getting developers to care about accessibility (20:59)

How Homer’s background in behavioural psychology relates to digital accessibility (27:05)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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On today’s show, host Jacob Shymanski finds out what is coming up on AMI-audio by talking to other hosts from the network! 

In the second half of the show, we played back two interviews that Jacob had at the A11yTO conference at the Microsoft headquarters in Toronto. First, he spoke with Steve Saylor, an accessibility advocate, consultant, content creator and Twitch partner about gaming accessibility. Then, Homer Gaines joins the show to talk about gaming development with accessibility in mind. You can listen to both of those interviews here. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• The Globe & Mail Today with Corinne Van Dusen (1:14)
• The Guardian Daily with Mike Ross (8:30)
• Double Tap with Steven Scott (17:12)
• Digest Review with Dave Brown (22:42)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+

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On today’s show, Jacob and hosts from other shows on AMI-audio find out what stories are coming up on the channel today! 

In the second half of the show, Jacob spoke with podcaster and author Steve ‘Dangle’ Glynn about the release of his new book ‘Hockey Rants and Raves.”

You can listen to that Audiobook Review interview here. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• The Globe & Mail with Mike Ross (1:10)
• The Guardian Daily with Mike Ross (9:50)
• Macleans Magazine with Amy Amantea (13:44)
• Double Tap with Shaun Preece (19:35)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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About AMI

AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+

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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. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• The Globe & Mail with Corinne Van Dusen (1:24)
• The Voices of the Walrus with Amy Amantea (8:04)
• The Guardian Daily with Mike Ross (15:49)
• Double Tap with Steven Scott (23:00)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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About AMI

AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+

Learn more at AMI.ca

Connect with Accessible Media Inc. online:

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