To mark Guide Dog Access Awareness Month, Ryan Hooey spoke with Blair Young about his experiences as a guide dog handler. Listen to their conversation about about guide dog rights in the workplace, physical and attitudinal barriers, education, advocacy, and more.

Transcript: https://cnib.ca/en/blog/guide-dog-access-awareness-month-meet-blair

Ryan Hooey caught up with Taylor Bauer, a first-time guide dog handler, to chat about guide dogs in the workplace, barriers to employment, misconceptions, and advocating for your rights.

In Episode 7 of The Lens: Living Diverse, Ben becomes young again as he chats with two incredible youth living with sight loss, Maggie and Daren. The teens share their perspectives on diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as their own lived experiences with their intersecting identities. At the end of the insightful discussion, Ben plays a word association game with his guests.

CNIB Diversity & Inclusion website: cnib.ca/en/support-us/advocat…inclusion-we-are-cnib

CNIB Lake Joe is known for its ability to connect others in the most unique of circumstances. In episode four of Lake Joe On The Go!, we explore friendships that formed at Lake Joe, and how these relationships have shaped and changed lives.

In The Lens: Living Diverse, co-hosts Neisha Mitchell and Ben Akuoko explore the many facets of intersectionality from a blind, partially sighted and Deafblind perspective.

In Episode 6, Kamini Rodhan joins the podcast and shares stories about her experiences growing up with sight loss in Guyana and Canada. Neisha, Ben and Kamini also explore the attitudes and perceptions that different cultures have towards sight loss and the white cane.

CNIB Lake Joe is the perfect place to make connections of all sorts! In this episode, we’re joined by Marsha and Butch, two long-time Lake Joe guests whose love story began in 1983. Nearly 40 years later, the pair still come to camp to experience the magic that brought them together.

In our second episode, we discuss the journey of seeking employment as a person with a disability. Our guests open up about the challenges and successes that come along with the job-seeking journey and reflect on what could make that journey easier for people who are eager to work.

Discover the magic of CNIB Lake Joe with your host, Taylor Gaudon. Hear from passionate guests, volunteers, and staff as they explore a new topic in every episode. Tune in to hear about Lake Joe memories, stories of love and friendship, a day in the life, and more!

Episode 1: Memories of Lake Joe

CNIB Lake Joe is a magical place where lasting memories are made by all who have the great pleasure of stepping foot on-site or by simply being a part of the Lake Joe virtual community! In our first episode of CNIB Lake Joe On The Go!, we reminisce and share some beautiful memories of Lake Joe.

In this episode of The Lens: Living Diverse, Ben and special guest, Ali Khalil, take a closer look at racialized masculinity. Ali reflects on his journey adjusting to sight loss as a Middle Eastern Muslim male and the expectations he experienced from his family and culture alike. Ben and Ali dissect the challenges of having to be tough, societal expectations, vulnerability and other topics pertaining to racialized men with sight loss.

CNIB Diversity & Inclusion website: https://cnib.ca/en/support-us/advocate/diversity-inclusion-we-are-cnib

June is Pride Month and The Lens: Living Diverse is celebrating with special guest hosts, TerriLynn and Lucie.

Hear their personal stories and reflections about coming out, cultivating relationships, involvement in the 2SLGBTQ+ community, intersectionality, and more.

This episode was recorded during International Lesbian Visibility Week.

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Toronto Dragon Boating

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