Because February is Heart and Stroke Month, I dig

back into the archives to replay an interview Norm Amerault from

Vital-Air to learn about sleep apnea, which can lead to heart disease

without intervention.

Next,

we listen to an interview with a guide dog mobility instructor. 

Michael Goehring takes us through all the things we should know when

venturing out for a walk with our guide, service, or pet dogs during

Winter conditions.

Marcia Yale is not only the president of the

Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians—AEBC, and a co-chair of the

organization’s Student and Education Committee.  She talks with me about

the five scholarships that are now available for five fortunate

applicants.We begin this program by talking about those scholarships.

Next, dig back into the archives for a chat with a lady about a product called the Checkered Eye.

Our

last chat is with Doug Earle, Chief Executive Officer of Fighting

Blindness Canada regarding a summit on Age-Related Macular

Degeneration.  February is National AMD Awareness Month.

February 7 to 13 is White Cane Week during 2021. 

First, I chat with Leslie Yee, Chair of Peterborough’s local chapter of

the Canadian Council of The Blind—CCB, who outlines what White Cane Week

is all about.

Next,

Christel Gallachiuk tells us about a book club established by our local

chapter of the CCB called Bookworms, in which both blind and sighted

people can participate.

Finally,

Debby Harryett is back with us to update the items we have in the

lending library of articles for people who are blind and partially

sighted, which is known as From The Blind for The Blind.  She also talks

about some of the items that are needed.

We begin with our monthly feature, Get Together

with Kim.  This time, we discuss the various methods of labelling items

in braille.

Next,

I chat with Maria Gallindo of Dog Guides of Canada about the various

programs offered by the Oakville facility, and then about the centre’s

upcoming 50-50 draw available to residents of Ontario.

It wasn’t until mid month that I realized that I

had completely forgotten our Get Together with Kim segment, which we

usually prepare for the first Monday of the month.  This time, Kim

Kilpatrick, from the Canadian Council of the Blind’s Get Together with

Technology program chatted with me about the compact but very versatile

Victor Reader Stream.

Next, I spoke with Kathleen Forestell Lead, Advocacy and Community Outreach

CNIB Ontario East about a program called Phone It Forward.

As

a contrast, I brought the program to a close by playing a recording

featuring the Blindshell Classic, a phone with actual buttons rather

than a touch screen.

For today’s show, I dug back in the archives to January, 2018, when co-host Simon Treviranus and I devoted the whole show getting our guests to highlight both the services of CELA, the Centre for Equitable Library Access, and the improved accessibility of our rebuilt library. Our guests were Lindsay Tyler from CELA in Toronto, and Karen Bischopp from the Peterborough Public Library.

We begin by playing the audio portion of a short film called Young Heroes, in celebration of the 113th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille in Couvrais, France.

Next,

a dig into the archives dredges up the interview that former co-host

Simon Treviranus and I did back in January, 2019 with Sarah Cooke from

the Peterborough office of Alzheimer’s  Canada.

We begin by chatting with the hosts of two new

podcasts being introduced by AMI—the Accessible Media Inc.  We also

briefly highlight four more.

November

18 is World COPD Day.  We chat with Henry Roberts, Managing Director of

COPD Canada about what Chronic Obstructive Lund Disease is, as well as

the plans that have been made for World COPD Day.

We begin by speaking with Tracy Holland from the

CNIB office in Kingston, ON about a CNIB Live event featuring Duand

Morgan, who used to be executive director of CNIB’s Eastern Ontario

region.

Next,

we hear about a Stay Home and Bid auction to raise funds for the Lions

Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training centre, and the seven programs

that they run.

Finally,

we speak with Mack Rogers, Executive Director of ABC Literacy, a

program which trains youth to teach seniors the technology that they

want to learn.

First, Leslie Yee, Chair of the CCB Peterborough chapter, speaks with Devon about the chapter’s annual poinsettia sale.  Next, Devon talks about how to store passwords with Kim Kilpatrick, co-ordinator  of CCB’s Get Together with Technology program.  Because October was Cybersecurity Month, Devon’s final chat is with Ian Thomson, manager of Trent University’s Technology Department.