Low Vision Moments

Low Vision Moments

By Jennie BovardComedySociety & CultureComedy InterviewsPersonal Journals
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Low Vision Moments episodes

  • Work It!
    Human resources professional Tina Sarkar-Thompson drops by to discuss the lighter side of work. From inadvertently disclosing your disability, to losing a loogie on the job, these experiences are unique, yet relatable.
    Host description: 
    Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses
    with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her
    facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She
    wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The background includes two
    large bookcases, full of a variety of books, DVDs, toys, and nicknacks. 
     
    About Low Vision Moments:
    Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Jennie Bovard
    presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially
    sighted.
     
    Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with
    albinism. She loves trying all the things, making people laugh, and
    volunteering to create accessible sport and recreation opportunities in
    her community. Jennie, who has lived with partial sight all her life,
    has a diploma in film and TV production. Jennie lives in Halifax.
     
    About AMI
    AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and
    empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three
    broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in
    French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians
    with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values
    through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection,
    representation and portrayal.
     
    Learn more at AMI.ca
    Connect on Twitter @AccessibleMedia
    On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
    On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
    for information about our collection and use of personal data for
    advertising.
    30 min
  • Mind Blown
    In this non-holiday episode, comedian J.R. Bjornson and Jennie go tit for tat, blowing each other’s minds. From e-scooters to (not) stumbling upon cash, there’s rarely a dull moment when you’re blind or visually impaired. Learn more about J.R. on his website: www.blindguycomedy.com Host description: 
    Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses
    with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her
    facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She
    wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The background includes two
    large bookcases, full of a variety of books, DVDs, toys, and nicknacks. 
     
    About Low Vision Moments:
    Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Jennie Bovard
    presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially
    sighted.
     
    Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with
    albinism. She loves trying all the things, making people laugh, and
    volunteering to create accessible sport and recreation opportunities in
    her community. Jennie, who has lived with partial sight all her life,
    has a diploma in film and TV production. Jennie lives in Halifax.
     
    About AMI
    AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and
    empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three
    broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in
    French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians
    with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values
    through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection,
    representation and portrayal.
     
    Learn more at AMI.ca
    Connect on Twitter @AccessibleMedia
    On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
    On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
    for information about our collection and use of personal data for
    advertising.
    27 min
  • Seeing Things
    Jennie is joined by guest Kim Lake for an education in Charles Bonnet syndrome. They compare notes on seeing things that aren’t really there, from Superman to dead people, and the resulting precarious situations. Host description: 
    Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses
    with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her
    facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She
    wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The background includes two
    large bookcases, full of a variety of books, DVDs, toys, and nicknacks. 
     
    About Low Vision Moments:
    Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Jennie Bovard
    presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially
    sighted.
     
    Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with
    albinism. She loves trying all the things, making people laugh, and
    volunteering to create accessible sport and recreation opportunities in
    her community. Jennie, who has lived with partial sight all her life,
    has a diploma in film and TV production. Jennie lives in Halifax.
     
    About AMI
    AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and
    empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three
    broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in
    French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians
    with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values
    through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection,
    representation and portrayal.
     
    Learn more at AMI.ca
    Connect on Twitter @AccessibleMedia
    On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
    On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
    for information about our collection and use of personal data for
    advertising.
    32 min
  • Travel Trouble
    Come away with Jennie and fellow Nova Scotian Jill as they chat about their most memorable travel mishaps, from hotel room roulette, setting off a security alarm in a foreign country, and much more. Host description: 
    Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses
    with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her
    facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She
    wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The background includes two
    large bookcases, full of a variety of books, DVDs, toys, and nicknacks. 
     
    About Low Vision Moments:
    Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Jennie Bovard
    presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially
    sighted.
     
    Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with
    albinism. She loves trying all the things, making people laugh, and
    volunteering to create accessible sport and recreation opportunities in
    her community. Jennie, who has lived with partial sight all her life,
    has a diploma in film and TV production. Jennie lives in Halifax.
     
    About AMI
    AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and
    empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three
    broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in
    French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians
    with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values
    through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection,
    representation and portrayal.
     
    Learn more at AMI.ca
    Connect on Twitter @AccessibleMedia
    On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
    On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
    for information about our collection and use of personal data for
    advertising.
    32 min
  • "Well That Was Embarrassing"
    On this episode, Jennie speaks with Stephen Ricci, the National Portfolio Manager for Accessibility Solutions at the CNIB. Aside from being a colleague of Jennie's, Stephen also lives with Albinism.
    Together they will share stories of being embarrassed, whether getting into a complete stranger's car or walking into a crowded bathroom of the opposite gender. Plenty of Low Vision Moments in this one Host description: 
    Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses
    with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her
    facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She
    wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The background includes two
    large bookcases, full of a variety of books, DVDs, toys, and nicknacks. 
     
    About Low Vision Moments:
    Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Jennie Bovard
    presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially
    sighted.
     
    Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with
    albinism. She loves trying all the things, making people laugh, and
    volunteering to create accessible sport and recreation opportunities in
    her community. Jennie, who has lived with partial sight all her life,
    has a diploma in film and TV production. Jennie lives in Halifax.
     
    About AMI
    AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and
    empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three
    broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in
    French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians
    with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values
    through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection,
    representation and portrayal.
     
    Learn more at AMI.ca
    Connect on Twitter @AccessibleMedia
    On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
    On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
    for information about our collection and use of personal data for
    advertising.
    33 min
  • The Great Outdoors
    Lace up your hiking boots and get ready for one hell of an adventure! Accomplished thru-hiker Trevor Thomas, who has trekked over 32,000 km of America's most rugged trails, joins Jennie to explore funny moments from the backcountry, the lake and the local public park. Host description: 
    Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses
    with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her
    facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She
    wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The background includes two
    large bookcases, full of a variety of books, DVDs, toys, and nicknacks. 
     
    About Low Vision Moments:
    Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Jennie Bovard
    presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially
    sighted.
     
    Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with
    albinism. She loves trying all the things, making people laugh, and
    volunteering to create accessible sport and recreation opportunities in
    her community. Jennie, who has lived with partial sight all her life,
    has a diploma in film and TV production. Jennie lives in Halifax.
     
    About AMI
    AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and
    empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three
    broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in
    French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians
    with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values
    through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection,
    representation and portrayal.
     
    Learn more at AMI.ca
    Connect on Twitter @AccessibleMedia
    On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
    On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
    for information about our collection and use of personal data for
    advertising.
    30 min
  • Love is Legally Blind
    Jennie’s husband, Yves, stops by to chat about some of their most memorable and romantic Low Vision Moments together. Host description: 
    Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses
    with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her
    facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She
    wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The background includes two
    large bookcases, full of a variety of books, DVDs, toys, and nicknacks. 
     
    About Low Vision Moments:
    Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Jennie Bovard
    presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially
    sighted.
     
    Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with
    albinism. She loves trying all the things, making people laugh, and
    volunteering to create accessible sport and recreation opportunities in
    her community. Jennie, who has lived with partial sight all her life,
    has a diploma in film and TV production. Jennie lives in Halifax.
     
    About AMI
    AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and
    empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three
    broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in
    French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians
    with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values
    through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection,
    representation and portrayal.
     
    Learn more at AMI.ca
    Connect on Twitter @AccessibleMedia
    On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
    On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
    for information about our collection and use of personal data for
    advertising.
    21 min
  • What Did You Just Say To Me?

    YouTuber and advocate Ashley Nemeth joins Jennie to open up about the most outlandish and invasive questions they’ve been asked by strangers. Do you dye your...? Should you...? What are your...? How do you...? 

    Follow Ashley on Instagram: @blindmovingon and on YouTube: Blind Moving On

    Host description: 

    Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The background includes two large bookcases, full of a variety of books, DVDs, toys, and nicknacks. 

     

    About Low Vision Moments:

    Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Jennie Bovard presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially sighted.

     

    Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with albinism. She loves trying all the things, making people laugh, and volunteering to create accessible sport and recreation opportunities in her community. Jennie, who has lived with partial sight all her life, has a diploma in film and TV production. Jennie lives in Halifax.

     

    About AMI

    AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection, representation and portrayal.

     

    Learn more at AMI.ca

    Connect on Twitter @AccessibleMedia

    On Instagram @accessiblemediainc

    On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc

    Email [email protected]


    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    24 min
  • Food Fumbles
    Open wide for stories of potluck disasters, setting off smoke alarms in someone else’s kitchen, and cooking lessons learned the hard way. This episode includes some of Jennie’s favourite things: food, laughs and catching up with easy-going - yet highly motivated - good friend Dave Carragher of Blind Man Cooking. Host description: 
    Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses
    with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her
    facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She
    wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The background includes two
    large bookcases, full of a variety of books, DVDs, toys, and nicknacks. 
     
    About Low Vision Moments:
    Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Jennie Bovard
    presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially
    sighted.
     
    Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with
    albinism. She loves trying all the things, making people laugh, and
    volunteering to create accessible sport and recreation opportunities in
    her community. Jennie, who has lived with partial sight all her life,
    has a diploma in film and TV production. Jennie lives in Halifax.
     
    About AMI
    AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and
    empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three
    broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in
    French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians
    with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values
    through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection,
    representation and portrayal.
     
    Learn more at AMI.ca
    Connect on Twitter @AccessibleMedia
    On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
    On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
    for information about our collection and use of personal data for
    advertising.
    30 min
  • Calm down, I can’t see
    Musician and social worker Chantal Barrette joins Jennie to talk punching plexiglass, asking for beer menu recitals, and other ways to confuse or worry the sighted world around them. Enjoy Chantal’s EP, "Miners," wherever you stream music. Host description: 
    Jennie is a woman with shoulder-length white-blonde hair, strong glasses
    with purple rims. She has very pale skin and wears light makeup. Her
    facial expressions are animated and she often speaks with her hands. She
    wears a small pink stud nose jewellery. The background includes two
    large bookcases, full of a variety of books, DVDs, toys, and nicknacks. 
     
    About Low Vision Moments:
    Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Jennie Bovard
    presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially
    sighted.
     
    Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with
    albinism. She loves trying all the things, making people laugh, and
    volunteering to create accessible sport and recreation opportunities in
    her community. Jennie, who has lived with partial sight all her life,
    has a diploma in film and TV production. Jennie lives in Halifax.
     
    About AMI
    AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and
    empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three
    broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in
    French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians
    with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values
    through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection,
    representation and portrayal.
     
    Learn more at AMI.ca
    Connect on Twitter @AccessibleMedia
    On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
    On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
    for information about our collection and use of personal data for
    advertising.
    28 min

About Low Vision Moments

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Jennie Bovard hosts the monthly podcast Low Vision Moments. Part story time, part comedy, part awareness driven, Low Vision Moments present those funny, potentially embarrassing experiences that…