This week, Joeita speaks to Chantal Benoit, a veteran of Canada's national wheelchair basketball team. This is the first of a three part series profiling the 2023 inductees to the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame. This is the November 4, 2023 edition

Meet Wheelchair Basketball Athlete Chantal Benoit, 2023 Canadian Disability Hall of Fame Inductee

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Joeita discusses tips and tricks for blind home cooks with Renee Rentmeester, executive producer of the "Cooking Without Looking" TV show and podcast. She shares safety tips as well as accessible tricks of the trade.

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Joeita speaks with Kate Mann, Associate Professor Cornell University's Sage School of Philosophy & Author of "Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia," which draws on personal experience & rigorous research to expose how size discrimination harms everyone, and how to combat it.

Unshrinking: Facing Fatphobia - Kate Manne

Joeita speaks to Danielle Kaftarian, Executive Director of the Period Purse, about menstrual equity and what needs to change to ensure that all people who menstruate have access to period products.

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Joeita speaks to financial advisor Ron Malis about estate planning and financial management for a child with a disability.

Financial Planning for Children with Disabilities

Joeita speaks disability lawyer Sivan Tumarkin of Samfiru Tumarkin LLP about long-term disability claims and how to apply for them.

Meet Wheelchair Basketball Athlete Chantal Benoit, 2023 Canadian Disability Hall of Fame Inductee

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