AMI’s regional content specialist Sylvi Fekete joins us from Vancouver to discuss disabled sailing on Okanagan Lake on a new episode of AMI-tv’s original series, Our Community.

From the July 4, 2019 episode.

We discuss the decision to teach financial literacy as part of the high school curriculum in Ontario.

From the July 4, 2019 episode.

Chris O’Brien, AMI’s accessibility officer, takes us through what’s in the Accessible Canada Act. Our community reporter Amy Amantea gives us her impressions of the state of accessibility at several tourist sites in France. We speak to Toronto-based graphic designer Brittany Theis, who is featured on an upcoming episode of the AMI-tv show, You Can’t Ask That. Our community reporter Milena Khazanavicius explains how the organizers of the Halifax Pride Parade have planned to make this year’s event more accessible. Mike Agerbo from The App Show calls in with news about a scooter sharing company called Bird, which is setting up shop in Canada. We speak with Thomas Simpson from the CNIB about the organization’s advocacy campaign for this year’s federal election.

This is the July 3, 2019 episode.

Chris O’Brien, AMI’s accessibility officer, takes us through what’s in the Accessible Canada Act.

From the July 3, 2019 episode.

Our community reporter Amy Amantea gives us her impressions of the state of accessibility at several tourist sites in France.

From the July 3, 2019 episode.

We speak to Toronto-based graphic designer Brittany Theis, who is featured on an upcoming episode of the AMI-tv show, You Can’t Ask That.

From the July 3, 2019 episode.

Our community reporter Milena Khazanavicius explains how the organizers of the Halifax Pride Parade have planned to make this year’s event more accessible.

From the July 3, 2019 episode.

Mike Agerbo from The App Show calls in with news about a scooter sharing company called Bird, which is setting up shop in Canada.

From the July 3, 2019 episode.

We speak with Thomas Simpson from the CNIB about the organization’s advocacy campaign for this year’s federal election.

From the July 3, 2019 episode.

The Canadian Open Blind Golf Tournament is happening next week in Cranbrook, BC. We’ll speak with tournament organizer Darren Douma. Six north Atlantic right whales have died in Canadian waters this year – including four in the past week. We’ll ask our environmental expert Lawrence Gunther why this is happening. Donna Jodhan from Barrier-Free Canada explains how funding cuts in Ontario are affecting the human rights complaints process. Our community reporter Dorothy Macnaughton is back home after her big trip to Sweden. She calls in from Sault Ste. Marie to tell us about the state of accessibility there. Nelson Régo from Cool Blind Tech tells us about an experimental new technology designed to transmit images between the brains of a blind person and a sighted person. Our summer student Nisreen Abdel-Majid joins us for our weekly news quiz.

This is the July 2, 2019 episode.