Cow themed festivals and giant sand hills.

It’s a late August Mixed Bag and we’re returning with a slew of topics and we have our return guest, from last week, to join in on the conversation.

Laura Bain is back on Outlook this week as we discuss finding data plans for travel, our family beach day and using our white canes to climb the giant sand hill at Sand Hill Park on Lake Erie, and about some camp experiences to highlight next week’s theme for the podcast.

How can a white cane also be used as a hiking pole? What does camp provide for children with disabilities and from all backgrounds?

Co-host Brian shares about some recent interactions he’s had with Ukrainians who’ve recently come to Canada as we have a dialogue about how to have a dialogue with others around the help they offer for which isn’t always so helpful, with Laura sharing a specific interaction with a sighted so-called helper on the street.

And speaking of having a dialogue (or not as the case may be), in the second half of the show we let listeners know about a situation between the Triple Vision podcast (exploring the past, present, and future of blindness in Canada), Accessible Media Inc. (AMI), and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and how necessary dialogue was shut down.

While we were climbing a big hill of sand, visiting third co-host Laura Bain attended the Art of Disability Festival put on by Independent Living Nova Scotia. Life’s a day at the beach, at least can be for the day in summer. It’s August for a few more weeks and we’re talking summer activities and so much more as we look ahead to fall.

And for more on the Triple Vision situation with AMI and the CNIB, along with so many other history of blindness in Canada topics, check out the new independent home for Triple Vision’s podcast here:

http://triplevision.team

Note: The episodes we refer to involving CNIB/AMI include TV 32 - CNIB Governance with Kate Bahne from Charity Intelligence and TV 35 - Entrepreneurship by the Triple Vision Team.

Triple Vision is also available wherever you get your podcasts.

Find the Charity Intelligence page on CNIB here:

https://charityintelligence.ca/charity-details/70-canadian-national-institute-for-the-blind