"The CCB was founded in 1944 by blind Canadian war veterans and schools of the blind. The national office is located in Ottawa with over 80 chapters across Canada. The CCB is the largest membership based organization for the blind in Canada and is known as the Voice of the Blind™.

The CCB’s offers programs to assist people living with vision loss, increase accessibility in all areas of life and bring awareness of vision issues to the public and government."

In this two-part podcast, we interview Jim Prowse and Monica Reategui.

Jim is the Executive Director of the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) & Monica is the Manager of the Mobile Eye Clinic, a vision care project that the CCB has coordinated to deliver eye exams to at-risk populations.

This episode is inspired by the 5-year Strategic Plan from the World Health Organization revolving vision care around the world.

Click here to learn more about the plan from our review article.

Contact the Canadian Council of the Blind

Website: www.ccbnational.net

Email: [email protected]

Phone number: 613-567-0311

Toll-free number: 1-877-304-0968

See What We See is a podcast series dedicated to bringing you, the listener, an optician's perspective on vision care and how that fits into your broader healthcare. We'll do this by interviewing thought leaders both in opticianry and across healthcare professions.
 
If you are an optician, a healthcare professional, or someone interested in improving your eye health, this podcast is for you. 
 
We hope you enjoy listening to this series as much as we enjoy making it for you. 

This episode's guest was Katherine, an Optician Student excited to take the world by storm and help improve vision on the front line. Listen to her story, what she thinks of the profession, and what challenge she's most excited for going forward.