Triple Vision

In episode 51 the Triple vision talks transportation, specifically "floating" bus stops with guest host Richard Marion and First Vice President of the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians Linda Bartram. "Floating" bus stops or "island" bus stops are bus stops which pedestrians must access by crossing an often-uncontrolled bike lane. While part of "active" transportation measures, they also pose obvious dangers to all kinds of pedestrians, especially individuals who are blind, deafblind, or have low vision. In this episode Linda talks with Karoline and Richard about the efforts made by the blind community in Victoria to ensure the safety of blind pedestrians while travelling across bike lanes to reach island bus stops. Their advocacy efforts eventually led to a decision of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, which, although it ruled in their favour, imposed a mitigation measure which was problematic, and has far-reaching implications.

In this weeks episode, Carolyn and Peter talk with Kelly MacDonald of AMI. They asked the question; In a world of increasing integration for people who are blind, death blind, and partially sided, is there still a need for specialized broadcasters such as AMI? In this entertaining podcast Kelly answers this question, while providing humourous anecdotes along the way about his broadcasting career.

Kelly Macdonald, journalist at Accessible Media Inc. (AMI).

Welcome to a special episode of TripleVision entitled Happy Hour 2024.

In this month's podcast Peter and Karoline speak with Canada's Chief Accessibility Officer Stephanie Cadieux. Calling herself Influencer in Chief Ms. Cadieux talks candidly about the progress made to date on the implementation of the Accessible Canada Act, and the long road still ahead before Canada is expected to be accessible by 2040.

In this month's podcast Peter Field of the Triple Vision team takes listeners on a tour of his hobby farm in Ashcroft British Columbia. Peter became fascinated about how blind individuals could take up farming following an interview on podcast 22 with Professor Geoffrey Reaume of York University. In that podcast Professor Reaume explained how, prior to the industrial revolution, blind individuals fully participated in the economy by working on farms. Consequently, he and his partner purchased a 20-acre hobby farm in the interior of BC where they manage chickens, sheep, 7 dogs and an intrepid barn cat. Tune in to this month's episode of Triple Vision for this fascinating story about managing life on a farm without vision.

In Triple Vision's first podcast reporting from location, Peter and Karoline talk with researchers and participants at the Co-Design Festival organized by the CNIB's Research Team. On March 11 participants gathered at the Microsoft campus in Toronto to talk AI, accessible competencies, inclusive and ethical research and designing accessible blood pressure monitors. In this podcast Peter speaks with three guests at the festival about what co-design means for them. Karoline follows up with two interviews with participants on their impressions of the event. Co-design is the concept of designing products and services with those who will benefit from them at the very beginning, rather than waiting for a final, or nearly final, product.

In this month's podcast Karoline and Peter uncover the world of book clubs for individuals who are blind, deafblind, and partially sighted. It used to be that it was very difficult for individuals with visual impairments to join book clubs, but now, with the proliferation of books available in so many formats, attending book club meetings is no longer such a big deal. In this podcast Karoline asks Chris Jonas and Pasquale Agnone of her chat-based book club to talk about why they find book clubs so interesting, and the pros and cons of joining book clubs organized specifically for people who are blind vs. mixed book clubs.