Tyler Griffin, The Canadian Press, Global News, March 10, 2023 People with disabilities still consistently face barriers in their everyday experiences, from navigating city streets, to applying for jobs, to accessing public transit and government services, wrote report author Rich Donovan. Donovan, who was appointed by the province in early 2022 to conduct a legislative…
unwanted burden
CBC News, Toronto, February 24,2023 A Toronto woman is speaking out about the experience of flying with a disability, saying her most recent flight with Air Canada left her feeling like an unwanted burden. Georgia Pike, a graduate student at York University, says she has travelled in and out of Toronto Pearson Airport many times,…
The Agenda with Steve Paikin, host of TVO’s flagship current affairs program, February 3, 2023 The Honourable David C. Onley left a lasting impression on those he met as a friend, as an accessibility advocate, and as a former lieutenant-governor of Ontario. Ontario’s former lieutenant governor, David Onley, left the world at the age of…
Lucas Robinson, Wisconsin State Journal, January 24, 2023 Where the likes of Louis Braille and Abraham Nemeth made it possible for the blind to read and perform mathematics, John Boyer took it a step further. Boyer, a Madison resident who was pivotal in the development of STEM reading material for the blind, died on January…
urgentguide dog campaign, it spends 52 cents on fundraising
Bonnie Allen, CBC News, January 18, 2023 CNIB Guide Dogs president says you have to invest money to get money. The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) began its urgent appeal for donations in late 2020. A charity watchdog says CNIB spends more than half of each dollar raised on fundraising costs, and that…
Editorial, Winnipeg Free Press, January 18, 2023 Sometimes, a passing grade is considered a satisfactory result, the product of sufficient preparation and effort to allow for an outcome that qualifies as success even though it may have flirted with failure along the way. In other words, just enough to be good enough. When it comes…
Jon Hernandez, CBC News, British Columbia, January 6, 2023 Woman alleges City of Maple Ridge has created unsafe walking conditions for people with disabilities. Maria Kovacs won’t risk waiting for the bus near her church on her own anymore. The last time she tried it, a cyclist hit her. When I got out of the…
Read on LinkedIN October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Our economic growth depends upon entrepreneurs; So, give people with a disability an opportunity. Employment programs need to support individuals with a disability, rather than the large company employer, and SMEs need to tap into the disability talent pool. Small businesses have been called the…
Read on LinkedIn October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) is intended to reduce and remove barriers for people with disabilities so that Ontario can become more accessible and inclusive for everyone. Collaboration among businesses, organizations, communities and all levels of government is key to reaching…
Kate McCullough, Hamilton Spectator Reporter, June 30, 2022 When a blind disability advocate reached out to Mohawk College to complain they’d cancelled a program that trains students to develop accessible media, he received a response in a format he couldn’t fully read. The irony of the situation was not lost on David Lepofsky, chair of…
