Brian Hill, Associate Producer, Global News, March 10, 2018 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has decided it will no longer fund the production of accessible books for blind and vision-impaired Canadians, Global News has learned. Starting April 1, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), which is Canada’s largest producer of accessible and…
City News Toronto, March 5, 2018 The TTC is participating in an innovative program, the ShopTalk: BlindSquare Enabled project, which features a mobile app to enhance community accessibility for those with vision loss.
Update: Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC) Although most organizations want to do the right thing, each has a unique culture and business leaders that understand the effect of global trends will take the time to shape enterprise cultural values. Is the business case, of your organization, for disability based on legal compliance or…
Desmond Brown, Toronto CBC News, February 6, 2018 An Uber Assist driver who refused to pick up a blind Paralympian last year because of her service dog has been fined $250. Victoria Nolan, who captured bronze at the 2016 Rio Games in four-mixed rowing, had finished training at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre when…
Fredrick Kunkle, December 21, 2017 The new feature for Nearby Explorer — which was developed by the American Printing House for the Blind and officially launched this week — has been in road-testing since October at Louisville International Airport. But the app’s developers hope to see it replicated elsewhere so that visually impaired travelers can navigate…
John Moore, Site Editor, November 27, 2017 An assistive technology program at Bosma Enterprises now includes an indoor navigation system that uses Bluetooth beacons and iOS’ native VoiceOver feature. When Bosma Enterprises, a nonprofit organization that employs blind and visually impaired people, opened a new headquarters earlier this year, it introduced assistive technologies to help…
Zack Quaintance, Staff writer for Government Technology, November 20, 2017 People with hearing and sight disabilities using screen readers and other assistive tech must be able to access content on government websites, but getting and staying compliant is a challenge. Updates for Section 508 accessibility legislation go into effect in January, creating new specifications for…
MIRIAM KATAWAZI, Toronto Star Staff Reporter, November 1, 2017 Ryerson University’s $112-million Student Learning Centre poses safety risks for people with disabilities, advocate David Lepofsky says. The eight-storey structure, which opened in February 2015 at the corner of Yonge and Gould Sts., provides space on campus for students to socialize and work. The building won…
Anastasia V. Silva, Samaritanmag online magazine news, October 5, 2017 The CNIB has started to install beacons in the Yonge-St. Clair area of Toronto, which will improve accessibility for those in the neighbourhood with visual impairments. Two hundred shops and restaurants are expected to come on board at no cost to them. The beacons are…
Join me at the TechWell StarCanada 2017 software conference in Toronto, October 15-20, 2017. While Information and Communication Technology (ICT) accessibility for a wider spectrum of users, including the blind, and their interfaces is being required by law across more jurisdictions, testing for it remains limited, naive, and too late. Take away an understanding of…
