As we do at the beginning of each month, Kim
Kilpatrick from Get Together with Technology speaks to us from Ottawa,
this time about the apps that Blind and Partially sighted can use to
carry the Olympics with them wherever they go.
Next, I did back into the archives for a chat with Marcie Davis from New Mexico, founder of International Assistance Dog Week.
We finish by listening to an article written by my guide dog, Frankie called A Frankie Assessment of Service Dog Training.
First, visually impaired artist tells us about an award that she has won, and a calendar which will bear a painting of hers. Next, because this is Summer, and people or out and about more often, we reach into the archives for John Morris’s demonstration of a device called the Victor Reader Trek. Finally, I show people with diabetes and a visual impairments how to use an Oracle Talking Glucometre.
Our first guest is Dr. Elizabeth Leroux from
Montreal. She is Chair of the board for Migraine Canada, as well as a
neurologist and headache specialist. She and I discuss the facts and
myths about migraines.
Next
up is a chat with Sheri Helsdingen, CNIB Lake Joe’s Manager of
Community Engagement. We talk about what things were like when the
centre first opened in 1961, renovations that have been done over the
years, how the centre has managed during the pandemic, and celebrations
and fundraisers in store for the 2021 season.
Because this is the second episode of the month, we
begin with our feature called Simple Savings. This time, Lynda Todd
and I chat about advocacy resources that are free, and dealing with
legal matters free of charge as well.
Next,
I chat via Zoom with pianist and violinist Stelth Ng, who will be
performing a concert to be presented on Saturday, July 17 by the CCB
Toronto Visionaries. Everyone is invited, and donations will be
gratefully received. We finish the show by listening to a beautiful
piece of music entitle Beau Soir, featuring Stelth Ng on both piano and
violin.
This being the first episode of July, I chat first
with Kim Kilpatrick in our feature called Get Together with Kim. This
time,we focus on global positioning systems. We also invite listeners
to send any technical questions to:
insightpeterborough@gmail.com
Hopefully, August’s Get Together with Kim will be a question show.
Next,
we dig back into the archives a couple of years, and repeat a chat with
David Mills, president of the Peterborough Astronomical Association
about how people with disabilities can enjoy the hobby of astronomy.
This time, we devote the whole hour to a discussion of an app that is quite popular these days, particularly among members of the blindness community. Leading the discussion are Larry and John Gassman, along with Jeff Bishop in a chat room called Tech Talk.
June is Deafblind Awareness Month. We mark the
occasion by speaking with Karen Madho, Senior Public Relations
Co-ordinator with Deafblind Ontario.
Next,
if you’re anything like me, you’ve heard of Five Counties Children
Centre, but you don’t know a whole lot about it. Linsie Kampf, who is a
member of the centre’s fundraising team, brings us up-to-date as to all
the services offered there.
We begin by chatting with Lynda Todd on our monthly feature called Simple Savings. She touches on all the free goods you can access by going to Facebook, a free Microsoft certification course provided by CNIB, and, last but most certainly not least, a $5,000 grant that home owners can apply for.
Next,
rather than presenting a Seniors’ Summit this year, the Peterborough
Chamber of Commerce has made seminars available for your listening
pleasure on its website.
We begin with our monthly feature, Get Together
with Kim. This time, Kim Kilpatrick from the Canadian Council for The
Blind’s Get Together with Technology chats with us about how to download
books from CELA—the Centre for Equitable Library Access, formerly know
as the CNIB Library.
Next,
I chat with Doug Earle, Executive Director of Fighting Blindness Canada
about the petition to the Ontario government, asking them to fund
enough Luxturna treatments to help 42 fellow-Ontarions to maintain their
current level of vision. We also talk about the upcoming Cycle for
Sight fundraiser.
June is the time for the Great Canadian Giving
Challenge. We begin today’s show by chatting with Chantal Oakes all the
way from Kelowna, BC, who is the Fundraising Chair of the Alliance for
Equality of Blind Canadians.
Next,
I speak with Frank Hewitt, incoming president of the East Peterborough
Lions Club about the Walk for Leader Dogs which he, along with John and
Lyn Morris from the Chemong Lions Club will participate in this coming
Saturday.