Wow, what might this mean for blind and partially sighted persons?
http://www.hrreporter.com/blog/Canadian-HR-Law/archive/2015/02/03/workers-must-play-active-role-in-accommodation

Happy White Cane Week, brought to you by the Canadian Council of the Blind.

REPAIRS for EATI Clients

The Equipment and Assistive Technology Initiative (EATI) program ended on August 29, 2014.
The Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation will fund equipment/technology repairs for former participants until March 31, 2015.
If you require repairs to equipment or technology provided to you by EATI, please contact the vendor who provided it to you; and:

• Ask the vendor to send a quote for the necessary repairs to:
o Email: SDSIEATI@gov.bc.ca
OR
o Mail: PO Box 9929 Stn Prov Govt
EATI Repairs
Victoria B.C. V8W 9R2
• Please provide your contact information (phone, address and email, if available)

The ministry will review your request based on the EATI policy. You will be notified about the status of your request by mail.

If you have any questions, please contact the ministry at: SDSIEATI@gov.bc.ca or leave a message at 250-387-8725 (to avoid long distance charges outside Victoria, you may call through Enquiry BC: 1 800 663-7867. Telephone Device for the Deaf: 1 800 661-8773)

EATI is not currently accepting new participants or new requests for equipment or training.

The ministry expects to refer participants to other programs and services after Mar 31, 2015.

Media Release
For Immediate Distribution: January 21, 2015
BC FILMMAKER PREVIEWS HEARTWARMING FILM ABOUT
VISUALLY IMPAIRED PARENTS AND SIGHTED SON
Event on Last Day of White Cane Week
Vancouver, BC Canada – Touching Life is a film that tells the story of a Vancouver family living
between two worlds: one of the sighted and one of the visually impaired. Mother Yuko walks
with a white cane while Father Thilo uses a guide dog. Their seven year-old son Kurtis, however,
is sighted. A preview of the documentary film will be held in Vancouver coinciding with the last
day of White Cane Week.
Saturday, February 7, at 1:00 pm, doors at 12:15 pm
Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour Street)
Audio description available
Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker and guests
No admission fee
The film relates the inspiring story of two people pursuing their dreams of falling in love, getting
married, becoming parents and raising a child, despite the challenges of their handicap.
Filmmaker François Laliberté said, ‘After meeting Yuko, Thilo and Kurtis I was touched by their
resilience and courage. I felt that their story as visually impaired parents raising a sighted child
had to be told.’
White Cane Week™ is a registered trademark of the Canada Council for the Blind (CCB). This
year White Cane Week runs Sunday, February 1 – Saturday, February 7, 2015.
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For more information, please contact:
Lisa Rasmussen, Publicist, Touching Life
604-897-5882 lajrasmussen@yahoo.ca

Here is a list of books we are going to read for the first few months of 2015.

January 24; the Good Earth by Pearl S Buck
February 28; How to Use the CNIB Library by Gerry Chevalier, A Tutorial
March 28; Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
April 25; the Source by James A. Michener
May 23; Exodus by Leon Uris

The Club meets by teleconference call at 9:00 AM on the forth Saturday of each month for about an hour. If anyone wishes to be involved please be in touch with Kathy Sanness for details.

sanness1@shaw.ca

You’re Invited
Victoria Get Together with Technology Program

Where: Knox Presbyterian Church, 2964 Richmond Rd Victoria BC;

When: Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Time: 1:30 until 3:30 PM

For more information contact Albert Ruel at 250-240-2343 or albertruel@gmail.com.

Please share this invitation widely to anyone you think will benefit from our collective knowledge, or who might have expertise to offer.

Come join us on January 7 as we enjoy a presentation on the National Network of Equitable Library Service by Allan Carlson from the BC Ministry of Education. Allan will let us know what NNELS is, how to access it, what devices you need and where you will find support through your local Library Branch to effectively find and secure the accessible reading material available.

The second hour will be devoted to general discussion about assistive technology as it pertains to accessing both pleasure and work related accessible reading material for those of us who are blind or partially sighted.

Did you think that only sighted people read newspapers? Is Braille only read in paper formats? Do you have to be a TechnoWizard to use audio books for your reading pleasure? Let’s find answers to all of these questions and many more, so join us on January 7 for what promises to be an exciting session of sharing and learning.

To RSVP, please call Albert Ruel at,
250-240-2343
Or by email at,
AlbertRuel@gmail.com

The Get Together with Technology (GTT) program is an exciting program of the Canadian Council of the Blind which aims to help people who are blind or have low vision to explore low vision and blindness related access technology. You can learn from and discuss assistive technology with others walking the same path of discovery.

The group is made up of blindness related assistive technology users, and those who have an interest in using assistive technology designed to help blind and vision impaired people level the playing field. The GTT group meets monthly to share their passions for assistive technology and to learn what others can offer from their individual perspectives.