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We begin this busy hour by speaking with Doug Earle
from Fighting Blindness Canada about an upcoming fundraiser called
Screens Off for Sight.



Next,
Greg David, Communications Manager with AMI—Accessible Media Inc. about
the 40 hours of coverage that AMI will be providing for the
Paralympics.



Finally,
we sit in on an announcement of a grant from the provincial government
to the Peterborough Council for People with Disabilities.

This being the first Monday of the month, we begin
with our monthly segment called Get Together with Kim.  Kim Kilpatrick
is a program co-ordinator of Get Together with Technology, which is a
wing of the Canadian Council of The Blind, CCB.  Because this is
National White Cane Week, our topic of discussion is Cane Vs. Canine:
the advantages and disadvantages of a white cane and a guide dog.



Following
up on that same theme, we chat with Ian White, President of the CCB
Toronto Visionaries about the virtual events that will take place in and
around White Cane Week.

The Canadian Cancer Society is challenging people
to try staying dry during the month of February.  Campaign Lead Barbara
Acampado describes how the campaign will work.



Next, Lynda Todd, in our monthly feature called Simple Savings, outlines several ways that we can build up our savings account.

First, we dig back into the archives, and listen to
an episode of a podcast called Eyes on Success, hosted by Peter and
Nancy Torpee.  They introduced us to Susan Bennett, the voice of SIRI,
which is used by many people with disabilities on their IDevices.



Next,
because Bell Let’s Talk day is coming very shortly, we heard a
presentation that a lady named Veronica Morris gave at a recent
convention of Guide Dog Users Inc., GDUI.  She introduced attendees to
her psychiatric service dog.

First, we hear exciting news from Debby Haryett,
co-ordinator of From The Blind for The Blind here in Peterborough, and
Jennifer Meek, who is the Director of Marketing at Charlotte Products.



Next,
we dig back into the archives for a description by Catherine Forestell
from CNIB of a program for people who can’t afford a cell phone called
Phone It Forward.



Finally,
we review a video of the Blindshell Classic Phone, which has buttons
rather than a touch screen.  I also promise to provide a demonstration
of my recently acquired Blindshell Classic 2.

Kim Kilpatrick, co-ordinator of Get Together with
Technology, talks with us on our monthly feature called Get Together
with Kim about the technology that might be coming down the pipe during
2022.



Next,
in honour of World Braille Day, we hear a repeat of a panel discussion
that took place back in 2019 about whether braille is still relevant.