Canadian National Institute For The Blind

• Accessibility advocates raise serious concerns with new policy allowing dogs on Nova Scotia patios

  Advocates worry that pet pooches on patios may distract guide and service dogs, interfering with their ability to keep their user safe.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2021
  
• CNIB offers first employment skills camp, advocacy training for teens entering workforce

  A CNIB survey from 2017 found only 28 per cent of blind or partially-sighted people were employed, compared to 78 per cent of the sighted population.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2020
  
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• Wascana Park in Regina mapped in navigation app for people with vision impairment

  CNIB Regina’s accessibility project is the largest of its kind in North America, and now features 230 GPS points around the main walking path in Wascana Park.

  Canada

  May 5, 2020
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• CNIB says COVID-19 measures don’t account for sighted guides

  The Canadian Institute for the Blind says some of its clients are facing discrimination and questioning while out in public with sighted guides.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2020
• Albertans who are blind, visually impaired urged to continue reaching out amid COVID-19 pandemic

  "You can be awful lonely if you're living alone and you are visually impaired, and you're not out and your family doesn't stop to visit you."

  Features

  Apr 5, 2020
• CNIB project in Wascana Park moves ahead on condition it improves transparency

  The project remains in the design phase. The Provincial Capital Commission will need to approve the proposed building's tenants before it's approved.

  Politics

  Feb 9, 2020
• Winnipeg airport partners with new app to help people with visual impairments

  A brand new app called Aira is now in service and allows a person at Winnipeg's airport to get around with the help of a smartphone camera.

  Consumer

  Nov 20, 2019
• CNIB program collecting smartphone donations to help blind, partially sighted

  According to CNIB, modern smartphones can assist people who are blind with doing everything from reading prescription labels to checking the forecast.

  Canada

  Mar 13, 2019
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• Smartphone donations are changing the lives of the visually-impaired, CNIB says

  While a smartphone can be a way to stay constantly connected, it provides life-changing abilities for clients of CNIB.

  Canada

  Mar 13, 2019
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• PCC suspend CNIB/Brandt development in Wascana Park pending audit

  The Saskatchewan government body that oversees Wascana Park has decided to suspend further consideration of the CNIB/Brandt building pending an auditor report.

  Politics

  Mar 11, 2019