VoicePrint is Saluting the annual
Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB)
Event with Special Programming
(Sunday February 1st to
Saturday February 7th)

Special thanks to our lead sponsor:

TD Bank is a proud sponsor of VoicePrint’s salute to White Cane Week 2009.

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Special thanks to our Silver sponsor:

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Tune in to VoicePrint for our annual celebration of the White Cane
all times local - across all time zones. Learn more about our four regional channels.

February 2, 2009 - 12:00 pm (repeated at 6:00 pm)

• VoicePrint speaks with Lindsay Tyler of the CNIB, who discusses the many services provided by the CNIB Library, including:
  
  • its effort to upgrade its collection by providing books in audio and braille formats;
  • the most popular titles;
  • how one can place an order;
  • and how books are chosen to be recorded.

February 6, 2009 - 12:00 pm (repeated at 6:00 pm)

• VoicePrint is pleased to present a special program saluting White Cane Week 2009, featuring an interview with award-winning singer-songwriter Terry Kelly. Kelly, a Halifax-based musician, has been blind since birth. He has shared the stage with such luminaries as Ray Charles, the Rankin Family and Rita MacNeil, and was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2003.

February 7, 2009 - 12:00 pm (repeated at 6:00 pm)

• VoicePrint speaks with Emily Baarda, Orientation and Mobility Specialist from the CNIB about a program that helps people who have lost their vision to adapt to their surroundings as vision-impaired individuals. What are the initial fears and concerns faced by people who have recently lost their vision? What is involved in orienting them to their new circumstances?

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Look for VoicePrint at the following White Cane Week events:

Ottawa/Eastern Ontario region

January 26: VoicePrint Described Movie Night at the Royal Canadian Legion

Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Royal Canadian Legion, Montgomery Branch 351
330 Kent St. Ottawa, ON K2P 2A6
Movie: Second Chorus (starring Fred Astaire, Burgess Meredith & Paulette Goddard)

Attendance and refreshments are free

For more information about Outreach activities in and around the Ottawa/Eastern Ontario region, contact Holly Millious

London, Ontario

February 8: CCB & London public library Described Movie event

Atlantic Canada

February 2: Flag Raising & Proclamation Reading at City Hall

Location: Halifax City Hall

February 4: Descriptive Movie Event

Location: CNIB, Halifax
Movie: Father’s Little Dividend
Starring Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor
and Joan Bennett

February 5: Halifax Shopping Centre White Cane Week Expo

Location: Halifax Shopping Centre

February 6: Crib Tournament at the CNIB

Location: CNIB, Halifax

February 7: Bowling Tournament at the Fairlanes Bowling Alley

Location: Fairlanes Bowling Alley, Halifax

For more information about Outreach activities in Atlantic Canada, contact Sherry Costa.

For Toronto and all other Outreach inquiries, contact Frances Cowley

Over the years, the White Cane Week programme has evolved to reflect the changing situations of people who are blind and vision impaired.

In early years, the White Cane Week was used to demonstrate the concerns for good rehabilitation and blindness prevention. However, in more recent times, events have begun to emphasize the equal capabilities and talents of people who are blind and vision impaired.

For more information, please visit the CCB website.

Listen to archived VoicePrint programs from years past, White Cane Week and beyond.