The Canadian Organization of the Blind and DeafBlind
Blind and DeafBlind Canadians helping each other to build a positive future for ourselves
The Canadian Organization of the Blind and DeafBlind
Blind and DeafBlind Canadians helping each other to build a positive future for ourselves
This week is the second part of Thelma Fayle’s article “Guiding the Sighteds by the Heartstrings” where she expresses her outrage at bad advertising and its negative effects on us […]
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Blind people are underestimated by many and exploited by manipulative parts of society. This week we will discuss an article from one of our passionate supporters Thelma Fayle “Guiding the […]
Read moreThis week we will read Marcelina Stanton’s speech “My Experiences as a Blind Spanish Teacher and New Immigrant to Canada”, where she tells how she brought her love of teaching […]
Read moreThis week we will talk about Kevan Worley’s story “Ice cream, Peanuts, Popcorn, and Worms”, which tells of Kevan’s business successes while in school. The morning will begin with the […]
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Editor’s Note Last week we time-travelled to 2004 and joined a group of Camp Bowen Braille Literacy campers as they visited the Ruddy Potato grocery store here on Bowen. In […]
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This week we will read the story “A Boa in My Brailler”, a rather amusing story about Otis, a pet boa constrictor, and a Perkins Brailler. . This story is […]
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Editor’s Note: Today’s Student Voices is about Erin Lacharity, a graduate of the Pacific Training Centre for the Blind’s Blind People in Charge program and a long-time Camp Bowen camper. […]
Read moreThis is the final reminder to join us virtually on February 28, 2022 for the following meetings: A Special Meeting of Members for the Canadian Organization of the Blind and […]
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Editor’s Note: This is the first post in a series celebrating the history of Camp Bowen. Inspired by the Bowen Island Museum and Archives’ great article in the Bowen Island […]
Read moreEditor’s Note: Today is Family Day in British Columbia. On last year’s Family Day we printed a speech by Joanne Gabias, who talked about her perspective being raised by blind […]
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