Sep 5 | September is Guide Dog Awareness Month! What's it like to dine out at a restaurant when you have a guide dog? Are guide dogs even allowed in restaurants? In this blog piece, Victoria Nolan talks about her experiences dining out and how restaurants can be more accommodating. Victoria is... |
Aug 10 | Introducing a new pilot program with Ryerson University CNIB is pleased to offer you an opportunity to take two distance education courses in entrepreneurship and small business as part of a pilot project through The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University . These courses... |
Jun 25 | CNIB welcomes new federal accessibility legislation OTTAWA – CNIB applauds the Government of Canada for tabling historic accessibility legislation aimed at breaking down barriers for Canadians with disabilities. Bill C-81, known as the Accessible Canada Act , will ensure more than 500,000 Canadian... |
May 25 | CNIB Scholarship application period now open! Each year, CNIB awards numerous scholarships to post-secondary and graduate school-bound students who are blind or partially sighted. In 2017, nearly 50 scholarships were handed out across Canada. If you know a student with sight loss who is brigh... |
May 17 | CNIB unleashes the power of technology to mark Global Accessibility... TORONTO – Accessible technology is more than the familiar magnifiers and braillers. Mobile phones, tablets, wearables, apps and other innovative digital tools are game-changers in every part of life for people who are blind. From school to work to... |