CTV News posted this piece over the weekend regarding the CFB’s human rights complaint against the City of Victoria regarding bike lanes in the downtown area. The CFB believes the city discriminated against people who are visually impaired by building bike lanes between bus stops and the curbs, making it too dangerous for those who […]
Please come and meet our guide dog owners and their companions this Thursday, at 1:30 p.m. outside the Ministry of Justice, 1001 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia and learn the news that will change lives. Canadian Federation of the Blind will demand the end to discrimination spearheaded by those whose responsibility it is to protect […]
Without your immediate help, three quarters of a century’s work establishing the access rights of guide dog teams may be casually swept away in British Columbia! Discrimination by the taxi industry is just fine, no more than a minor inconvenience, according to Jacqueline Beltgens of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal.
“On 15th October, 2015, MS Jacqueline Beltgens, a BC Human Rights Tribunal Member, set blind people’s access rights back 40 years,” says Oriano Belusic, First Vice President of the Canadian Federation of the Blind. Although conceding Mr. McCreath was clearly a victim of discrimination under section 8 of the human rights code, MS Beltgens found, […]
By Doris Belusic Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.” ~ Earl Nightingale On Friday, July 17, 2015, Victoria members of the Canadian Federation of the Blind (CFB), a grass-roots advocacy organization of blind people, along with B.C. Transit personnel, rode around town on a bus equipped with the latest GPS […]
Bill 17 as currently written would shift the focus from protecting access rights for people using guide dogs to catching impostors at the expense of law-abiding blind individuals, according to the Canadian Federation of the Blind. “Taxis often won’t take us,” says Graeme McCreath of Victoria, who has frequently been refused service because he is […]
In a fast paced, action packed one day event, the Canadian Federation of the Blind is setting forth our action plan to deal with some of the most serious issues faced by blind individuals. Come to Nanaimo and help make the plan! Then plan to work together to make a difference! What are the civil […]
By Mary Ellen Gabias, President It’s Friday evening and the sounds of seabirds calling and waves lapping on the shore drift through my open window, along with the scents of flowers and of the sea. The place is Bowen Island Lodge and the event is the 2014 convention of the Canadian Federation of the Blind.
Bowen Island, BC – Learn How Blind Canadians are breaking the mold and moving toward a positive, forward thinking model of empowerment and equality May 23 – 25, at the Canadian Federation of the Blind Breaking the Mold Convention. “We get refreshed at the convention and motivated to go back into the community and live […]
