Blind Canadians are welcome to take part in this study. Compensation for transportation is available. For those who wish to complete the online sleep survey, $25 can go to the blindness organization of your choice, hopefully the Canadian Federation of the Blind! See below for more information.

Hadley School for the Blind announces the debut of a song called “Brailling Signs Is Cool To Do.” To learn more about the story of this special song and to listen to it, visit: http://www.hadley.edu/braillesong

Prior to Louis Braille’s development of “Braille,” the 6-dot reading system for the blind, in 1824, reading by the blind was laborious for those educated to finger-read by feeling embossed Roman alphabet letters. This was time consuming and cumbersome and books made in this method were large and heavy… Read more of “The Life of […]

http://www.timescolonist.com/health/White+Cane+blindness+issues/5556033/story.html White Cane Day and blindness issues Victoria Times-Colonist (2011-10-15) Ask any blind person how they feel about their white cane, and the answer, ultimately, is that it’s an extremely valuable tool. The white cane is basic, but it’s essential to a blind person’s ability to move about and to be independent.

October has been designated as “Meet the Blind” Month by the National Federation of the Blind! Please help us spread the word!

Please join us for our blind youth mentoring conference call this Wednesday night, Sept. 28, at 6 PM pacific time. Everyone welcome. Topic: “Keeping Connected: Your Role As Advocate For Yourself and Others.” To participate, call: 1 (888) 433-2192 Participant code 681055 Looking forward to talking with you all. Please help us spread the word. […]

The CFB new office open house was a great success. Many people dropped by to eat our baked goods and learn what we are about. Great exposure. Thanks to all who worked to make it happen…

How was your summer? What things would you like CFB to do in the coming year? Please join the CFB meeting tomorrow, 10:45 AM Traveller’s Inn, City Centre 1961 Douglas St. Victoria. Elsewhere in the country, join our free conference line, email info@cfb.ca for the number.

The Canadian Federation of the Blind opened its first office on July 22, 2011. The office is located at 2614 Bridge Street, in the Rock Bay area of Greater Victoria.

Members of the Canadian Federation of the Blind continue to meet with BC Transit staff to address serious inaccessibility bus service issues in Victoria and other regions. We are advocating for audible annunciation of bus stops and a solution to people missing their buses when waiting in multi-bus-zone stops.