Kate Aitken
Excerpts from the radio script of Kate Aitken, from September, 1954
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Archives
Our Blinded Soldiers by La Cerise
Excerpts from an article from the Women’s section of the Star Weekly, Oct. 16, 1915, titled “Blind Librarian Wants to Help Our Blinded Soldiers.” It’s written by a columnist called “La Cerise.”
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Marion Robinson, Canadian Free Library for the Blind
Excerpts from Marion Robinson’s speech, on the occasion of the unveiling of a plaque to the memory of Edgar Bertram Freel Robinson at Markham, on Dec. 12, 1956, commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the Canadian Free Library for the Blind.
Mr. Goodheart
Mr. Goodheart makes a donation to the Canadian Free Library for the Blind
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Nurse Scott describes a visit to a CNIB client, Mrs. Hooper
Fran Cutler describes the start of Voice Print
Fran Cutler was the author of “The Right to Know,” a CNIB report that helped pave the way for the National Broadcast Reading Service. She talks about the project to meet the informational needs of people living with vision loss
Betty Nobel on how she uses braille in daily life
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Kim Kilpatrick describes the transformative power of her smart phone
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Jim Sanders shares memories of developments in reading technology, part 4
Jim Sanders vividly recalls the day the CNIB representative, Mr. Gilby, arrived with the new talking book machine that replaced vinyl records in the mid-1960s
Kim Kilpatrick describes how today’s technologies support her independence, part 4
Kim talks about what she finds rewarding and challenging about her role as a technology trainer.