Check out the First Edition of the New OPVIC Newsletter!

July 4th, 2022

Ontario Parents of Visually Impaired Children (OPVIC) Previously known as Views for The Visually Impaired Web: www.opvic.ca Email: opvicfeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @_OPVIC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OPVICCanada OPVIC NEWSLETTER July 4, 2022 Belated happy Canada Day. We are sending you this OPVIC Newsletter because you are in our records as a member of OPVIC. Who, you may ask, is […]

Barriers in BC’s Digital Environment

September 10th, 2020

By Mark Weiler On June 21st, a historic event happened in Canada; the Accessible Canada Act received royal assent. When it comes into force, the law will require the Canadian government to make sure its facilities, services, goods, and employment opportunities under its control are free from barriers that disadvantage people with disabilities. Although this historic law […]

CNIB Letter of Support for VIEWS Brief to the Minister of Education

January 31st, 2018

January 31, 2018 by email and mail The Hon. Mitzie Hunter Minister of Advanced Education & Skills Development Government of Ontario 3rd Floor, Mowat Block 900 Bay Street Toronto, ON  M7A 1N3 mhunter.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org Dear Minister Hunter, RE:   CNIB support for VIEWS for the Visually Impairedhttp://viewson.ca/ brief to the Ministry of Education.   The recommendations identified […]

VIEWS calls on ON Ministry of Education to Review Services to BLV/Deaf-blind Students

January 29th, 2018

Brief to the Ministry of Education Calling for a Ministry Review of Services in Ontario for Students Who are Blind, Low Vision or Deaf-blind   Attention: Martyn Beckett, Assistant Deputy Minister of Education for Special Education Email:  Martyn.Beckett@ontario.ca Cathy Montreuil, Assistant Deputy Minister of Education for the Student Achievement Division Email: Cathy.Montreuil@ontario.ca CC: Mitzie Hunter, […]