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TORONTO, September 21, 2023 — The Joyce Family Foundation, a leading private family foundation created by the late Canadian businessman Ron Joyce, has made a landmark endowment gift of $1.5 million to CNIB’s post-secondary bursaries program. The donation represents the largest endowment gift in CNIB’s history.

Thanks to the generosity of partners like Bayer Inc. and Hoffman-La Roche, the Medical Mobile Eye Care Unit, commonly known as the Eye Van, kicked off its annual tour in Iroquois Falls, Ontario on May 1, 2023. The 2023 tour will conclude October 27, 2023, in Little Current, Ontario.

CNIB is pleased to announce a funding commitment from the Government of Canada’s Digital Literacy Exchange Program (DLEP) that will provide digital literacy skills training to Canadians living with sight loss and intersecting social identities.

On Friday, MPP Graydon Smith and Moreen Miller, an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) volunteer met with CNIB representatives to learn more about the impact that a generous, three-year $299,400 Grow grant with its camp at Lake Joe. The grant enabled CNIB Lake Joe – Canada’s only fully accessible camp for people with sight loss – to empower more youth who are blind or low vision to play sports and lead active lifestyles.

[Regina, July 7, 2023] - The Brandt Group of Companies, a long-standing supporter of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), has made an unprecedented contribution of $2 million in support of CNIB programs in Western Canada. This momentous donation, which was made possible by Brandt’s Thanks a Billion program, marks the largest single gift ever received by CNIB Saskatchewan in CNIB's 100+ years of serving the community.

Yesterday, Bill C-22, the Canada Disability Benefit Act, received royal assent from Canada’s Governor General and CNIB Patron, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon. This important step concludes the legislative process and allows Cabinet to build the new Canada Disability Benefit. CNIB has signed onto a joint release with other disability organizations to celebrate this accomplishment and prepare for the regulatory process.

In February, a wonderful thing happened at CNIB Guide Dogs – we welcomed five beautiful puppies into the world!

We are looking for people who can care for one of our pups in their first year of training to start them on their journey to becoming guide dogs. Previous experience with dogs is not required. If you’re eager to learn, CNIB Guide Dogs will provide you with support and training so you can feel confident in your volunteer role. 

For pedestrians who are blind or partially sighted, sound is an essential component of safe and independent navigation. Environmental cues and audible signals, like the noise generated by a combustion engine, can help people with sight loss to orient themselves, identify potential hazards, understand the flow of traffic, and determine when it’s safe to cross a street.

TORONTO, May 25, 2023 – CNIB – Canada’s largest non-profit supporting people who are blind or partially sighted – is pleased to announce a new partnership that will give young people the tools and resources they need to succeed, both now and into the future.