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CNIB Mobile Hub – Tour Schedule
We’re bringing the CNIB Mobile Hub in communities across Canada. To see where we’re headed next, check out our tour schedule.
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About the Know Your Rights – Ontario project
Through the Know Your Rights Project, CNIB has developed plain language legal information and resources (fact sheets, videos, training, etc.) to empower Ontarians who are blind, partially sighted or Deafblind to better understand their rights, navigate the Ontario legal system and self-advocate to challenge discrimination.
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Dare to Dream – Meet Julia Stevenson
CNIB Lake Joe has been a “second home” for 49-year-old Julia Stevenson from Bowmanville, Ontario. When she recalled her most recent visit during the new Holiday Week program, she gushes that “It was the best experience…just phenomenal.”
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Let’s Go! CNIB Lake Joe e-newsletter
Welcome to Let’s Go! CNIB Lake Joe e-newsletter! This quarterly e-newsletter will provide all the news you can use about CNIB Lake Joe: new and exciting programs, fabulous events, staff and volunteer opportunities, and fun facts about life at CNIB Lake Joe.
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Know Your Rights: A Step in the Right Direction
David Demers, Executive Director CNIB Quebec, thanks about the Know your Rights project.
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Growing up with CNIB Lake Joe – meet Derek Thompson
“My parents say that Lake Joe saved me because I was angry and miserable when my vision changed," says Derek Thompson. "But once I was at Lake Joe, those feelings dissipated, and my maturity started to develop.”
Nearly 35 years later, Derek Thompson still remembers his first visit to CNIB Lake Joe.
Nearly 35 years later, Derek Thompson still remembers his first visit to CNIB Lake Joe.
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Meet Stela
An advocate, student, teacher, and music specialist, Stela Trudeau started volunteering with CNIB summer camps when her eye condition was formally diagnosed in 2015.
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When Ollie met Mason
Ollie has a compromised immune system, and to keep him safe during the pandemic, he has not been able to spend time with friends. But that changed when Ollie arrived at CNIB Lake Joe with his sister and parents as part of Holiday Week, a new offering at CNIB Lake Joe. Ollie met Mason, an 11-year-old boy, and as Ollie’s mum puts it, “The two became fast friends, inspiring each other to try new things.” When Mason told Ollie he was going to try kayaking all by himself – without a parent, Ollie wanted to try, too.
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CNIB Honours Lions’ Top Contributors
“I was totally surprised when I got the award. It never even crossed my mind,” says Fred. “I’m very thankful. I’ve been a Lion for over 50 years, and CNIB Lake Joe is one of the areas that I’ve most enjoyed in all my years of being in Lions.”
Fred says that the love of CNIB Lake Joe runs in the family.
Fred says that the love of CNIB Lake Joe runs in the family.
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Summers at CNIB Lake Joe with the Knip Family
CNIB Lake Joe has become a family vacation destination for the Knip family: Sarah, Josh and their children Caleb, Keagan, Avery, Hudson, and Nora.
Three of their children live with sight loss. After learning about the camp from an Early Childhood Intervention Specialist in 2015, the family now visits every summer.
Three of their children live with sight loss. After learning about the camp from an Early Childhood Intervention Specialist in 2015, the family now visits every summer.