Staying active is important year-round. When you’re not at CNIB Lake Joe, here are some great accessible sport-related resources that will help keep your heart pumping. This is not an exhaustive list and we encourage you to get involved in any local sport opportunity that you wish to try, outside of blind-specific sports. If you know of additional resources we should add, kindly email emilee.schevers@cnib.ca or ryan.vanpraet@cnib.ca to locate a sport near you.
Organizations
Adaptive Climbing Canada
Website: https://canadianadaptiveclimbing.com/
Blind Sailing Association
Website: https://blindsailing.ca/
Email: info@blindsailing.ca
Canadian Blind Hockey Association
Website: https://canadianblindhockey.com/
Contact: Matt Morrow
Email: mattmorrow@blindicehockey.com
Ontario Blind Sports Association
Website: https://blindsports.on.ca/
Contact: Richard Amelard
Email: richard@blindsports.on.ca
Ontario Curling Council – Visually Impaired Curling
Website: https://ontariocurlingcouncil.com/blog/parasport/vision-impaired-curling/
Ontario Visually Impaired Golfers
Website: http://ontarioblindgolf.ca/
Phone: (905) 547-9420
Soccability
Website: https://soccability.ca/
Contact: Matt Greenwood
Email: inquiries@soccability.ca
Sports
5-A-Side Soccer
London Whitecaps SC
Contact: Abbi Lezizidis
Email: abbi@whitecapslondon.ca
North Mississauga SC
Contact: Ekaterina Alfutina
Email: ealfutina@nmsc.net
Pickering FC
Contact: Matt Greenwood
Email: mattgreenwood@rogers.com
Beep Baseball
Toronto Blind Jays
Contact: Arthur Pressick
Email: torontoblindjays@gmail.com
Blind Curling
Toronto Blind Curling Club
Contact: Ann LaFontaine
Email: Ann.lafontaine8@gmail.com
Blind Hockey
Toronto Jr Ice Owls
Contact: Luca DeMontis
Email: Lucademontis@blindicehockey.com
Ottawa 67's Youth Program
Contact: Luca DeMontis
Email: Lucademontis@blindicehockey.com
Windsor Blind Hockey Program
Contact: Luca DeMontis
Email: Lucademontis@blindicehockey.com
Blind Tennis
Toronto Blind Tennis
Contact: Jerome Chan
Email: jerome@changethroughsportcanada.com
Goalball
Brantford Honey Badgers
When: Weekly during school programming
Contact: Richard Amelard
Email: richard@blindsports.on.ca
Kitchener Rolling Rangers
When: Every other Tuesday, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Contact: Richard Amelard
Email: richard@blindsports.on.ca
London Fearless Phantoms
When: Fridays 8:15-10 p.m.
Contact: Katie Schneider
Email: mrs_katie_schneider@hotmail.com
Ottawa Bytown
When: Thursdays 6-8 p.m. and Saturdays 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Contact: Richard Amelard
Email: richard@blindsports.on.ca
Sudbury Nickel City
When: Tuesdays 6-7:30 p.m.
Contact: Chantal Simard
Email: Chantal.simard@vlrehab.ca
Toronto Terminators
When: Sundays, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Contact: Pablo Talavera through Richard Amelard
Email: richard@blindsports.on.ca
Rock Climbing
CCB Rocks Toronto
Contact: Myra Rodriguez
Email: myrarodrigues@rogers.com
Rise Above Adaptive Climbing London
Email: riseaboveadaptiveclimbing@gmail.com
Website: https://riseaboveadaptiveclimbing.org/
Workout Resources
- Eyes Free Fitness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEpOYv0Dnd0&ab_channel=Eyes-FreeFitness
- Just Unique Pilates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQul8SP6kM&t=0s&ab_channel=JustUniquePilates
- NWABA: https://www.youtube.com/@nwaba1
Equipment
- Audible Soccer Balls: https://goalfixsports.com/product/the-goalfix-stryker96-sound-football/
- Beep Baseballs: https://www.nbba.org/buy-beep-baseball-equipment and http://www.braillebookstore.com/Beeping-Softball.1
- Eyeshades: https://goalfixsports.com/product-category/goalball-goggles-eyeshades/ and https://shop.targeinnovations.com/goalball-equipment/
- Goalballs: https://goalfixsports.com/product/goalball-match-ball/ and https://shop.targeinnovations.com/goalball-equipment/
- Running Tethers: https://www.lendingsight.com/
- Swim Tethers: https://www.lendingsight.com/
- Tennis balls with bells: http://www.braillebookstore.com/Bell-Tennis-Ball,-Three--Pack.1 and https://handilifesport.com/product/blind-tennis-balls-package-with-2/
Don’t see a sport listed? Email emilee.schevers@cnib.ca to have a program listed or ryan.vanpraet@cnib.ca to locate a sport near you.
