Community Report - Central | Accessible Media Inc.

Listen to Kelly and Company weekdays 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern to find out what's happening in your community! Tune in weekly to hear from our community reporters across the country bringing you information on events and happenings in the blind and partially sighted community across Canada. Click here for more reports in other regions: Atlantic, West, Pacific and North.

Kim Kilpatrick

Kim has been totally blind since birth. She's the founder and coordinator of the Get Together with Technology program as well as a music therapist, professional storyteller, and radio show host. Kim travels through life with her fourth guide dog Tulia.

Recent Reports: October 13

More details:

Upcoming workshop through Braille Literacy Canada about advocating for Braille
- Date: Saturday October 22, 2022, from 1-2:30 Eastern time
Ottawa Public Library
- Contact: Accessibility Services
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
- Their website has information on a long list of events.
- Please contact the individual event organizers for specific event information.
- Location: Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

Annette Dennis

Annette was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa in her mid-twenties. She feels so fortunate that over the years she has made some amazing friends in the blind and low-vision community who inspire and encourage her constantly. Annette has been volunteering with the London-Middlesex Suicide Prevention Council since 2006, the past several years in the role of treasurer. Annette also enjoys yoga, reiki, playing guitar, curling and acting with Out of Sight Productions, a blind theatre troupe in London, Ontario. One of her most memorable acting experiences was appearing in the Integrated Described Video Creator Series for AMI.

Recent Reports: June 6

More details:

Open Garden Tour and Free Spring Seedling Giveaway-London
- Date: June 8 from 5pm to 6:30pm
- Location: The Market at Western Fair District, 900 King Street, London
Birding By Ear - Summer Sounds-online event
- Date: Saturday June 11 from 5pm to 6pm
PondFest 2022 – London’s Community Piano
- Date: Saturday June 18, from 12pm to 10pm
- Location: Hyde Park Village Green, 1695 Hyde Park Rd, London

Mathieu Rochette

Mathieu Rochette is from Montreal, Quebec, and was born with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). Mathieu currently works as a waiter at O.Noir restaurant in Montreal. If you have never heard of or visited yet, he highly recommends you give it a try; the restaurant gives customers a blind experience where they eat in total darkness. Mathieu played on the Quebec goalball senior team from 2004 to 2009. In 2007, he had the privilege of representing Canada in the world junior tournament in Denver, Colorado. Mathieu's current obsession is chess. One of his personal goals is to become the first chess expert in Canada who plays with a blind chessboard. Mathieu wants to thank AMI for giving him the opportunity to talk about blind and partially sighted community activities in Quebec.

Recent Report: October 18

More details:

Accessibilité - Théâtre du Rideau Vert
- Location: Théâtre du Rideau Vert
NFB’s White Cane Awareness Day + Mathieu’s personal experience with his white cane
Featured in the Fighting Blindness Newsletter: Stepping out of your comfort zone and manifesting opportunities with Nick D’Ambrosio
- Contact: Fighting Blindness Canada

Kelly and Ramya

Kelly and Ramya