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: May 24

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• Braille Literacy Canada symposium and trivia events
  • Date: Symposium June 17, 1pm
  • Date: Braille Trivia Night with Braille Literacy Canada - June 17, at 5:30pm EST
  • Email: info@blc-lbc.ca
• Ottawa race weekend is back in full for 2022- Live and Virtual
  • Date:  Saturday May 28
  • Date: Full and half marathons on Sunday May 29
• Reminder of my new one woman show- Dangerous Touch: The Adventures of Being Blind in a Social Distance World
  • Date: June 2, at 7:30pm
  • Location: Arts Court, Blackbox Studio, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa
  • Tickets available online
     

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

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•  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 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: May 31

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• Annual General Assembly of DES USAGERS DE L’INLB - Continued Users' Committee – Institut Nazareth and Louis-Braille
  • Date: Tuesday June 7, 2022, 6pm to 9pm, Zoom or phone
• Welcome to the new accessibility local business and services guide, in Longueil-2022
  • Date: June 1, at 5pm – 7pm