Milena is a self-described adventurer. She’s a volunteer with Frontier college where she tutors kids and she also spends lots of time advocating for the blind and partially sighted community in her area. Milena is a big fan of the arts, she loves to cook and enjoys running the roads with her guide dog Louis.

Recent Reports: 

July 20, 2022 - Community reporter Milena Khazanavicius shares an update on new accessible pedestrian signals coming to Halifax. She also describes her experience at the Blindfold Garden Tour and the Common Roots Urban Farm. And she gives details about a rock climbing opportunity in Halifax.

Details:  

Topic 1: Rock Climbing opportunity - Halifax 

Date: August 20th time TBD. 

Location: Seven Bays Bouldering Gym, 114 Chain Lake Drive, Bayer’s Lake-near Halifax. 

Contact: Alexis Nickerson 

Email: alexis.nickerson@halifaxindependentschool.ns.ca 

Phone: 902-476-6235. 

From her many hospital beds, to board rooms and onto the public stage, Louise Levesque Burley uses her life experience to engage individuals, organizations and all those she meets in a journey through disability etiquette. Louise is interested in everyone’s story.

With over 10 years experience as a senior manager in the non-profit world, Louise has in-depth personal knowledge of working in and with community. After major changes in her life, Louise evolved into a speaker, coach, facilitator and author. In 2010, she published her first book Through my Eyes – INsights into Disability Etiquette, and in 2015 she produced her Cookin’ without Lookin’ video series.

Since 2005, Louise has operated Shared Vision Partagée. In 2009, she was the first ever bilingual, non-sighted Canadian to graduate with the Diploma of Adult Education from Saint Francis Xavier University.

As she journeys through life, and despite her physical challenges, Louise enjoys travelling, wine-tasting, dancing, singing, walking on the beach, experiencing the sounds of nature, and changing the lives of all those she encounters.

Louise and her guide dog, Mr. Fig, follow his mantra: keep it fun!

Together they look forward to joining the AMI Community Reporter team. 

Recent report: 

July 12, 2022 - Community reporter Louise Levesque Burley shares details about dance lessons offered by the CNIB in Fredericton.

• In person dance activity, no dance experience required.  
• Emilie will be teaching different dance steps and a short routine.  
• Date:  July 27 at 3pm. 
• Location: Dance Fredericton, 20 York Street.