AMI This Week

AMI This Week is a weekly magazine show with a distinct community focus, sharing events and interesting stories from coast to coast.

AMI This Week

AMI This Week is a weekly magazine show with a distinct community focus, sharing events and interesting stories from coast to coast.

AMI This Week October 19, 2020

AMI This Week October 19, 2020
Duration: minutes and seconds
Beth Deer explores questions people who are blind are asked, Alex Smyth profiles wheelchair rugby player Zak Madell and Laura Bain meets ...

Season 9 Episode 6
Ben Brown

Ben Brown
Duration: minutes and seconds
Laura Bain checks in with one of Canada’s top wheelchair racers, Ben Brown, to find out how he’s navigating the challenges and opportunit...

Season 9 Episode 6
Zak Madell

Zak Madell
Duration: minutes and seconds
Alex Smyth learns why the return of Zak Madell is a game changer for Canada’s Wheelchair Rugby Team.

Season 9 Episode 6
Blind Beginnings

Blind Beginnings
Duration: minutes and seconds
Grant Hardy chats with Blind Beginnings’ founder Shawn Marsolais about her journey with the organization and its evolution as it keeps growing and growing.

Season 9 Episode 6
Questions People who are Blind are Asked

Questions People who are Blind are Asked
Duration: minutes and seconds
People who are blind get asked questions about how they handle everyday things all the time. Beth Deer goes through some of these questio...

Season 9 Episode 6
Simple Science: Sound

Simple Science: Sound
Duration: minutes and seconds
In the third part of this series, Alan Nursall, President of Telus World of Science Edmonton, helps Beth understand how sound can travel through the most basic items.

Season 9 Episode 5
Meal Delivery Kits

Meal Delivery Kits
Duration: minutes and seconds
Alex Smyth compares HelloFresh and GoodFood meal delivery kits to see which is best. Alex compares the kits on the criteria of cost, ease of preparation, accessibility and taste.

Season 9 Episode 5
Backyard Grilling

Backyard Grilling
Duration: minutes and seconds
Lawrence Gunther cooks up a healthy meal in his backyard using a blind-friendly grill and an accessible app.

Season 9 Episode 5
Android Accessibility, Part 1

Android Accessibility, Part 1
Duration: minutes and seconds
Grant Hardy chats with Brian Kemler, Product Manager for Android Accessibility at Google, about new accessibility features designed to be...

Season 9 Episode 5
AMI This Week October 12, 2020

AMI This Week October 12, 2020
Duration: minutes and seconds
Lawrence Gunther cooks up a healthy meal in his backyard using a blind-friendly grill and an accessible app. Then, Alex Smyth compares meal delivery kits to see which one is best.

Season 9 Episode 5
AMI This Week October 5, 2020

AMI This Week October 5, 2020
Duration: minutes and seconds
Beth Deer educates us on British slang, Laura Bain interviews author Vicky Levack, Alex Smyth gives us his hot take on pandemic masks and Grant Hardy reviews the Roomba i7+.

Season 9 Episode 4
Lowell Taylor: Brokenness & Acceptance

Lowell Taylor: Brokenness & Acceptance
Duration: minutes and seconds
Lowell Taylor, a psychologist based in Lethbridge, Alberta, helps us recognize and deal brokenness and acceptance.

Season 9 Episode 4
Vicky Levack

Vicky Levack
Duration: minutes and seconds
Laura Bain interviews speaker, accessibility advocate, and self-published author Vicky Levack about her experience of living in a long-te...

Season 9 Episode 4
Roomba Review

Roomba Review
Duration: minutes and seconds
Grant Hardy shares his thoughts on the Roomba i7+ with automatic dirt disposal.

Season 9 Episode 4
AMI I Right?! Face Masks

AMI I Right?! Face Masks
Duration: minutes and seconds
Toronto’s Alex Smyth examines the world of face masks and compares the pros and cons of some of the most popular types on the market. Wea...

Season 9 Episode 4
Parenting Tips with Shawn Marsolais: Conflict

Parenting Tips with Shawn Marsolais: Conflict
Duration: minutes and seconds
Contributor Shawn Marsolais shares some parenting tips on how to deal with conflict.

Season 9 Episode 4
One Minute with Beth: English Slang

One Minute with Beth: English Slang
Duration: minutes and seconds
Beth Deer takes a minute to share her favourite British slang words with us.

Season 9 Episode 4
Accessible Communication

Accessible Communication
Duration: minutes and seconds
Laura Bain discusses the communication barriers facing the Deaf and hard of hearing community due COVID-19 and increased mask wearing, wi...

Season 9 Episode 3
FuelService

FuelService
Duration: minutes and seconds
Alex Smyth hits the road to learn about fuelService, a revolutionary new app designed for drivers with a disability.

Season 9 Episode 3
Back to School

Back to School
Duration: minutes and seconds
Alex Smyth speaks to Peter Symonds, the Superintendent of Learning Support Services at the Ottawa Carleton District School Board about th...

Season 9 Episode 3
CNIB Youth Employment Program

CNIB Youth Employment Program
Duration: minutes and seconds
CNIBs Youth Employment Skills Camp (YES) aims to empower and reduce the unemployment rate for people with sight loss. Beth Deer meets a 1...

Season 9 Episode 3
AMI This Week September 28, 2020

AMI This Week September 28, 2020
Duration: minutes and seconds
Laura Bain discusses the communication barriers facing the Deaf and hard of hearing community, due to COVID-19, with Frank O’Sullivan, Ex...

Season 9 Episode 3
Kevin Naidoo: Self-Care

Kevin Naidoo: Self-Care
Duration: minutes and seconds
Contributor Kevin Naidoo reminds us of the importance of self-care.

Season 9 Episode 2
Parenting Tips with Shawn Marsolais: Playgrounds

Parenting Tips with Shawn Marsolais: Playgrounds
Duration: minutes and seconds
Contributor Shawn Marsolais shares some parenting tips on how to care for your child at the playground.

Season 9 Episode 2
Steve Kiema's Story

Steve Kiema's Story
Duration: minutes and seconds
Beth Deer introduces us to Steve Kiema, a 12-year-old swimmer, cyclist, judo competitor, and finalist in this years’ International Braille Challenge.

Season 9 Episode 2
History of Disability Rights - NL

History of Disability Rights - NL
Duration: minutes and seconds
Laura Bain interviews former Paralympian and Order of Canada recipient Joanne MacDonald, and former Executive Director of the Independent...

Season 9 Episode 2
Google LookOut

Google LookOut
Duration: minutes and seconds
Grant Hardy learns about Google LookOut, the Android app that reads out whatever your phone’s camera sees.

Season 9 Episode 2
AMI This Week September 21, 2020

AMI This Week September 21, 2020
Duration: minutes and seconds
Laura Bain learns more about the history of disability rights in Newfoundland, Kevin Naidoo teaches self-care and Shawn Marsolais shares ...

Season 9 Episode 2
PosAbilities Artists

PosAbilities Artists
Duration: minutes and seconds
Grant Hardy heads to the Vicuña Art Studio to learn about an inclusive space for artists to create.

Season 9 Episode 1
Level Playing Field with Greg Westlake

Level Playing Field with Greg Westlake
Duration: minutes and seconds
Alex Smyth interviews host Greg Westlake about the new AMI original series Level Playing Field.

Season 9 Episode 1
Birding by Ear

Birding by Ear
Duration: minutes and seconds
Laura Bain chats with Andrés Jiménez, Coordinator of the Urban Program for Birds Canada about the free online course Birdability: Birding by Ear.

Season 9 Episode 1
Aspen Service Dogs

Aspen Service Dogs
Duration: minutes and seconds
Aspen Service Dogs trains and provides service dogs for people with all types of needs. Six-year-old Owen, of Red Deer, received his new ...

Season 9 Episode 1
AMI This Week September 14, 2020

AMI This Week September 14, 2020
Duration: minutes and seconds
Beth Deer learns more about Aspen Service Dogs and meets Owen, who recently received his new dog. Then, Alex Smyth interviews Paralympian...

Season 9 Episode 1

AMI This Week

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AMI This Week October 19, 2020

Ben Brown

Zak Madell

Blind Beginnings

Questions People who are Blind are Asked

Simple Science: Sound

Meal Delivery Kits

Backyard Grilling

Android Accessibility, Part 1

AMI This Week October 12, 2020

AMI This Week October 5, 2020

Lowell Taylor: Brokenness & Acceptance

Vicky Levack

Roomba Review

AMI I Right?! Face Masks

Parenting Tips with Shawn Marsolais: Conflict

One Minute with Beth: English Slang

Accessible Communication

FuelService

Back to School

CNIB Youth Employment Program

AMI This Week September 28, 2020

Kevin Naidoo: Self-Care

Parenting Tips with Shawn Marsolais: Playgrounds

Steve Kiema's Story

History of Disability Rights - NL

Google LookOut

AMI This Week September 21, 2020

PosAbilities Artists

Level Playing Field with Greg Westlake

Birding by Ear

Aspen Service Dogs

AMI This Week September 14, 2020