Rick Hansen Foundation Spring 2021 Newsletter
May 27, 2021
The latest updates on the programs at the Rick Hansen Foundation for Spring 2021. A Message from Amanda Hansen I am delighted to have this opportunity to share some reflections with you as we mark...
Answering Your Questions about Hearing Loss
May 25, 2021
Elissa Robb is a Registered Audiologist & Hearing Instrument Practitioner for Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility. One of the best parts of her job is providing clients and their...
10 Things Partially Sighted People Want You to Know
May 20, 2021
Ben Ho Lung is an intern at the Rick Hansen Foundation, a musicianand blind athlete. He lost 97% of his vision at 18years old. 1 – Blindness is a spectrum A lot of people assume that anybody who...
Fostering Creativity During a Pandemic
May 14, 2021
Repeatedly, human resilience has withstood the test of time. When we are faced with adversity, we need to find ways to learn and adapt, in order to succeed. While the COVID-19 pandemic has not been...
Parenting in the Age of COVID
May 8, 2021
COVID-19, a word that did not even exist just overa year ago is now a reality we all have to face. Every day, since mid-March, we have been bombarded by information from our local, provincial and...
Author Q & A with Jen Powley
May 5, 2021
Jen grew up in Vegreville, Alberta,but has called Halifax, Nova Scotia,home since 2001. She has worked as a disability advocate, transportation coordinator, and – most recently – ran for Halifax...
How Blind Sports Helped me Move Forward After Vision Loss
April 30, 2021
The average hockey player starts skating at the age of threeor four. I started just before I turned 20. By that time, I had already learned to speak French, and had worked at a Tim Hortons. Being the...
The Scoop on Guide Dog Etiquette
April 28, 2021
A guide dog is a partner in independence for blind or partially sighted people and can open up the world in a profoundly different way. In order to do that, there needs to be a better understanding of...
Ambassador Spotlight: Jim Teneycke
April 23, 2021
Unlike in today’s media landscape, there was nobody for children with disabilities to look up to during the 1970s and 1980s. Jim Teneycke, a child of that era, remembers this well. So well, he recalls...