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Super easy 3-ingredient holiday recipes

Cooking and entertaining at the holidays can be a bit overwhelming, especially if you've recently experienced a loss of sight. But with only three ingredients, these delicious recipes will make cooking that perfect holiday dinner a lot easier...
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Your 2018 Shop CNIB holiday gift guide

Thinking about holiday gifts for someone in your life with sight loss? Shop CNIB has a lot of different gift ideas to make this holiday season extra special. All proceeds go towards CNIB Foundation services for people with sight loss.
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Your voices: Running blind

Stepping out of the van, Dave and I noticed that an animated group of people had congregated in the middle of the parking lot. I was familiar with the Robarts Center for the Deaf due to its close proximity to my Aunt Madeline’s family home. Still, I felt out of place.
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Holiday glamour: Tips for doing makeup with blindness or sight loss

The holidays are always busy with family get-togethers and holiday parties, and a lot of people have at least one or two occasions when they need to get dolled up over the course of the season...
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CNIB internships and employment programs empower clients toward brighter futures

Today is International Day of Person's with Disabilities and this year's theme is "Empowering person's with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality".  This is exactly what CNIB has done for Paige Andreas. 
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Blind employment gap needs focus

December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. For people with sight loss, they're often overlooked by potential employers because of their disability. Read more about the employment gap and how we can move the need forward in this article co-written by CNIB's John M. Rafferty, Chief Executive Sandra Budd of the Blind Foundation NZ and Vision Australia's Ron Hooton.
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CNIB Foundation launches Come to Work

CNIB Foundation launches Come to Work – a new program that connects job seekers who are blind or partially sighted with employers who want to discover the full potential of Canada's talent.
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Prince Edward Island's 2017-2018 Annual Review

Check out our latest annual review.
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Survey shows blind people significantly underemployed around the world

New research from the CNIB Foundation, Vision Australia, and the Blind Foundation of New Zealand found people with sight loss are significantly less likely to be employed full time compared to their sighted counterparts.
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CNIB Response: #BuildTheVisionTO

The Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) #BuildtheVisionTO: Safe and Active Streets for All campaign outlines a set of 15 municipal election priorities for building streets where people of all ages and abilities can get around actively, sustainably and safely.  Here are some of the #BuildtheVisionTO recommendations that are of significance to Torontonians who are blind, partially sighted or Deafblind: