{"id":3608,"date":"2018-06-04T07:20:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T12:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2018-06-04T07:47:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T12:47:02","slug":"introducing-geoff-eden-a-pioneer-in-canadian-disability-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3608","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Geoff Eden: A Pioneer in Canadian Disability Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8287\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3608-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GeoffEden.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GeoffEden.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GeoffEden.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Blind Abilities moves north of the US border and chats with Geoff Eden. Geoff has been a long time advocate in the Canadian blindness community, with his work for CNIB as a Manager, his procurement of early assistive technology and other adaptive equipment for CNIB clients. Geoff worked for the City of Toronto as an Accessibility Consultant, working with city planners and carving his notch in the city\u2019s accessibility strategy. Listen as Geoff shares his story of working with the architects as they designed and built the original Air Canada Center, home of the Maple Leafs and Raptors, and his specific efforts to mold accessibility into the initial design plans. Geoff sits on multiple provincial and local planning committees, and has devoted many years of his life to Canada\u2019s Radio reading Service and the creation of the nation\u2019s Accessible Media Network, AMI.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pete and Jeff first met Geoff on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/out-of-sight.net\/\">Out-Of-Sight.Net<\/a>\u00a0online community, a wonderful platform for engaging with other BVI folks in a variety of activities. check them out at:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.out-of-sight.net\/\">www.Out-Of-Sight.Net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Geoff is also a talented musician, and you\u2019ll hear excerpts from his guitar and vocal work with several audio clips from \u2018back in the day\u2019!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Join Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane as they chat with this multi-talented and articulate advocate for the Canadian disability community, as they present Geoff Eden in the way that only the Blind Abilities Team can offer!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can reach out to Geoff via email:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:Eden.Geoff@Gmail.com\">Eden.Geoff@Gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>find Geoff on Skype: Geoff.Eden<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about AMI, \u00a0the Accessible Media Network at:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ami.ca\/\">http:\/\/www.ami.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Free blind Abilities App on the Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8289\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3608-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GeoffEden.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GeoffEden.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GeoffEden.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GeoffEden.mp3Blind Abilities moves north of the US border and chats with Geoff Eden. Geoff has been a long time advocate in the Canadian blindness community, with his work for CNIB as a Manager, his procurement of early assistive technology and other adaptive equipment for CNIB clients. Geoff worked for the City of Toronto as an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-Wc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5983,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5983","url_meta":{"origin":3608,"position":0},"title":"Around The World with COVID-19 from a Blindness Perspective: Episode 5 &#8211; Nick D\u2019Ambrosio from Montreal \u2013 Together We Will Make It.","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"June 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Full Transcript Show Summary: Every day we are inundated with reports about COVID-19: statistics, new cases, and worse. 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