Louis Braille famously said, “Braille is knowledge, and knowledge is power”. Each January on his birthday, we celebrate the gift Louis Braille gave the world, The Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC), Alternate Education Resources Ontario (AERO), Braille Literacy Canada (BLC), the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA), the CNIB Beyond Print, CNIB Foundation, the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS), and the Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (PRCVI) are pleased to collaborate on a celebration of World Braille Day for the month of January.
All events will be recorded and posted for future viewing.
Braille Boost!
Do your fingers need a recharge after the holiday break? Check out Braille Boost – a series of fun braille games and activities to celebrate World Braille Day throughout January and beyond! These braille-related activities will include word puzzles and decoding tactile patterns. TSVIs and braille transcribers can download and emboss activities for big World Braille Month fun with their students. Materials for primary, intermediate/middle and secondary learners will be available in contracted and uncontracted UEB as well as French. Register today!
Date/Time: Ongoing.
Registration: Coming soon.
Braille Retrospective
January 2025 not only brings the celebration of 200 years of braille, but 5 years of collaborative World Braille Days events. Join us for an information session, door prizes, and a compilation of past panelists and presenters reflecting on the last 5 years of World Braille Days celebrations and 200 years of braille.
Date/Time: English event Friday, January 17
- 10am-12 noon Pacific;
- 11am-1pm Mountain;
- 12noon-2pm Central;
- 1-3 pm Eastern;
- 2-4pm Atlantic.
Register for the English Event.
French event Tuesday, January 21
- 10 h heure du Pacifique;
- 11 h heure des Rocheuses;
- 12 h heure du Centre;
- 13 h heure de l’Est;
- 14 h heure de l’Atlantique.
Register for the French Event.
