Braille Literacy Canada looks forward to our 5th Annual Braille Symposium on Friday, June 13, 2025. We are pleased to be offering 5 different presentations;
- 1:00pm EDT: (in English)
Using Tactile Images to Make Astronomy More Accessible to Blind and Visually Impaired Learners
(Noreen Grice, Western Connecticut State University, President of the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society) - 1:00pm EDT: (en français, gratuit)
Dans le sillage de trois personnages emblématiques mis à l’honneur au musée Valentin Haüy – Paris
(Mireille Duhen, Bénévole au musée et à la bibliothèque patrimoniale Valentin Haüy Paris) - 2:00pm EDT: (in English)
Marrakesh and the Accessible Books Consortium: The Benefits and Access for Readers
(panel moderated by Luc Maumet) - 3:00 pm EDT: (in English)
The Braille Challenge – Celebrating the Challenge of Braille
(Adam Wilton, Ph.D, Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired) - 4:00pm EDT: (in English)
eBraille – A Reality for everyone across the World
(Willow Free, American Printing House for the Blind)
For more information and to register go to 2025 Braille Symposium.
We would like to thank our sponsors: Canadian Assistive Technology, CNIB-Beyond Print, Crawford Technologies and Humanware. Plan to join us for a braille-centric afternoon!