Human-dictated audio of page “Chris Stark and Marie Laporte-Stark: A Legacy of Activism”
Read by Ryan Patterson, Carleton University’s Disability Research Group
Spoken Audio
Human-dictated audio of page “Canadian National Institute for the Blind: Early Beginnings c. 1918”
Read by Ryan Patterson, Carleton University’s Disability Research Group
Spoken Audio
Human-dictated audio of page “Braille Printing in the Age of Computing 1972-1989”
Read by Ryan Patterson, Carleton University’s Disability Research Group
Spoken Audio
Human-dictated audio of page “Arrival Resettlement and Assistive Technologies 1951-1953”
Read by Ryan Patterson, Carleton University’s Disability Research Group
Spoken Audio
X-ray apparatus (c.1940s), Artifact No. 1987.2154.001, CSTMC, Ottawa ON. Photograph taken by Beth A. Robertson, 28 June 2017.
migrant screening
A model of x-ray that may have been used in the medical screening of displaced people and migrants in the 1940s and early 1950s. Artifact No. 1987.2154.001, CSTMC, Ottawa ON
X-Ray Corporation Standard, Ferranti Electric, Toronto Ontario
Canadian Science and Technology Museum Corporation, Artifact No. 1987.2154.001, Ottawa ON
Carleton University's Disability Research Group
c.1940s
A catalogue page of braille watches and other time-interval devices. c.1950, Canadian National Institute for the Blind fonds, Container 63, [textual materials, (121-020029-5)], R3647-0-9-E, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON
A catalogue showcasing a selection of braille watches, as well as alarm clocks and timers.
A catalogue showcasing a selection of braille watches, as well as alarm clocks and timers, including within the fonds of the Canadian National Institute of the Blind at Library and Archives Canada
Canadian National Institute for the Blind fonds, Container 63, [textual materials, (121-020029-5)], R3647-0-9-E, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON
Carleton University's Disability Research Group
c.1950
Canada
Refugee case file, 1951. An image of "blind displaced person" case file put together for the CNIB to facilitate selection of individuals to be sponsored and resettled in Canada. The attached photograph depicts a young family, including husband, who was blind, sitting beside his wife and eight-year old daughter.
A refugee case file, put together by the American Foundation for the Blind Overseas and CNIB
An image of "blind displaced person" case file put together for the CNIB to facilitate selection of individuals to be sponsored and resettled in Canada. The attached photograph depicts a young family, including husband, who was blind, sitting beside his wife and eight-year old daughter.
Canadian National Institute for the Blind Fonds, box 49, file 12, R3647-0-9-E, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa ON
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Carleton University's Disability Research Group
1951
Passenger ship with International Refugee Organization banner, c.1951
Postwar refugees, International Refugee Organization
This is an image of a passenger ship, MS SKAUBRYN, docked, prominently displaying a banner of the International Refugee Organization in 1951.
The Australian National Maritime Museum, ANMS0214[045], Wiki Commons
The Australian National Maritime Museum, ANMS0214[045], Wiki Commons
1951
"New Canadian Arrives" photograph of five-month year old Jan Jaslinsky, the infant son of Mieczyslaw Jaslinsky and his wife, held by TCA airline attendant Lucy Corey, 18 January 1951
Postwar refugees, displaced people who are blind
This photograph depicts five-month old Jan Jaslinsky, infant son of Mieczyslaw Jaslinsky and wife, the youngest of the family of displaced people who were blind to come to Canada, being held by T.C.A airline attendant, Lucy Corey, upon their arrival at Montreal Airport in the early morning hours of 18 January 1951.
Canadian National Institute for the Blind Fonds, box 49, file 11, R3647-0-9-E, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa ON
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Carleton University's Disability Research Group
18 January 1951
Montreal, Canada
Photograph of Karol Gamrot and guide dog, Utta
Postwar refugees, displaced people who were blind
This photograph depicts Karol Gamrot, a once displaced person who was blind, when he first arrived in Canada in the early hours of 18 January 1951, Montreal Airport, kneeling beside his guide dog, a German Shepherd named Utta
Canadian National Institute for the Blind Fonds, box 49, file 11, R3647-0-9-E, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa ON
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Carleton University's Disability Research Group
18 January 1951
Montreal, Canada