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Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy to bring her expertise to Alberta
On March 1-2, 2010, the Vision Resource Centre-Calgary and Alberta Education will be sponsoring an exciting professional development opportunity in Calgary, Alberta. Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy is an internationally recognized leader in the field of Cortical Visual Impairment and students with multiple disabilities, and will share her expertise with Alberta professionals, paraprofessionals, teachers and parents in the form of a two-day workshop.
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Alberta Students in the News...
Two local High School students were recently featured in an article in the Edmonton Journal. The article discusses the fact that the students, both of whom are visually impaired, can now be fully integrated into their science labs thanks to an Accessible Science kit, which was purchased by their school. Three other Accessible Science kits are available across Alberta from the province's Vision Resource Centres.
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Making Olympic History in Canada: An Evening with Olympian Brian McKeever
The excitement continues to build as the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic games return to Canada this February-March for the first time in 22 years. On January 14, 2010, one of our Olympic-qualifying athletes was on hand at Colonel McLeod School in Calgary, Alberta in order to share with the audience his hopes, dreams, successes and failures with respect to his sport of choice; Nordic Skiing. Brain McKeever, a Calgary-born athlete now based in Canmore, qualified for the Olympics this past December in the 50 km distance on his home course in Canmore. While this is an impressive feat in itself, McKeever also happens to be legally blind, as he began to lose his vision at the age of 18 to Stargardt’s disease. Now with only 10% vision, McKeever has qualified to compete in both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games in Vancouver this year. On January 22, 2010, the Canadian National Cross-Country Ski team will announce whether or not he will be eligible to compete in both games, which would make him the first Canadian in history to do so.
