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NFB Celebrates World Animation Day
The Nationals Film Board of Canada celebrates World Animation Day (October 28th) by holding coast-to-coast screenings, workshops and master classes.
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NFB-Louis Braille Commemorative Coin
Louis Braille gave language to the blind. The NFB has championed braille literacy more than any world organization. A new US coin honors both achievements.
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Graham McInnes: Canada's NFB
As writer, director and producer of many the NFB's films, McInnes offers insight into the early years of the Board and its activities since WWII.
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NFB animation online
Canada's National Film Board puts 50 of their classic animation shorts on their website.
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NFB short wins prize
National Film Board animated film wins Best Documentary Short at Vancouver's DOXA Festival.
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Norman McLaren honoured at TIFF
Toronto International Film Festival will screen "The Best of Norman McLaren," running September 7 to 16.
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OIAF announces winners
Ottawa International Animation Festival announces competition winners on the last night of the festival.
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VIFF honours Norman McLaren
Vancouver International Film Festival joins ranks of those honouring Canadian animation legend Norman McLaren.
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AOL Sued For Not Being Accessible: What Does It Really Mean?
On November 4th, 1999, the leader in interactive services America Online, Inc., was slapped with a lawsuit by the National Federation of the Blind, a non-profit organization promoting the general welfare of people who are blind. Why?
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AMPAS honours Norman McLaren
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents "A Salute to Norman McLaren" on August 18 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills.
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Ryan Larkin (1943 - 2007)
Remembering Ryan Larkin, the acclaimed NFB animator and animation subject.
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Cannes honours McLaren
Canadian animation legend's films shown at Cannes Film Festival May 22.
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Michel Donato gets Order of Canada
Michel Donato, who contributed music to such classic National Film Board of Canada cartoons as Catuor and Oneiromancy,becomes a Member of the Order of Canada on Tuesday.
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Top Six Blind Reading Resources
Teachers seeking to increase class participation, performance, and self-confidence of blind students should encourage them to cultivate specialized reading resources.
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Norman McLaren at MOMA
Norman McLaren has yet another retrospective, this time at NYC's Museum of Modern Art, from November 29-30th.
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Disability ON LINE
Persons with disablities are fighting for Civil Rights. How and why?
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Alison Lawrence - And All for Love
And All for Love is the story of 1660s Shakespearean actresses Elizabeth Barry and Winifred Gosnell, and their unusual friendship with Shakespearean actor Edward Kynaston
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Dinosaurs: Dinosaurs, let's check them out
An old article on dinosaurs

Glaucoma
Glaucoma is an eye disease, and one of the most common causes of blindness that affects one in a hundred Canadians and three million Americans.
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Moving Towards Accessible Web Design: 1999 in Review
Highlights from 1999 in the move towards accessible web design becoming universally accepted.
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Blind Reading Resources: Braille
Braille remains the only writing system that affords the blind full literacy. Best results depend on starting young and connecting to resources.
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Canada Day for Kids
Sites with a Canadian feel to help kids everywhere celebrate Canada day and learn about Canada.
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Hiring Hostesses
Review of a documentary revealing the lives of four young Canadian women who worked as hostesses in Japan.
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Canadian Librarianship - Part 2
More Canadian resources of interest to librarians, researchers, and anyone interested in libraries or Canada. Plus, the Canadian Research Guide part two . . .
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Musicians for Kids! Part I
There are all sorts of ways to expose your student or your child to some wonderful music experiences in hopes that it will create or stimulate a desire for continued involvement of this extraordinary artform.
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OIAF 2008: Animated Shorts Competition One
Look at the future of animation with the 2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival Shorts Competition One, Wednesday September 17th.
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Accessible Camps for Blind Youth
Summer camps now enable the sight impaired to gain confidence and push boundaries with challenging activities and adventures that teach life skills.
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Animation spotlight
Two out of five of the Oscar nominated animated short films were directed by made by women, <i>When the Day Breaks</i> and <i>My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts</i>.
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The Dionne Quintuplets
The Dionne Quintuplets were the world's first known surviving quintuplets and even more amazing, they were identical.
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Masochistic Assimilation
A look at a specific plastic surgery utilized by Asian American women.

Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration is an age-related disease that affects the central vision. It is a common cause of vision loss in people over the age of 60.
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